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We're taking a bit of a breather after the fundraiser and some difficult events on university campuses. We'll be back with the next episode of groundings on Saturday, May 11 with Hilary Hwu.



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Mirae, choa's co-founder, is this week’s guest on groundings.

You may have seen and enjoyed her writings, graphic designs, and as of late, her monthly recommendations, but this week's groundings episode explores the lesser known sides of this choa team member. 

In a conversation with Ki-Sang and Harriet, Mirae shares her experience as an immigrant and diaspora member in both Toronto and in Singapore, how her work with diasporic artists and storytellers have shaped her own sense of identity, and why K-pop will always feel more like home than Western entertainment.



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groundings, a storytelling project from choa magazine, takes a deep dive into the inner lives of women in the Korean diaspora.



Hosted by Ki-Sang Yi

Music by Haedeun Kim



Follow us on Instagram @choamagazine or visit our website choamagazine.com

June Hur is a Korean historical YA novelist whose novels that have been described as K-dramas in book form. She is the author of best-selling and award-winning books The Silence of Bones, The Forest of Stolen Girls, The Red Palace, and the upcoming A Crane Among Wolves. 

In this episode of groundings, June and Ki-Sang discuss the pains of being an introvert in an extroverted world, the role of history in rooting us a collective identity, and the beauty and challenges of being a diasporic creative.

A Crane Among Wolves will be released in May 2024 and is available for pre-order. You can find June’s blog, pre-order her upcoming novel, and learn more about her existing books on junehur.com. 

For more details about choa magazine’s call for submission for Volume 4: Sex, visit https://www.choamagazine.com/submissions.html. Deadline is March 31, 2024. 

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groundings, a storytelling project from choa magazine, takes a deep dive into the inner lives of women in the Korean diaspora.

Hosted by Ki-Sang Yi

Music by Haedeun Kim

Follow us on Instagram @choamagazine or visit our website choamagazine.com

Welcome to our first deep dive into a choa member’s inner world. Ki-Sang’s been with choa magazine since 2021, but this is the first time she shares the story behind her name, her current pursuits, and her love-hate relationship with K-entertainment and K-beauty standards with our diasporic community. 

Subscribe to groundings to catch Mirae and Harriet’s stories in upcoming episodes.



To catch up on choa magazine’s Jane’s Walk of Toronto’s Koreatown, check out the “jane’s walk ‘23” highlights on our Instagram @choamagazine.

For more details about choa magazine’s call for submission for Volume 4: Sex, visit https://www.choamagazine.com/submissions.html. Deadline is March 31, 2024.



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groundings, a storytelling project from choa magazine, takes a deep dive into the inner lives of women in the Korean diaspora.



Hosted by Ki-Sang Yi

Music by Haedeun KimFollow us on Instagram @choamagazine or visit our website choamagazine.com

Jacquie Lee is a city planner in Toronto and the founder of Sonyo Kimchi. Jacquie started Sonyo Kimchi during the Covid-19 pandemic when she moved in with her grandparents to take care of them. In a conversation after a kimchi-making workshop in 2023, Harriet and Ki-Sang sit down with Jacquie to talk about her relationship with food prior to Sonyo Kimchi, the question of authenticity and intuition of food cultures, and the experiences we share as children of diaspora visiting Korea.

You can find Sonyo Kimchi on Instagram @sonyo_kimchi or go to sonyo.ca to sign up for upcoming workshops and order vegan, gluten-free kimchi across the GTA.

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groundings, a storytelling project from choa magazine, takes a deep dive into the inner lives of women in the Korean diaspora.

Hosted by Ki-Sang Yi

Music by Haedeun Kim

Follow us on Instagram @choamagazine or visit our website choamagazine.com

Welcome to groundings, a podcast project from choa magazine. In our first episode, we (re)introduce you to the team. Harriet, Mirae, and Ki-Sang reveal the origin story of choa magazine and discuss what being Korean means to them.

groundings, a storytelling project from choa magazine, takes a deep dive into the inner lives of women in the Korean diaspora.



Hosted by Ki-Sang Yi

Music by Haedeun Kim

Follow us on Instagram @choamagazine or visit our website choamagazine.com