A
Korean American is a person of
Korean ancestry who was either born in or is an immigrant of the
United States.
Notable Korean Americans -- who have publically appeared on American televsion, in news, or in magazine several times -- include:
- Leonard Chang, American-born writer
- Margaret Cho, American-born comedian
- Hyun Kim, New York-based Korean-born hip-hop musician (immigrated to the USA at 8)
- Lodestone Theatre Ensemble
- Philip W. Chung
- Alexandra Bokyun Chun
- Chil Kong
- Tim Lounibos
- Vickie Nam, American-born editor
- Soon-Teck Oh, Japanese-born, Korean-raised actor
- Eun-ha Paek, San Francisco-based Korean-born artist (female) (immigrated to the USA at 3)
- Eddie Pak, New York-based designer
- Diana Hong, New York-based art director
- Michelle Harper, New York-based fashion editor (adopted age 4)
- Suchin Pak, New York-based Korean-born MTV correspondent (female) (immigrated to the USA at 5)
- Nam June Paik, Korean-born artist
- Linda Park[?], Korean-born actor (Enterprise)
- Rick Yune[?], American-born actor
- Keiko Agena regularly plays a Korean-American on a TV series, but she is actually Japanese American.
See also: Asian American, Chinese American, Japanese American