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'Ching-Chong Ding-Dong'

To briefly summarize for those who have been living under a rock, The Colbert Report did a skit mocking Daniel Snyder, the owner of the Washington Redskins, who recently announced the creation of the Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation, founded "to provide meaningful and measurable resources that provide genuine opportunities for Tribal communities."

Jason Lim | 2014-04-04 16:53

White privilege in 'Frozen'

What does it mean to be white in today's world? We know that white does not denote a specific ethnicity since those considered white today weren't always considered white in the past. White is more of a popular-consensus label to recognize certain select populations for their political and socioeconomic status. And since status is a relative measure, some populations, such as the Italians and Irish, are welcomed to the white club when they were shunned before.

Jason Lim | 2014-03-21 17:03

East Sea vs. Sea of Japan

By Jason Lim I am a Northern Virginia resident who votes in local elections. And this column is not about local politics, but more of a question about the best ways that Korean-Americans can expand their footprint into mainstream local and national politics.With the above disclosure, let me lay out several things that I believe.One, I believe that Dokdo is and should be Korean territory.Two, I believe that the Sea of Japan should be renamed the East Sea. If not a total replacement, East Sea should be used in parallel with Sea of Japan on all official maps.Three, I believe that Japan has...

Jason Lim | 2014-03-09 09:46

Citizenship as a commodity

Viktor Ahn’s gold medal winning performance in the men’s 1,000-meter short track competition triggered a cascade of self-recrimination over how a corrupt and nepotistic sports authority drove Ahn away and forced him to defect to Russia to continue competing. When President Park also wondered out loud in public whether some ingrained problems with how sports are managed resulted in Korea losing one of its best skaters, self-recrimination became a full-fledged Salem Witch Trial, with bureaucrats and national assemblymen outdoing one another to jump into the fray.

Jason Lim | 2014-02-21 16:57

Why do women stop working?

According to most studies, around 70 percent of Korean women aged between 25 and 29 are part of the workforce. This number drops precipitously to 55 percent when women reach their 30s, and rises only slightly for those in their 40s and older.

Jason Lim | 2014-02-07 16:49

Why Ahn is not a terrorist

On Oct. 26, 1909, Ahn Jung-geun shot dead Hirobumi Ito at Harbin railway station in Northeast China and instantly became a hero to the Korean people who were then just beginning a period of forced annexation under Imperial Japan. Ahn caught the imagination of the Chinese as well, who were also being brutally subjugated by Japan. More than 100 years later, a memorial was recently dedicated in Harbin to honor him.

Jason Lim | 2014-01-24 16:54

Divine right of Kims

Human beings have an instinctive need to "make sense" of everything that they see. If we can't quite put a finger on something, we get frustrated and begin making up explanations of what we have just seen.

Jason Lim | 2014-01-10 16:21

Jesus was a failure

Tis' the season to be jolly. Christmas trees large and small decorated with kaleidoscopic colors that shine vibrantly against the beautiful winter skies could make you swear that John and George are singing "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" from somewhere up there.

Jason Lim | 2013-12-27 17:52

Who will dare be Korea's Mandela?

In some ways, Nelson Mandela was a large part of my life. I don't mean that I ever met him or even considered him my personal hero growing up. But I remember that a large part of the socially conscious background noise of my generation had to do with boycotting companies doing business with the apartheid South Africa and signing Amnesty International petitions calling for Mandela's release from prison.

Jason Lim | 2013-12-13 16:13

'Amygdala hijack' in East Asia

You can't help but guffaw somewhat mirthlessly when you read articles that portray American policymakers confused and frustrated that Japan and South Korea don't kiss and make up as they face the growing hegemony of the Chinese might.

Jason Lim | 2013-11-29 16:21

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