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Naeun Kim
Producer with ABC News & Contributor at VICE Australia
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Feel free to look through my work or contact me via Twitter: @Naeun_K
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Billy Young - known as the last survivor of the Sandakan camp - has died, aged 96, from COVID-19.
A mutual hate for a teacher or a quick conversation used to be enough to seal a friendship. But when you're an adult, making a mate feels harder than buying that first house. It's no wonder the classic coming-of-age film Stand By Me ended with the wise words: "I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12.
Once upon a time, BTS meant behind the scenes, a parasite was something you learned about in Biology and a green light followed by a red light only caused panic if you were on the road.
When my parents got divorced a few years ago, it wasn't choosing a side or trying to understand what went wrong that proved difficult - it was talking about it in my family. I grew up in a typically traditional Korean family where Sundays were reserved for church, elders were always served first and no one ever dared mention the "d" word.
Ready and raring. The BAMS team before the COVID cleaning operation. Photo: Naeun Kim While most people run from catastrophes, Zammit is a natural in distressing situations. It's week 12 of Sydney 's second lockdown. Places are shut, roads barren, and the silence deafening-but not for one warehouse in Horsley Park.
There's something oddly comforting about a Bunnings ad. Perhaps it's the neighbourly faces, the no-frills editing or the expectant jingle at the end - but this particular Bunnings ad left me in tears. As each staff member proudly declared what they were thankful for their dad about, it dawned on me that Father's Day was creeping up.
When Cherryll Scott set off from her unit to stock up on bottled water last Thursday, she had to contend with a familiar challenge at the Ariele apartment complex in Melbourne's west. "There's only one elevator in the building, how ridiculous is that," she said of the complex with its 70-80 apartments.
My best friend and I were grabbing lunch with her white boyfriend once. We were all crossing the road when a man called out to us: "How much for both?" Stunned and disgusted, we looked the other way and kept walking.
A study once revealed that a man who is 5'6'' needs an additional $175,000 to be as desirable as a man who is 6' tall. David Ko spent the better part of college life as a single man.
This Sydney dentist is one of many Trump followers who refuse to believe that Trump is truly out of the White House. It was early morning in Sydney, Australia when America welcomed their 46th President to the White House.
From Debby Downers to Negative Nancies, certain names have attracted unflattering second meanings over the years. And in the overwrought, delicate age of COVID-19, Karens have emerged as the latest scapegoat. The name has come a long way from its Scandinavian origins, when it was a derivative of Katherine that simply meant "pure".
It's literally taken a pandemic to bring us back down to earth-working from home, adopting new and wholesome hobbies, and generally considering our health more. And this downsizing of our lives is being mirrored in the kinds of social media accounts we're following.
And learned some lessons along the way.
Brendan Pearce says he's made $16K from dick pics, splitting half the proceeds with charity.
Mick Merhi has now been a human meme for a year. Nine seconds, four words and millions of views in, Mick Merhi is an internet superstar. It's not bhed at all considering his phrase is now a staple in the ever-evolving Aussie lingo.
"But you're Asian! Aren't you meant to, like, eat it with every meal?" This is what everyone says (or nervously implies) when I reveal my hatred for coriander. And sure, the rest of my family can eat mouthfuls of the stuff and all my friends hide behind their menus when I demand my dishes be coriander-free, but I don't care.
I was at a friend's wedding in October and we were laughing about how I used to clip clothes pegs to my nose in an effort to straighten it out-which was one of those Asian myths like "don't sleep with wet hair or you'll get a headache" or "don't cut your nails before an exam or you'll fail"-when my friend suddenly brought up Subtle Asian Traits.
All photos by William Jordan It looks like a scene from the Real Housewives of Sydney: two well-dressed women sit on a cream-coloured couch in a plush apartment in the city's east. Their names are Holly and Anna and they're discussing Anna's latest date, which went pretty well.
Gordon McComiskie is a night photographer who covers Sydney's most foul and bloody stories for the Daily Telegraph. From 10pm to 6am, all weekend, the city is his playground. And yes, he's seen Nightcrawler. And yes he says it's like that, but "not to the same extent."
All images by the author, except the one on right which is via Shutterstock As Malcolm Turnbull exits the same way he entered (via a backstabbing coup), let's spend a moment recalling all the things our 29th Prime Minister stood for, and all the things he achieved...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that most Asian people look younger than their actual age. Rigorous beauty regimes, typically healthy Asian food and an obsession with pale skin (and staying out of the sun) are just some of the explanations people have pointed to.
Koreans are known for their entrepreneurship - from restaurants, hair salons, to even hiring a 'daeri' to drive your car home if you've been drinking - they've thought of it all. Birthday celebrations are no exception and for a baby's first birthday or 'dol,' businesses hiring out traditional clothes and decorations are helping to continue this custom in Australia.
Olivia Sturgiss is a 19-year-old checkout chick from Bowral, NSW. She has almost 50,000 Instagram followers because-Olivia's own effervescent personality aside-she looks a lot like Taylor Swift. Luckily she's also a huge Swift fan, which makes getting snapped on public transport and dealing with online haters a little more bearable.
In recent years, cloth pads and menstrual cups have become increasingly popular as environmental alternatives to synthetic pads and tampons. But in the eternal quest to be sustainable, another option has appeared: sea sponges. Also known as moon or jam sponges, a handful of sites and online stores are offering them as a natural way to manage periods.
According to recent figures obtained by the New South Wales Greens, gun ownership in the state has increased by 40 percent since 2001. In the last four years alone, new gun licences have jumped 20 percent, presently there 217,725 firearm licence holders in the state and over 850,000 registered guns.
A pack of imported cigarettes. All photos by the author. Walk through the bustling streets of Sydney's Chinatown and you'll notice coloured cigarette packaging littering the ground. Although they're common to this area, they're a rare sight in Australia since the government introduced across-the-board plain packaging in December 2012.
Fashion blogger Wiwid Howat is breaking down stereotypes about Muslim women.
All images by author At 3:30AM last Saturday I handed my car keys to a stranger to drive me home. He introduced himself as Jay and asked for my address. Jay's a daeri driver, employed by one of many off-licence Korean taxi services in Sydney catering to drunk customers who can't drive their car home.
Environment Minister Greg Hunt has pledged new money to help community groups trap and eradicate feral cats. There are up to 20 million feral cats taking up to four native Australian animals a night. That is over 20 billion Australian native species being destroyed a year, he said.
Greens deputy leader Adam Bandt says the Federal Government has cut spending on science, research and innovation to an historic low. ABC Fact Check finds his claim checks out. It's estimated research and development spending will be 0.56 per cent of GDP in 2014-15, which is the lowest level in decades.
Watching a solar eclipse directly can damage your eyes. Use these instructions to safely observe the eclipse or partial eclipse.
It's that time of the year when eating candy, dressing up and mutilating perfectly edible pumpkins is encouraged - but what exactly are we celebrating on Halloween?
Trading her feminine wiles as currency (as opposed to using business strategy) Miss Universe alumna Jesinta Campbell was pulling in a bit of extra cash during day one of Celebrity Apprentice yesterday.
Diabetes is becoming more common throughout the world, particularly in the developing world, where lifestyle and diet and rapidly changing.
The seminal changes to NSW adoption legislation again come into sharp focus this month with the launch of National Adoption Awareness Week.
TV & DIGITAL
A raw, candid sit-down with Korean grandmas and their granddaughters
The group were seen struggling in the surf at Moonee Beach, near Coffs Harbour last night - a third man is still missing. #9News https://t.co/JHD7TUhMvE
The death toll from Indonesia's devastating earthquake and tsunami has risen drastically to more than 830, with the number expected to rise. #9News https://t.co/8lyPJrChiR