By KCCNYC Monthly Team
We have a lot of events coming up in our KCCNYC 방과후 Series! NY Yankees Korean Heritage Day, Art talk with Siobhan McBride, and Jesa by Ma-yi Theatre Company. Sign up here to join us!

By Sharon Stern
For January, the Dosan Hakang Book Club read the book Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-il Kim, translated by Anton Hur.

By Sharon Stern
This month we look back at the Daegu Subway Fire which happened February 18, 2003.

By Jon Oaks
For many Korean-American adoptees, 설날 (Seollal) is a holiday we encounter later in life, often while already in the middle of reclaiming or reexamining Korean identity.

By Josh Kim
The stories that became ghosts became ghost stories!

By Sharon Stern
Some romance and lots of revenge, thriller and crime going on in dramaland this month.

By Eun Byoul Oh

I sincerely hope that 2026 will bring the world tranquility and peace. I personally need a really good Korean drama, and I am crossing fingers for my students for their idol comebacks and tours! We have prepared our January edition to be a celebration of Korean-American history and culture 🇰🇷🇺🇸

By Jean Vavra
I am a first-generation Korean American, raised between two worlds that didn’t always know how to speak to each other—but somehow taught me how to listen.

By Jon Oaks
Korean-American Day, observed each year on January 13, is often framed as a celebration of arrival and contribution. In 2026, it also feels like something else: a moment to claim space. Not quietly. Not defensively. But deliberately.

By Sharon Stern

Dosan Hakang Book Club gathered in December to discuss the novel The Healing Season of Pottery by Yeon Somin.

By Josh Kim
This month, our myth incorporates 20th century history, and the use of mythology in government propaganda.

By Sharon Stern
This is the story of the Willows Aviation School and key Korean-Americans that made it possible.  The Willows Aviation School was the first combat training school for Korean pilots and existed during Japanese occupation.

By Sharon Stern
Most of the January dramas look to be on the lighter side, which is appropriate for this dark and chilly month.  It’s a month for hopefully fun fluff or, as one of the KCCNYC team has said, a warm sweater.  Fingers crossed that we have some quality story-telling along with our fluff or that our sweater is not unfuzzy, monotone gray!

By Eun Byoul Oh
As the KCCNYC Monthly Team, we try to bring you the highlights of our activities in the community and to memorialize them and our history through recording them. We believe that the newsletter is not only the history of KCCNYC, but a comprehensive record of Korean culture and history. We also share the stories of our newsletter on our Instagram.

By Sharon Stern
The Imjin War of 1592-1598 ended in December of 1598.  This month we look at how important the war was to the modern histories of Korea, Japan and China.