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Yeol Jang

Yeol Jang is a veteran journalist with a B.A. in East Asian Studies from UCLA. Since joining Koreadaily in 2007, he has covered social affairs, religion, legal issues, and investigative reporting. His reporting includes coverage of religious conflicts in Palestine and Israel, refugee camps in Hatay, Turkiye, Germany’s divided past, and forgotten Asian immigrant graves in Hawaii and Portland, among many others. Jang’s dedication has earned him multiple accolades, including the Outstanding Reporting Award at the New America Media Ethnic Media Awards (2012) and the INMA Elevate Scholarship (2021). Within Koreadaily, he has received over 20 exclusive story awards, including the prestigious Montblanc Award (2013), one of the paper’s highest honors.

President’s Volunteer Service Award Suspension Disrupts Students

The recent suspension of applications for certifying organizations under the President's Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) has left many Korean American students and parents in...

United Airlines Sued in Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Over Boarding Denial

A Korean American woman and her colleagues have filed a lawsuit against United Airlines, alleging racial discrimination after she was denied boarding at Baltimore/Washington...

ICE Arrests 2,200 Visa Overstayers in One Day After DHS Orders Crackdown

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has initiated a nationwide crackdown on immigrants who have overstayed their visas. The move follows the revelation that...

LA Elementary Enrollment Down Sharply – Koreatown Schools Hit Hardest

Public school enrollment in Los Angeles is falling fast—and nowhere is the decline more visible than in Koreatown, where some elementary schools have lost...

Argentina’s Rubicon: The Reform Is On

Special Series (5): There Is No Return to the Past Taxi drivers are often seen as a barometer of public sentiment. They are working-class, talk to...

Survey Backs Trump’s Immigration Crackdown, Rejects Tariffs

A new survey by koreadaily.com—the Korean-language site of koreadailyus.com—shows that Korean Americans strongly support the Donald Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants with criminal...

PPP Fraud: Korean American Lawyer’s $9M Assets Forfeited Posthumously

A Korean American lawyer who once worked at a major law firm and co-founded a tech startup in New York was ordered to forfeit...

Peronist Nostalgia Lingers as Argentina Endures Painful Reform

Special Series (4): Argentina Still Haunted by Peronism “Are we supposed to just die like this?” That was the furious cry from the front lines of a...

Who Is Javier Milei? The Libertarian President Who Sees Tax Evasion as a Virtue

Special Series (3): Who the Hell Is Milei? BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — In fall 2023, during a meeting with Argentine business leaders, presidential candidate Javier Milei turned...

CDC Drops COVID Vaccine Recommendation for Children and Pregnant Women

Healthy children and pregnant women are no longer included in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s COVID-19 vaccination recommendation list, according to...

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