Ballots in Korean for March 15 primary expected to increase participation

By Jenny Lee Korean-Americans in Chicago and suburban Cook County can no longer ascribe their low participation in elections to what usually is the biggest challenge for many minority language speakers – reading and speaking in English. Prior to the 2016 Presidential election, The Chicago Board of Election and The Cook County Clerk decided to […]

North Korean’s divine revelation brings him to Chicago

Jon Nam Kim’s journey before coming to the U.S. (Jee-Eun Lee/MEDILL)

By Jenny Lee On the northernmost headland of the world’s most reclusive country, North Korea, there stood young Jon Nam Kim’s home, overlooking a beautiful landscape of cliffs rising sheer from the East Sea and mountains brimming with larches, pines and pear trees. Now thousands of miles away, his old stomping ground has become a […]