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Born in Argentina to Korean parents and smuggled by a coyote across the U.S.-Mexico border when he was 3 years old, Jonnie Park grew up in L.A. amid cultural dislocation, his father’s violent alcoholism and the turbulent protests and riots of the early 1990s.

Chris Armas, the head coach of the Kansas City Current in the U.S. National Women’s Soccer League, had a distinctly cross-cultural upbringing.

Puerto Rico exists in a strange in-between — not quite a nation, not quite a state — with a history marked by resistance, creativity and deep colonial trauma, according to the directors of “Esta Isla.”

A new single by a pair of Scottish expat musicians looks at how friends can comfort someone going through grief, which could also apply to Third Culture Kids (TCKs) mourning the place and people they just left.

In many cultures, marriage is a short ceremony. In Bhaaratam (India), weddings are elaborate not for spectacle, but because life itself is honored through Samskaaras — purifying rites.

If you’re in the mood for a more international version of the holiday song “We Wish You A Merry Christmas,” you’ll want to check out the latest rendition by Nigerian singer/songwriter Waconzy.

Moving can be challenging for the culturally fluid, whether it be from one continent to another or from the countryside to the big city.

For writer and activist Ilya Ganpantsura who advocates for linguistic and religious rights in Ukraine, the answer becomes clear if one looks at poor countries without democracy — for they lack the very tradition of democracy.