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Sylvia Kim
Sylvia Kim

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The Door Has Been Open for 250 Years

Oct 5, 2026

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14 min read

The Door Has Been Open for 250 Years

Hudson County’s executive gave me twenty minutes on the day the county celebrated America’s 250th birthday. We talked about Marlon Brando, the Statue of Liberty’s water bill, a Korean restaurant in Journal Square, and a school with his name on it. At the end, he said he wanted another hour.

Sylvia Kim
Sylvia Kim

Voices

What We Stopped Counting

Sep 4, 2026

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18 min read

What We Stopped Counting

A century ago, Jersey City treated childbirth as something the city owed you. That building is luxury apartments now. New Jersey is putting up a first-of-its-kind state maternal health center in Trenton — and the state's own description of it does not use the word delivery.

Sylvia Kim
Sylvia Kim

Voices

When Cultural Authority Becomes the Embarrassment | 꼰대가 된 문화 권력의 망신

Aug 1, 2026

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6 min read

When Cultural Authority Becomes the Embarrassment | 꼰대가 된 문화 권력의 망신

BTS, the Grammys, and a generation that no longer waits for permission | BTS의 거부가 드러낸 낡은 완장과 새로운 세대의 힘 그리고 오래된 권위가 자신의 역사 영원한 권력으로 착각할 때 일어나는 일이다.

Sylvia Kim
Sylvia Kim

Voices

맘앤아이가 The KORISE로 —26년, 다시 당신께

Jun 27, 2026

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1 min read

맘앤아이가 The KORISE로 —26년, 다시 당신께

2000년 Mom&I(맘앤아이)로 시작한 이야기. 이제 The KORISE라는 이름으로, 당신의 이메일함에.

Sylvia Kim
Sylvia Kim

Culture

Where the Light Bled Into the Wall, and the Room Slowed Down | 벽에 빛이 배고, 방이 느려졌다

Jun 27, 2026

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8 min read

Where the Light Bled Into the Wall, and the Room Slowed Down | 벽에 빛이 배고, 방이 느려졌다

A field report from The Shed: in a fair that rewards speed and surface, the room chose depth. | 더 셰드 현장 리포트

Sylvia Kim
Sylvia Kim

Voices

On Those Who Remain | 남아 있는 사람들에 대하여

Jun 27, 2026

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2 min read

On Those Who Remain | 남아 있는 사람들에 대하여

A publisher's note on what it means to stay — through 26 years, a name change, and an age that keeps getting faster. | 발행인의 글

Sylvia Kim
Sylvia Kim

Culture

The Stage Across the River

Jun 18, 2026

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10 min read

The Stage Across the River

At the VOICES International Theatre & Arts Festival 2026, Korean art stopped being introduced. It came to the table with a question of its own — and for Jersey City, this was not an ending but a beginning.

Sylvia Kim
Sylvia Kim

Futures

BIG Summit Miami: What Korean Biotech Learned About the US Market

Jun 10, 2026

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1 min read

BIG Summit Miami: What Korean Biotech Learned About the US Market

Korean biotech founders met American regulatory strategists. The conversations that happened in between mattered most.

Sylvia Kim
Sylvia Kim

Voices

We Mistook a Tenant for an Anchor우리는 세입자를 앵커로 착각했다

Jun 9, 2026

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4 min read

We Mistook a Tenant for an Anchor우리는 세입자를 앵커로 착각했다

What left was a headquarters. What arrived is an ecosystem.떠난 것은 본사였고, 도착한 것은 생태계다

Sylvia Kim
Sylvia Kim

Voices

He Never Once Said "I Did This"그는 한 번도 "내가 했다"고 말하지 않았다

Jun 9, 2026

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3 min read

He Never Once Said "I Did This"그는 한 번도 "내가 했다"고 말하지 않았다

Two hours with Paul Kim, Mayor of Palisades Park — with council candidates Justin Kang and Lucy Yang. 팰리세이즈 파크 시장 폴 김의 두 시간. 인터뷰·글 실비아 김, 발행인.

Sylvia Kim
Sylvia Kim

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