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CKAKS' press releases are mostly accompanied by news conferences and have been widely reported on by the Korean press, both electronic and print, in the United States and in Korea. The press releases that follow are listed in chronological order • A full list of tables and other data is available on our Census Data page.


September 12-14, 2003 (Conference presentation, San Francisco) • Social and Economic Indicators by Race and Asian Ethnic Group and Korean Population Density Maps for Five Metropolitan Areas: (1) Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange; (2) New York-NJ-Long Island; (3) Washington-Balitmore; (4) San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose; and (5) Chicago-Gary-Kenosha (Powerpoint slideshow containing 62 tables and 5 color maps--file size: 1.7 MB)

August 14, 2003: KAC-Orange County Public Forum--Orange County Race and Ethnic Profile: Social and Economic Data, 2000 (MS PowerPoint presentation; includes tables and color maps).

July 18, 2003: "Socio-economic Indicators, Language Use, Linguistically Isolated Language Environment, 2000." Tables and Highlights.

Press Coverage: Korea Times (PDF file in Korean*), Yonhap News Service (in Korean); JoongAnh USA (PDF file in Korean*)

* NOTE: Korean language tool kit needed to read these articles in Adobe Reader 5.0 (or earlier). PDF versions do not contain active links.

July 2, 2003: "Population Change by Race and Ethnicity, 1990-2000
USA, California, Southern California, LA County, Orange County, Koreatown." Tables (6) and Highlights.

June 4, 2003: "Education Achievement, Employment, Income and Citizenship,2000." Tables (7) and Highlights.

November 22, 2002: "Korean Employment, Poverty, and Naturalization in the United States." Tables and Highlights.

July 8, 2002: "Socioeconomic Indicators by Race and Ethnicity." Tables (10) and Highlights.

May 29, 2002: "Population by Ancestry Group, Los Angeles City and Los Angeles County, 1990-2000." Tables and Highlights.

April 24, 2002: "Family, Marital Status, Languages Spoken at Home, Citizenship Status by Ethnic Groups, 2000, U.S., Southern California, Los Angeles County, Koreatown." Tables and Highlights.

March 13, 2002: "Sex Imbalance in the Age Structure of Korean Immigrants: 1996-2000." Tables and Highlights.

December 14, 2001: "Three Categories of Asian Ethnic Groups by States, 2000." Tables and Highlights

October 16, 2001: "Koreatown Maps drawn from the Census 2000 Census Tract Data on Koreans." Maps, Tables and Highlights.

September 5, 2001: "New Boundaries for ‘Koreatown’ based on the Ethnic and Racial Data from the Census 2000 Block Data," Maps, Tables and Highlights.

CLICK HERE FOR A FULL LIST OF TABLES (ALL CAN BE DOWNLOADED)

Recent columns by CKAKS faculty.

"Hines Ward and Korean Identity," Korea Times, April 4, 2006. By Timothy Lim.

"Rallying for Migrant Workers," Korea Herald, February 22, 2006. By Timothy Lim.

Below are some recent news media reports that refer to research done by CKAKS and its faculty, or which reflects faculty expertise on Korea-related issues.

Press articles on Prof. Lim's paper, "The Smuggling and Trafficking of Korean Women in the United States: A Preliminary Study," appeared in the Hanguk Ilbo, Munhwa Ilbo, Kyonghyang Ilbo, and Chungang Ilbo and other Korean news sources.

"Scattered by Strong: Korean American Results from the 2000 Census," by Sam Chu Lin, main feature story AsianWeek • This story is based almost entirely on Dr. Yu's recent analysis of the 2000 Census data on Korean Americans. [If link is expired or broken, download PDF file of article]

"Fractured Korean Dream," by Lee Chang-sup (Business Editor), editorial in the Korea Times (April 23, 2003) • Dr. Lim is quoted extensively regarding his research on transnational worker migration to South Korea. [If link is expired or broken, download PDF file of article--Korean language tool kit required to view article in Adobe]

"Site of Conflict Now a Study in Stalemate," by Helen Gao, article in the Los Angeles Daily News on the 50th Anniversary of the Korean War (July 27, 2003) • Dr. Lim is quoted with regard to current US-North Korean relations. [Note: Article is a PDF copy of the original]

From Korean Language Media Sources (if links are expired or broken, all articles can also be downloaded as PDF files)

From the Koamerican Journal:
www.komericanjournal.com/komerican_community_news008.htm [PDF]

From the Busan Ilbo:
www.pusanilbo.com/news2000/html/2003/0212/061420030212.1006093141.html [PDF]
210.123.165.1/news2000/html/2003/0605/050020030605.1010112504.html [PDF]
peace.pusanilbo.com/news2000/html/2003/0129/061420030129.1006091745.html [PDF]

From Digital Chosun:
www.chosun.co.kr/w21data/html/news/200306/200306050278.html [PDF]

From Kidonews.com:
http://www.kidoknews.com/old/usa2001060401.htm [PDF]