Thanks HKA!

Thank you HKA for a great time.
Hope to see all of you here at Yale next November
(or perhaps even sooner).

LiNK Nomads Screening: Hiding

The LiNK Nomads return to Yale with their new documentary:

HIDING
Friday, November 6th
6PM in LC 317

Hiding Teaser II from LiNK Global on Vimeo.

Who are the LiNK Nomads?

AACC Film Festival: Old Boy

AACC Asian American Film Festival Presents:

OLD BOY
Thursday November 4th @7:30 in Silliflicks Theater

"...powerful film not because of what it depicts, but because of the depths of the human heart which it strips bare"

- Roger Ebert

Winner of the Grand Prix at 2004 Cannes Film Festival

Yale Thi[NK] Master's Tea: Decoding North Korea

Bradley Martin, Career Asia Correspondent & Author of

"Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader:

North Korea and the Kim Dynasty"

Tuesday, November 2nd at 4PM

Pierson College Master's House

231 Park St.

Check out the facebook event

KASCON Information Meeting

Mark your calendars for March 18th – 20th, 2010 because KASCON 25 is coming to Yale!

Want to be a part of the oldest and largest undergraduate ethnic-specific college conference in America? Interested in inviting speakers like Michelle Rhee, organizing Kollaboration (www.kollaboration.org), or working with a 6-figure budget? Come to our information session to see how you can get involved in KASCON. Food will be served.

Tuesday, October 26, 8PM
WLH 116

For more information and updates, check out our website at www.kascon.com.

Yale Thi[NK] Master's Tea

Join Yale Thi[NK] for a Master's Tea

"North Korean Defectors' Struggle Outside North Korea"

Ana Jang, People for Successful Corean Unification

Tuesday, October 19th @ 4PM

Silliman College Master's House

71 Wall St.

20/20: A Showcase of International Experiences

20/20: A Showcase of International Experiences

Wednesday, Oct. 13 @ 7 p.m. in the AACC

Yalies will present on their international experiences given the restriction of 20 slides and 20 seconds to present per slide. Join KASY at 20/20 to to experience global travel and obtain a better vision of the world! Learn about Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Russia, China, and Mongolia from students who spent their summers there. Ashley’s Ice Cream will be served.

Korean Drama Night Begins

Get your Korean Drama Fix

Fridays at 7:30PM

Naples Night

1st General Meeting

5/18 Gwangju Democracy Movement

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the Democracy Movement in Gwangju. In 1980, in the midst of the switch from one military dictatorship to another, democracy movements started throughout South Korea. Mass demonstrations for reform evolved into a people's takeover of the government in Gwangju on May 18th. The government responded with force and a violent confrontation between the people of Gwangju and the military ensued for ten days. Estimates for the casualties rates vary wildly from the hundreds to the thousands as information about the incident was suppressed.

Gwangju however was not forgotten forever. In 1997, 17 former government officials including two ex-presidents were convicted for their roles in the response to the uprising; the two presidents were later pardoned. This incident is also one source of anti-Americanism in South Korea as there seems to be some controversy about whether American officials approve the use of force against the Korean public. The Gwangju Movement was even featured in one of the all time classic Korean dramas Sandglass which depicted reenacted scenes from the incident at a time when many did not know what had happened. Below are some pictures that came up on a google search. You can also check out these films: The Petal (1996), Peppermint Candy (2000), or more recently May 18 (2007).

KASCON XXV at Yale University

For its 25th anniversary, the Korean American Students Conference will return to Yale! Thanks to everyone who made our bid successful, from the bid team, to Dean Dhall, to everyone who signed our petition and/or attended KASCON 24 earlier this month.

More information on KASCON XXV will come shortly.

- Yale KASCON Bid Team

Days 2-4... check

Quote(s) of the Day(s):

"Oww my caLf muscle!" [emphasis on the L] - John Pyun
"That better be a gnome wearing a party hat." - Baby James

Saturday was way too eventful to capture in coherent sentences and paragraphs, so a chronological outline will have to do.

7:00 - Wake up. It's early. Gah.
8:30 - Head to Kinkos to print out four copies of our sixty-page bid packet.
9:00 - This Kinkos doesn't exist anymore?? Let's go find another one.
9:30 - WHY ISN'T THE FILE ON THE FLASH DRIVE? AND IT'S RAINING? Panic mode sets in.
10:30 - Bid packet downloaded and printed. Frantic drive to Malibu.
11:30 - Arrive at Pepperdine. Catch the last half of seminar 2.
12:00 - Lunch. Comfort food. Review for bid presentation.
13:00 - Seminar 3.
14:00 - Bid presentation with Rutgers. Simultaneously fun and exhausting.
16:00 - Closing ceremony. Trouble staying awake. Keynote speaker is a baller though.
17:45 - Drive to nearest In N Out. Yum.
19:00 - Arrive at the legendary Shrine Auditorium for Kollaboration X. Bump into friends from middle school(!)
23:00 - The night begins.

Fortunately, Sunday and Monday were much chiller. I'll let the pictures below speak for themselves. This will probably also be the last post from LA, since KASCON is now officially over, but hope you guys enjoyed the updates while they lasted!

Climbing stuff.

Santa Monica yayuhh

Dong and Allen share a churro.

Allen reenacts the Titanic scene.

Frozen yogurt, LA-style

Flexing at Muscle Beach.

LAN party in the loft

KARAOKE

Group karaoke

Telepictionary (best game ever)

Day 1... check

Quote of the Day:

"Does California even have paved roads?" - Baby James Kim

Today was a crazy ("cray cray") blur of driving, sightseeing, and conferencing. After picking up four people from LAX at 12:30 pm (and leaving two others stranded... temporarily), we headed over to K-town for some last minute bid packet adjustments and the prospect of food. We bumped into some technical difficulties but managed to make it to Pepperdine in time for... wait for it... social speed dating! Yeah, not awkward at all.

Then, dinnertime! We hit up a little Mexican restaurant near Pepperdine, where I ordered the Pepperdine burrito (probably the SoCal analog of naming sushi rolls after Yale and New Haven). The owner came out to greet us, give us free cookies, and congratulate us for being Yalies. Good times.

The day wrapped up with a keynote address by the eminent K. W. Lee, which was intense and emotional and sort of awesome, and an evening of coffeehouse entertainment, including an act by Danny Cho (hilarious). I drove Eliot and Allen back to my house afterwards, but I don't know where everyone else went. Interesting updates tomorrow, I expect.

Playing around in front of some fountain.

(Almost) everyone.

Nerds.

Yeahh bid team, sans Andrea =[

the journey is more important than the destination

The Friday morning group is not yet in California but due to the luxuries of Virgin America, we can in flight provide updates.

Dong is awake. John not so much.

John's famous pose right back at him.

Eunju sleeps.

Spring break! Malibu! KASCON!

What up KASY? It's your friendly neighborhood president here, reporting live from my hometown of Los Angeles, CA. In case you've been living under a rock (or in Bass) for the past few weeks, spring break has finally begun! And of course, with spring break comes the Korean American Students Conference, being held this year at Pepperdine University in Malibu. We have a huge Yale contingent this year--18 people--and I thought it'd be fun to keep a record of our adventures this weekend on this blog. Check back often for updates, especially on Saturday afternoon to hear how our bid for KASCON XXV goes.

Oh, and one last thing:

SoCal beaches are the best, muaha.

Have a good spring break everyone!

Culture Show Video

Videos are finally up! Check out more clips on KASY's Youtube Page.

The Brown Eyed Boys


Beginning of 3PM


Conclusion of 3PM

March 1st Commemoration and ERI Open House

ALL DAY MONDAY: Wear Black With The Commemorative Pin.
AT 5:30: Attend the East Rock Institute Open House & Eat Korean Food.

March 1st Commemoration

On March 1st 1919, the Korean Independence movement was born. Korean nationalists presented a formal declaration of independence to the Japanese colonial government and protests broke out all across the country. To commemorate the heroic acts and sacrifices of the over 7000 individuals who gave their lives and 15000 more who were injured that day, we're urging all KASY members and friends to dress in black on Monday. We will be distributing commemorative pins at the culture show and over the weekend that can be worn to show your support.

ERI Open house

That afternoon we will be having an Open House at the East Rock Institute, this coming Monday at 5:30PM. ERI is a nonprofit research and educational organization dedicated to the enhancement and deepening of cultural understanding between Eastern and Western societies through innovative approaches to research and teaching. It was founded by the late Dr. Kwang Lim Koh, husband of the current chair of the organization, Dr. Hesung Koh, and father of Dr. Harold Koh, Obama's legal advisor and Dr. Howard Koh, US Assis. Secretary of Health.

ERI is looking for Yale students interested in East Asian Studies to volunteer and intern for different ongoing projects. It is an opportunity to network with many alumni and learn about Korean/Korean-American culture. Come out to meet people, learn about the opportunities at ERI, and hear a little about the history of KASY. Also, delicious Korean food will be provided. Please RSVP to sunhyoung.park@yale.edu.

KASY Culture Show

KASY Culture Show 2010

Featuring: Brown Eyed Boys, 3PM, Unity, and more

This Friday at 8.
Pierson Dining Hall.
Free Admission.
Be there.

Politics over Pizza: Interface of Asia and the US

Go watch James Kim talk about his feelings.

DATE: Wednesday, February 24^th, 2010

TIME: 5:00PM – 6:30PM

PLACE: WLH 207

***FREE PAPA JOHN’S PIZZA AND DRINKS!***

RSVP to jenny.mei@yale.edu

We’ve all talked about our cultural identities, torn between the two worlds of Asia and America. But what about our political one? How do we, as Asian-Americans, deal with political tensions between our native country in Asia and the United States? Do you feel caught between defending your home country and your Western political ideals?

Come talk about your political identity at the Politics Over Pizza Discussion Panel, featuring the following upperclassmen as discussion leaders:

-Carl Kubler – TC ‘10

-Rich Tao – SM ‘10

-Ray Wang – BR ‘10

-James Kim – DC ‘11

-Susan Liu – MC ‘10

-Faizaan Kisat – BR ‘12

The event is an open forum and everyone can participate! So come and express your opinion on this pressing issue that is becoming increasingly prominent in our lives.

KASY Board Video

Every two years, KASY has an alumni banquet. This was the board introduction video made by the board last semester for the banquet. Enjoy.

2010 Freshmen Skit and 2nd General Meeting

Great job to the freshpersons. Here are the pictures:

"Eliot" has no friends and is self-conscious about the shape of his head.

Eunju's impersonation of Dong.

The Whole Cast

Audience getting roasted. Some more than others.

Some of the starlets
KASY Assassins begins