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After Months of Opposition, DHS Drops Georgia ICE Detention Plans

DHS has scrapped plans for two ICE detention facilities in Northeast Georgia following months of local opposition.

ā€˜Joy Is Louder Than Hate’: Athens Pride Parade Counters Neo-Nazi Disruption

A peaceful community response successfully countered an attempted disruption by a neo-Nazi group during a Pride parade in Athens, Georgia over the weekend.

‘Packed, Cracked’: Georgia’s Emergency Redistricting Threatens Korean American Political Gains

A special legislative session to redraw Georgia’s maps is sparking fierce pushback from voting rights advocates and Democratic lawmakers.

Five Years After Atlanta Spa Shooting, AAPI Community Faces Stalled Trial, Fading Support

On the final day of January this year, Kim sat stoically in a Fulton County courtroom, watching Robert Aaron Long and his legal team.Ā 

Former CDC Staff Protest ā€˜Systemic Erosion’ of Once-Vaunted Agency

DECATUR, Ga. — Every Tuesday for the past 13 months, a group of more than 30 retirees and former employees of the Centers for...

Georgia Celebrates Lunar New Year at the World’s Largest Confederate Memorial

Against the backdrop of the world’s largest Confederate memorial dancers in traditional Asian attire perform before a crowd of thousands.

Georgia Lawmaker Faces Opposition Over Proposal to Rename Sawnee Mountain After Trump

A legislative proposal to rename the historic North Georgia landmark has sparked significant pushback from local officials and the Native American community.

One Hundred Fifty Hyundai, LG Workers Still in ICE Detention in Georgia

Members of Georgia’s Korean community are growing increasingly anxious over their fate and are demanding to know when they will be freed.

In the Deep South Baseball Is as American as… Kimchi

With a growing population and rising investment from South Korea, Korean culture is permeating the Deep South.

Korean American Organizations Cite Rising Business, Community Fears Over ICE Raids

Seven organizations representing Korean American communities nationwide shared perspectives on Trump’s mass deportation campaign.

Fifty Years After the Fall of Saigon, Advocates in Georgia Call for Greater Refugee Rights

Southeast Asian community leaders and activists gathered in Georgia recently to commemorate the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act.

For Koreans in U.S., South Korean Elections are About ā€˜Protecting Democracy’

South Korea will hold presidential elections on June 3 as the country seeks to replace impeached former conservative President Yoon Seok Yeol.

The ā€˜Elephant in the Room’ – Tariffs Hang Over Korean Biz Convention in US Deep South

Over 400 South Korean businesses came to Duluth, nicknamed the "Seoul of the South," seeking opportunities and answers to Trump's U.S. trade policy.

How Three Muslim Women in GA Won a Public Apology and Set a New Legal Precedent Against Hate

Perry Greene, ex-husband of GA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, apologized and agreed to pay $75,000 after a video showed him verbally attacking three Muslim women.

Remembering the Atlanta Shootings, Even as the White House Forgets

The White House was absent from a memorial marking four years since a shooting spree targeting Atlanta's Asian American community.

Former North Korean Soldier Turned Human Rights Advocate Fears Loss of US Support

Advocates say the US must continue to push for human rights in North Korea, which has sent thousands of soldiers to fight in the war in Ukraine.

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API Leaders in Atlanta Ally With Latino Community in Wake of ICE Raids

API leaders say the raids call for solidarity among Atlanta's immigrant population. ā€œWe have to realize at any point this could shift to other communities.ā€

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Protests in South Korea suggest an emerging form of direct democracy where social values and consensus, rather than political or military force, hold sway.

Q&A: ā€˜Candlelight Democracy’ and the Path Forward for South Korea

Protests in South Korea suggest an emerging form of direct democracy where social values and consensus, rather than political or military force, hold sway.

Asian American Voters in Georgia Will Not Be Overlooked

Asian Americans in the Deep South now realize one thing. The only time we are ā€œdiscoveredā€ is when one of us is killed, or when election season comes around.

From the ā€˜Worst of the Worst’ to the Easiest To Arrest: How AI Is Powering Immigration...

AI hacking incidents at OpenAI, Meta and Anthropic raise questions about the tools now powering DHS's shift to easiest-to-arrest immigrants.

Crackdown, Slowdown: How Federal Immigration Policy Is Reshaping Small Town America

Aug 14 | Federal immigration crackdowns are reshaping small-town America, affecting immigrant families, local businesses, schools, employers, and rural economies that have increasingly relied on immigrant communities.

Automated Translation Errors in California Courts Raise Concerns Over Korean Americans’ Access to Justice

35 legal and community groups are calling for a halt to AI generated court translations without qualified human review.

It’s ‘One Arm Against Another’ for This Budding San Francisco Community

Arm wrestling— long associated with bars, school lunchrooms, and bragging rights — is enjoying a worldwide resurgence, including in San Francisco.