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Ben “Smooth” Henderson is scheduled to defend his UFC Lightweight Champion against former champ Frankie Edgar in the main event at UFC 150 on Saturday, August 11, 2012 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. This is a rematch from UFC 144 in Japan where Henderson defeated Edgar by unanimous decision for the UFC Lightweight championship and will mark his first defense of the title. Since joining UFC after the UFC/WEC merger, Henderson has went 4-0 and racked up impressive victories over some of the UFC’s best lightweights including Edgar, Mark Bocek, Jim Miller and Clay Guida. Henderson is the second UFC champion of mixed Korean descent, with the first being highly regarded MMA veteran BJ Penn. For more on Ben, check out our March 2010 interview with him. UFC 150: Henderson vs. Preview:
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Ben Henderson vs. Frankie Edgar at UFC 150
HalfKorean.com Spotlight: Christina Sthair / Miss Miami USA 2013
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Check out the new HalfKorean.com Spotlight on Miss Miami USA 2013 Christina Sthair. Christina Sthair was crowned Miss Miami USA 2013 in March (2012) and just recently competed for Miss Florida USA 2013 on July 14, 2012. Although she was did not win the Miss Florida USA 2013 title, Christina did place in the top 16 (out of 74 total contestants). In addition to competing in beauty pageants, she is an aspiring television host who strives to become the Asian-American version of Oprah Winfrey some day. HalfKorean.com had a chance to talk with Christina about her background, being Miss Miami USA 2013 and her career aspirations. Please check out the Spotlight here: HalfKorean.com Spotlight: Christina Sthair / Miss Miami USA 2013 |
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The M.A.C.K. Foundation 6th Annual BBQ Fundraiser
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For those of you in Korea, make sure to go support our friends at the M.A.C.K. Foundation’s 6th annual BBQ fundraiser. The event will be held on Saturday, June 23, 2012 from 1pm-6pm at Platoon in Seoul. If interested, you can RSVP on the Facebook event listing. Here are the details regarding M.A.C.K. Foundation’s event: Rain or shine, we’ll be grilling up some hamburgers, hot dogs, and sausages with a few sides to boot. We will have vegetarian options available as well. We’ll serve the food and if you’d like to drink, the Platoon Bar serves drinks both non-alcoholic and alcoholic. All Proceeds will go to the M.A.C.K. Educational Fund in which we will use it to sponsor and support Multicultural Schools in Korea. Last year M.A.C.K. gave away four 250,000 WON scholarships to students attending the Amerasian Christian Academy (ACA), we were also able to help the school start a Multicultural Library. We have been working with Mr./Pastor Kang the founder and principle of ACA in Dongducheon, Korea for the last 6 years. We have also been sponsoring volunteers to teach special classes at the Asia Community School in Busan. We have also donated needed equipment for the school. This year in addition to our current schools and projects, we will be expanding to help several more marginalized multicultural schools throughout Korea. We hope you will help us to be able to do more and give more! M.A.C.K., Movement for the Advancement of the Cultural-diversity of Koreans, is an international partnership of people from all walks of life whose Christian mission is to help Korea accept the diversity of Koreans so that all can live with love and respect for each other without prejudice, discrimination or conditions from fear of a changing culture and non-accepting attitudes.
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HalfKorean.com Spotlight: E.C. Myers / Fair Coin
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Check out the new HalfKorean.com Spotlight on writer/author E.C. Myers. E.C. Myers just released his debut young adult science fiction novel, Fair Coin, earlier this year. He is already planning on having the follow-up, Quantum Coin, released by the end of this year. An interesting side note regarding Fair Coin is that the love interest of the main character happens to be half Korean. Please check out the Spotlight here: |
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Interview with Yunji de Nies (5/24/2012)
Yunji de Nies
Yunji de Nies is a journalist that has covered many stories over the span of her career including the presidencies of both President Bush and President Obama as a White House correspondent.
She also lived and worked in New Orleans before, during and after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005.
Yunji is currently an ABC News correspondent based in Atlanta, Georgia covering stories from throughout the Southeast region for a variety of ABC’s news programs including “Good Morning America” and “Nightline.”
We were able to cover Yunji’s background and journalism career and are pleased to present this interview with her.