Posts in Korean Representation
"The Sentiment Film: Minari" by Monica Koh

Minari is a breakthrough movie about the life of a Korean family who immigrated to the United States. It received high praise with a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and a Critics’ Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The minari plant is a Korean water celery, which symbolizes the resilience of being a foreigner in America throughout the film. Along with Parasite, Minari is one movie that brings pride to Koreans, especially Korean Americans.

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"Military Comfort Women" by Donna Kim and Irene Kim

A Harvard Law Professor, John Mark Ramseyer, recently published an article where he claims, without sufficient evidence, that the Japanese military sex slaves were willing "prostitutes" who were able to "negotiate" for substantial wages in a consensual contractual relationship. However, Korean women and girls were taken from their homes and forced into being sex slaves by the Imperial Japanese Army. Still to this day, survivors have not received an apology. Sign the petition reviewed in this article to demand that the Dean of Harvard Law School and the President of Harvard University take disciplinary action upon Professor Ramseyer who violated ethics and a moral conscience as a scholar.

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"Growing Korean-American Influence in Congress" by Ashley Jo

Korean Americans are finally getting the representation that they deserve through the victories of Marilyn Strickland, Michelle Steel, and Young Kim. They are the first Korean-American females to get elected to Congress. Read more about what they stand for and what this means for Korean-American citizens as a whole.

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