Category Archives: Spotlight

HalfKorean.com Spotlight: Brandun Lee / Professional Boxer

By admin | Published: July 6, 2017

Brandun Lee is not your typical teenager. He has had an exceptional year in 2017 where he turned 18, graduated high school and fought three professional boxing matches. With half the year still remaining, Brandun is sure to accomplish much more. The Junior Welterweight (140 lbs.) has been boxing since he was a child and […]

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HalfKorean.com Spotlight: Victoria Namkung / The Things We Tell Ourselves

By admin | Published: August 21, 2015

The Things We Tell Ourselves is the recently published debut novel by Victoria Namkung. Described as the perfect summer beach read, The Things We Tell Ourselves, has an interesting side note to the story due to the protagonist, Georgina Park, being Korean on her dad’s side (which happens to be the same case as Victoria). […]

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HalfKorean.com Spotlight: Joel Peterson / Dreams of My Mothers

By admin | Published: June 22, 2015

Dreams of My Mothers is the recently published debut novel by biracial Korean adoptee Joel Peterson. Based on Joel’s own true story, Dreams of My Mothers tells the story of “a biracial, impoverished boy who, through the transcendent love of his mothers, rises above questions of identity, race, physical limitations, and prejudice to become a […]

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HalfKorean.com Spotlight: Nathan Kohrs / CHALLENGERxUSA

By admin | Published: May 1, 2015

Nathan Kohrs is president of San Francisco-based performance dress sock company CHALLENGERxUSA. CHALLENGERxUSA is a relatively newer apparel brand that features performance infused dress socks for the dapper athlete and active professional. Nathan himself is a former college football player who has been involved with the apparel industry since his college days in the late […]

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HalfKorean.com Spotlight: Kristina Choe Jacinth / Shinbyeong (신병)

By admin | Published: March 23, 2015

Kristina Choe Jacinth is a Los Angeles-based Korean-American portrait and fine art photographer who has started an intriguing photo series project titled Shinbyeong (신병). Shinbyeong (신병): Shinbyeong (신병), or “Self-Loss” is a Korean shamanistic tradition of being possessed by a higher power. Characterized by hallucinations and a loss of appetite, the possessed cannot be cured […]

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