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The myth of Kim Il-sung: North Korea’s founder and his shadowy parallels with Stalin

Part 1: The birth of a young marxist North Korea’s founder Kim Il-sung was born on April 15, 1912, in Mangyongdae, Pyongyang. His birth name...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta vows to protect minority communities from hate crime

California Attorney General Rob Bonta attended the Ethnic Media Services (EMS) conference held in Sacramento from August 27 to 28, and engaged in a...

Korean flight attendant stabbed by homeless at Figueroa Target settles with security company

A lawsuit filed by a Korean Air flight attendant who was seriously injured by a homeless man wielding a knife at a shopping mall...

Mayor Karen Bass apologizes for failing to notify ‘Turtle Warship’ relocation decision

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has apologized to the Korean-American community following the recent controversy over the city's decision to relocate a turtle warship...

First Korean-American astronaut Jonny Kim to launch to space in March 2025

Jonny Kim, a Korean-American astronaut with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will launch to the International Space Station (ISS) next year. Kim...

Korean-American seniors rediscover happiness through volunteer work after retirement

The hallway entrance to the KAFLA (Korean American Federation of Los Angeles) office is where 74-year-old Seungpyo Cha clocks in for his unpaid work....

Refik Anadol brings AI-generated visions of nature to life in Seoul exhibition

In a space with a ceiling height of 10.8 meters (35.4 feet), three large screens on the wall seem to ripple as if color...

Korean-American girls molested by friend’s father during sleepover, discovered 10 years later

Korean-American girls at an elementary school in La Crescenta were molested by their friend's father during a sleepover at the friend's house, shocking the...

USC Korean Studies professor David Kang sued for alleged sexual harassment by student

David Kang (59), the Director of the USC Korean Studies Institute and a professor at the university, has been sued by a female Korean...

The Korea Daily honored by Ethnic Media Awards, winning Politics and Public Policy category

The Korea Daily has been honored as the only Korean-American media to receive top recognition at the 2024 Ethnic Media Awards. At the 2024 awards...