When Kyui Bok Yoo fell in love with a young man and followed him to southern Korea in the early 1940s, she couldn’t have dreamed that the Korean peninsula would soon be bitterly divided — or that...
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Harvard professor urged to offer apology for ‘comfort women’ claims
A controversy surrounding a Harvard professor who wrote a journal article depicting victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery as voluntary prostitutes continues to escalate, with scholars,...
California GOP Leaders Push Newsom Recall And Tout Congressional Wins At State Republican Convention
The California Republican Party held its Spring Organizing Convention over the weekend, projecting an optimism bolstered by the current effort to recall Governor Gavin Newsom and recent...
100 Representatives Urge Biden Administration to Support Armenia and Artsakh
The Armenian Council of America (ACA) welcomed a bipartisan Armenian Caucus letter signed by 100 Members of Congress encouraging the new Biden-Harris Administration (Secretary of State...
Assembly Welcomes Bipartisan Letter to Administration In Support of Armenia & Artsakh
Today, the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) welcomed a bipartisan letter signed by 101 Members of Congress to U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd...
February 20, 2021 E-Newsletter
February 20, 2021 E-Newsletter
McCarthy, California GOP Holding Biden and Newsom Administrations Accountable on Energy
Today, Congressman Kevin McCarthy led a meeting with the California Republican Congressional Delegation – made up of Representatives Ken Calvert (CA-42), Mike Garcia (CA-25), Darrell Issa (CA-50),...
Science Committee Republicans Request Hearing on Reopening Schools
Ranking Member Frank Lucas led Republicans on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee in a letter to Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today requesting that the Committee hold a hearing on...
Rep. Young Kim Urges for Hearing on Safely Reopening Schools
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-39) today joined House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chair Frank Lucas (OK-03) and Republican Committee members to urge Committee...
Congress must unite to help local governments, businesses and families: Young Kim
With the debate to provide COVID-19 relief well underway, congressional leadership from both sides of the aisle should come together to provide targeted relief directly to local communities so...
Democratic Asian-American lawmakers to form second group that will include Republicans
The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) is branching out to welcome House Republicans into a new bipartisan group, a shakeup that reflects the historic diversity of...
Bills Introduced In US Congress To Counter Growing Chinese Influence
Several top US Republican lawmakers have introduced more than a dozen bills in Congress to counter the growing Chinese influence in the country and to protect America’s critical infrastructure. The...
US bill supports WHO observer status for Taiwan
Nearly 40 members of the US House of Representatives on Thursday led a bipartisan effort to back Taiwan’s bid for observer status in the WHO.After the US rejoined the WHO following US President Joe...
Congress Must Come Together to Provide Direct Funding for Local Governments, Businesses, Families
With the debate to provide COVID-19 relief well underway, Congressional leadership from both sides of the aisle should come together to provide targeted relief directly to local communities so...
Reps. Kim, Sherman Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Restore Observer Status for Taiwan in the World Health Organization
Washington, DC – U.S. Representatives Young Kim (CA-39) and Brad Sherman (CA-30) today led a bipartisan effort to help Taiwan regain its status as an observer in the World Health...
Immigrants and children of immigrants make up at least 14% of the 117th Congress
Immigrants and the children of immigrants account for a small but growing share of lawmakers on Capitol Hill. At least 76 (14%) of the voting members of the 117th Congress are foreign born or have...
Californians Deserve Answers About Newsom Vaccine Distribution Plan
Today, Congressman Kevin McCarthy and Congresswoman Young Kim (CA-39) led Members of the California Republican Congressional Delegation in a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom expressing...
McCarthy, California Republicans call out Newsom over vaccine rollout: ‘We fear more Californians may die’
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Young Kim led the GOP California members of Congress in demanding answers from Gov. Gavin Newsom on the "failures"...
Kim, McCarthy and CA Republicans Demand Answers from Gov. Newsom on Slow COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-39) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) led a letter from the California Republican Congressional Delegation to the Newsom...
Korean American politician slams professor for claims on comfort women
A Korean American politician in the U.S. has publicly rejected claims regarding the wartime sex slavery which were made by J. Mark Ramseyer, Mitsubishi professor of Japanese legal studies at Harvard...