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The Accolade

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The Accolade

South Korean citizens sit down on the streets of Jeonju to protest against President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday, Dec. 27.

COLUMN: Witnessing nationwide protest rekindles my connection to South Korea

Emily Kim, Staff Reporter February 24, 2025

This article is also published in the Korean-language section (한국어). Click here to read it in Korean. Eagerness. That was one characteristic I collectively saw in each of the 150-plus citizens...

여의도 국회의사당 앞 윤석열 대통령 탄핵시위로 12월 13일 금요일 밤에 모인 국민들의 교통을 경찰이 통제하는 모습이다.

촛불 대신 꺼지지 않는 아이돌 응원봉 들고 민주주의를 지킨 12일… 윤석열 대통령 탄핵안 가결까지

Kyuwon Han, Spotlight Team Reporter December 27, 2024

“존경하는 국민 여러분. 저는 대통령으로서 피를 토하는 심정으로 국민 여러분께 호소 드립니다. 저는 북한 공산세력 위협으로부터 자유대한민국을 수호하고,...

Customers await their order at Korea Town Pizza Company located at 5326 Beach Blvd. in Buena Park on Friday, Oct. 11.

RESTAURANT REVIEW: Buena Park’s Korea Town Pizza delivers with kimchi mixed with nachos for an appetizer and bulgogi among the toppings

Jenna Kim, Entertainment Editor December 16, 2024

American pizzas are often known for their salty profile, featuring savory toppings such as the popular pepperoni and cheese (think Costco) that add to their signature taste. For those looking to try...

The 2024 Paris Olympics, which ended its two-week run Sunday, Aug. 11, attracted approximately 15 million visitors to France to watch the games along with 30.6 million viewers on NBC. Nevertheless, from mistaking a country to going against religious and women’s rights, organizers for the L.A. Olympics in 2028 could aim to become more mindful so the same problems won’t occur four years from now.

COLUMN: Jump for the 2024 Paris Olympics fell short — Los Angeles should aim for better

Soojin Cho, Copy Editor September 14, 2024

Compared to our Asian-dominated high school, Sunny Hills, my old elementary school in L.A. had little to no Asians. On the first day of kindergarten, I entered the classroom to see the seats mostly filled...

Senior Helen Chung presents slides about donations to North Korea during a jjackchingu club meeting during lunch in Room 105 on Wednesday, Dec. 14.

CLUB CORNER: Senior hopes to spread awareness about misunderstandings surrounding North Korea

Jiseong Yoo, Data Team Member January 23, 2024

For the 2023-2024 school year, the Associated Student Body has approved 29 new clubs. The Accolade’s cub reporters from the beginning journalism class will report on each new group in alphabetical order....

An artist’s rendering of Oli London, who received 32 cosmetic surgeries to resemble K-pop idol Jimin from BTS, and the media's reaction after netizens saw London’s transformation.

Overwhelming South Korean influence in the West transforms culture into a mere aesthetic

Nicole Park, Feature Editor September 19, 2023

Five years ago, British influencer Oli London began attracting media attention after appearing on a television show called “Hooked On The Look,” which showed the process of him receiving over 30 cosmetic...

Senior Ellie Kim performs at a pansori competition on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022.

Senior returns from a 2-week program studying traditional music in South Korea

Angelina Jeong, Spotlight Specialty Magazine Editor February 16, 2023

Two weeks away from her family and friends. Two weeks missing school and having to make up all that work. Two weeks living overseas in an island city southwest of South Korea. Those were the kind...

Korean Culture Club's fan dance subgroup practices after school on Wednesday, Sept. 28, for its performance on the Saturday, Oct. 8, Korean Culture Festival that will take place at the Sunny Hills quad.

‘Squid Game,’ K-pop and more for Saturday, Oct. 8, Korean Culture Club festival in the quad

Jaimie Chun, Editor-in-Chief October 7, 2022

The Korean Culture Club [KCC] will hold its free-admission, inaugural Korean Culture Festival on campus Saturday, Oct. 8, in the quad, where the group will showcase such events as K-pop performances and...

Actor Ji-soo Kim from the K-pop all-girls band, Blackpink (left), glances at Jung Hae-in, who plays the character of a North Korean spy named Lim Su-ho in Disney+'s "Snowdrop." The episodic series was DIsney+'s first Korean drama to be released on its streaming platform earlier this year and exemplifies the South Korean approach to addressing relationships known as mildang.

It’s called mildang, and that’s what keeps me hooked on K-dramas

Esther Oh, Staff Reporter May 18, 2022

Though I grew up in a fairly traditional Korean household, I didn’t join my culture’s TV/movie drama fan base until my friends persuaded me to watch one in the seventh grade.  My first K-drama...

Gi Hun (Lee Jung Jae, “Along with the Gods”) brings his dalgona, a honeycomb-like candy, to the light, and discovers a new way to cut out the umbrella shape during ppopgi, the second round of the competition that comprises “Squid Game.”

Though a bit too violent at times, South Korean hit ‘Squid Game’ resonates with all cultures with its accurate portrayals of those in heavy debt

Rachel Yun, Sports Editor October 19, 2021

One crack, and it’s over. Ppopgi is a traditional Korean game played by carving out the imprinted shape on dalgona, a frail honeycomb-like candy, that often leads to fractures if one is not careful...

An artist’s rendering of a scene from the film “Minari,” where a Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in hopes of achieving their American Dream.

‘Minari’ makes ethnic minorities like myself feel represented

Andrew Park, Arts & Entertainment Editor March 11, 2021

Raised by South Korean immigrant parents in America, my ethnicity is naturally Korean American; growing up as an ethnic minority, my cultural identity largely defined who I am.  When watching American...

An artist’s rendering of what the Korean War Memorial would look like once enough funds have been raised to have it built at Hillcrest Park next to the duck pond in Fullerton, near Fullerton Union High School.

Group seeks $130,000 more to get Korean War Memorial erected in Fullerton’s Hillcrest Park

Esther Oh, Staff Reporter October 5, 2020

A committee working to build a Korean War Memorial in a Fullerton park has created a GoFundme page to raise the remaining $130,000 of $720,000 needed to begin construction of the monument to honor the...

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