By Eun Byoul Oh
While I am writing this Editor’s Note, I once again think about how Korean history has had waves of  bringing sovereignty to its people and how there are still people fighting for their rights in Korea: people with disabilities, the LGBTQIA+ community, migrant workers, and those people whose voices are often ignored or brushed away – still fighting fiercely in Korea, every day, for their human rights. 

Podcast: Members of the KCCNYC community gathered to discuss the new ‘Arirang’ record from BTS – including its influences, the reactions to the concept and content of the album, and what or who BTS is culturally in conversation with through the release of this album.

By Sharon Stern
On Sunday, March 29, 2026, we met for a very special Dosan Hakdang Book Club to discuss Han Kang’s We Do Not Part, with special guest Professor Hur Sang Soo joining us from Korea.

By KCCNYC Monthly Team
There are many events coming up for the KCCNYC community in May, because May is AAPI Month. We hope you can join us for upcoming events to celebrate Korean culture and heritage with KCCNYC!

By Jon Oaks
April is Disability Awareness Month, and it’s a good time to pause and ask a question that doesn’t come up often enough in adoptee spaces: who is not in the room, and why?

By Sharon Stern

April 20^th is the Day for People with Disabilities in South Korea. The history of disability rights in South Korea has its own unique twists.  We will explore some of this history as we try to understand the challenges facing South Koreans with disabilities.

By Sharon Stern
April is a packed month in dramaland!  Plot lines all over the place and lots and lots to sample.  Here’s hoping for something amazing!

By Josh Kim
This short myth is a sad one of love.

By Eun Byoul Oh
KCCNYC 2026 갈라에 와 주셔서 감사합니다. 만나서 정말 반가웠습니다. Thank you for coming to the KCCNYC 2026 Gala. It was such a pleasure to meet you! On behalf of the KCCNYC Gala committee, I want to say thank you to everyone for coming to our Gala and having fun with us!

By Justine Velasquez
Our first ever Gala was held on Thursday, February 19th at PRIMARY in Lower Manhattan. Thank you to everyone who made this event such a success – check out the photo gallery, videos and links to all presenting artists & sponsors!

By KCCNYC Monthly Team
There are several upcoming events that KCCNYC are co-sponsoring or participating in.  We hope you can join us for these exciting events!

By Sharon Stern & Eun Byoul Oh
This month we celebrate International Women’s Day, but we also celebrate a very important anniversary in Korea.  March first is the anniversary of the March First Movement.  This year, we thought it would be special to celebrate some of the important women that participated in the March First Movement and the actions that it inspired.

By Jon Oaks
March brings Women’s History Month – and Korean adoptee women have played important roles in shaping conversations around identity, belonging, and advocacy, while also building many of the spaces where adoptees gather, connect, and share their stories.

By Sharon Stern
There is a little bit of everything going on in dramaland this month.  We have silly, we have rom-com, we have revenge and thriller and legal with psychological twists.  It’s a good month to try out a number of different styles, a number of different streaming sources and see whose storytelling is the most captivating.

By Sharon Stern
Please join us March 29^th at 2:00 PM when we will discuss Han Kang’s book, We Do Not Part, which deals with the Jeju 4.3 massacre.