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Daily Archives: April 29, 2017

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Los Angeles Riots: A Transition in Identity for Korean Americans

NEWSBy Ethan PakApril 29, 2017Leave a comment

Han Kim was in the fourth grade when his mother unexpectedly picked him up from Hancock Park Elementary School on April 30, 1992. The UCLA alumnus would soon realize the Los Angeles riots, or Sa-I-Gu, that consumed Koreatown was only the beginning. Four LAPD officers were acquitted for the beating of a black man, Rodney…

The Unlikely Hero in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” is a Vietnamese American Woman

ARTS & CULTURE, REVIEWSBy Lora LiuApril 29, 2017Leave a comment

Earlier this month at Star Wars Celebration Orlando, Vietnamese American actress Kelly Marie Tran was announced to play the largest new role in the upcoming film “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” According to “The Last Jedi” director Rian Johnson at the event’s “The Last Jedi” panel, Tran’s character Rose is a maintenance worker in the…

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