Korean-Americans

March 5, 2024
Published by RACHEL FELDER at March 5, 2024
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‘That One Is for Me’

Following a Korean tradition, Yeana and James Ahn’s engagement gifts included watches. Then Ms. Ahn appropriated her husband’s Rolex. For more than two decades, Yeana Ahn, […]
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January 12, 2024
Published by Susan Yoon at January 12, 2024
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Sharing an Airbnb With My Parents for Seven Weeks

Korea was my parents’ country. They wouldn’t need me there as they did in Canada … right? I was sitting in between my parents on a […]
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December 11, 2023
Published by David Yoon at December 11, 2023
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David Yoon on How He Learned to Spend Money on Love

This essay is part of a Modern Love project on the intersection of money and relationships. I didn’t grow up in a romantic household. My parents […]
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July 14, 2023
Published by Preston Gyuwon So at July 14, 2023
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My Fetish for a Second Skin

As a gay Korean American, I yearned for the privilege of being heterosexual or white. So I began wearing latex, a new skin. Growing up Korean […]
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June 21, 2023
Published by Aruna DSouza at June 21, 2023
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Hidden in a Mini-Mall in Flushing, a Home for Art

In a Queens neighborhood with a diverse community of East Asian immigrants, an unlikely exhibition in an unexpected place offers a sense of belonging. The flier […]
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April 9, 2022
Published by Aileen Kwun at April 9, 2022
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One Garment’s Journey Through History

With spare, elongated lines and broad shapes that bloom into a voluminous silhouette, the traditional Korean hanbok, made to accommodate movement, is as beautiful as it […]
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June 24, 2021
Published by Edmund Lee at June 24, 2021
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Artist David Choe on His New FX and Hulu Show

An hour into our interview, the artist David Choe admits that he lied about something. He said he had turned down two offers to do a […]
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September 4, 2020
Published by Leigh-Ann Jackson at September 4, 2020
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The Work Diary of 88rising’s Pan-Cultural Hitmaker

For this year’s Coachella festival, the music mogul Sean Miyashiro planned to produce a groundbreaking festival showcase for 88rising. His Los Angeles-based pan-Asian music company scheduled […]
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June 23, 2020
Published by Joe Coscarelli at June 23, 2020
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Why Obsessive K-Pop Fans Are Turning Toward Political Activism

In certain corners of the internet, the organizing prowess of K-pop fans — the typically young and diverse international enthusiasts of Korean pop music who congregate […]
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May 4, 2020
Published by Julia Moskin at May 4, 2020
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For Joanna Gaines, Home Is the Heart of a Food and Design Empire

The first Chip Gaines heard of avocado toast was in 2017. He and his wife, Joanna, were about to open a 200-seat restaurant in downtown Waco, […]
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