Radio Hankook: The heart of Korea on Washington radio

For Western Washington immigrants, Federal Way's Radio Hankook is a cultural extension cord to the mother country.
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Jean Suh founded Washington's first and only Korean-language radio station.

For Western Washington immigrants, Federal Way's Radio Hankook is a cultural extension cord to the mother country.

Federal Way is a city of 90,000 people, bigger than Bellingham and smaller than nine other cities in the state including Vancouver. It is not a celebrated, distinguished or famous city, nor is it a breathtaking one — your basic 20th-century skin of cul-de-sacs laid over a skeleton of arterials. 
 
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Hugo Kugiya

A former national correspondent for The Associated Press and Newsday, freelance writer Hugo Kugiya has written about the Northwest for the Puget Sound Business Journal, The Seattle Times, the Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times. His book, 58 Degrees North, about the sinking of the Arctic Rose fishing vessel, was a finalist for the 2006 Washington State Book Award. You can reach him at hugo.kugiya@gmail.com.