By Jon Oaks
This month, we take time to honor the resilience, strength, and contributions of individuals living with disabilities. For Korean adoptees with disabilities, this observance also offers a powerful opportunity for visibility and affirmation in a world that often overlooks both adoptee experiences and disability narratives.

By Sharon Stern
This month’s new dramas have a bit of everything going on:  a newly streaming and subbed pretty much GL story, extreme silliness, sageuk, reaper love, dark thriller intrigue, medical shenanigans, Edgar Allan Poe inspired historical settings and a heavenly spring-winter relationship.  It’s seriously enough to make your head spin. Just what drama lovers live for!

By Sharon Stern
Jeju 4.3, also known as the Jeju Uprising and Massacre, known simply as 사 삼 in Korean, took place from March-April of 1948 until May of 1949.  The history is complicated and nuanced, but the result was that at least 10% of the population of Jeju – 30,000-60,000 people – lost their lives.

By Josh Kim
Last month we learned about a myth that revealed where we got the sun, moon, and stars. This month we’ll read another myth that leads to another discovery in space.

By Eun Byoul Oh
In this newsletter, we highlight wonderful women and their works. We shall not forget the voices of women who are protesting right now to secure the nation’s democracy. Although the day of true equality for women in Korea may be yet to come, women will fight for the future generation of women.

By Sharon Stern
Celebrating International Women’s Day reminds us to pause and reflect on the amazing women that have gone before us as well as those that are present in our lives.  Korea has some amazing women who have inspired generations with their heroic stories.  Luckily for us, drama writers have also been inspired to write about some of them.

By Sharon Stern & Crystal Arnette
The March First Movement (also referred to as the Samil Movement – 삼일 – 3-1) involved a number of protests against Japanese colonial rule and for Korean independence and were held both in Korea as well as by the diaspora abroad, beginning on March 1, 1919. 

By Jon Oaks
Each year on March 8, International Women’s Day is a time to celebrate the achievements, resilience, and contributions of women worldwide. For Korean adoptee women, this day carries additional significance, touching on themes of identity, belonging, and self-discovery in a world that often overlooks the complexity of adoptee experiences.

By Josh Kim
March 8th is International Women’s Day, and our story this month centers around how three little girls became the Sun, Moon, and Stars.

By Sharon Stern
This month we have a lot of K-pop idol appearances going on in new K-dramas.  There is a really wide variety of genres and streaming platforms represented, which is refreshing.  And the casts of this month’s dramas are completely star-packed.

By Eun Byoul Oh
From April 1-10 a touring exhibition of Pachappa Camp: The First Koreatown in the United States comes to Global Leadership Foundation in Flushing, NY.

By Eun Byoul Oh
The U.S. 's changing immigration policies are spreading their impact in many different immigrant communities, and the Korean community also feels the magnitude of this ongoing crisis.  The KCCNYC community will continue to stand with the Korean-American community, and the adoptee population. 

By Sharon Stern
For Valentine’s Day, I decided to tackle a self-imposed impossible task: to name my favorite relationships in K-dramas! Here are my Top 10 - who would you put on your list?

By Amalia Tempel
On a hot June day in 2024, two friends and I were strolling around the St. Marks area of New York City, suddenly, my friend Syra said, "Is that Anderson .Paak?"

By Jon Oaks
February brings a mix of celebrations—Valentine’s Day, centered around love and relationships, and Black History Month, which honors the resilience, achievements, and contributions of Black individuals. For Korean adoptees, these occasions can evoke complex emotions, whether through navigating relationships or exploring identity in a society that often overlooks adoptee experiences.