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Korea: Clinton’s Visit to North Korea

A surprising news. All of a sudden, Clinton visited North Korea and like 007 he took two female American journalists who were held in North Korea back home. About this sudden news, there is not so much public news regarding it in the Korean media nor ...

From HYEJIN KIM, Global Voices Online,  5 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Bill Clinton,  U.S. Democratic Party,  George W. Bush,  Madeleine Albright

Korea: Anti-Mother Internet Cafe

A teenager made an internet cafe (internet club) with the name of ‘Anti-Mother Cafe’ and many young people joined it. As we can see from the name, it is for teenagers to criticize their own mothers. A number of teenagers joined and the criticism is ...

From HYEJIN KIM, Global Voices Online,  2 Aug 2009

Korea: Why Did Korean Politicians Fight?

Here are netizens’ opinions and worries about this chaos. Looking at it, I have thought it over. I don’t know about bills about media well. I’m just a freshman who has studied law and just started taking a class related to media. But I know one thing. ...

From HYEJIN KIM, Global Voices Online,  25 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Lee Kun-hee

Korea: The Death of the Least Corrupt President in Korean History with the Corruption Scandal

Roh Moo-hyun, the previous president of Korea, died today. Suffering from the bribery scandal and investigation from the prosecution authority, the previous president who tried to live a quiet life in his hometown after his governance jumped off of a ...

From HYEJIN KIM, Global Voices Online,  23 May 2009
Related Topics: Roh Moo-hyun,  Lee Myung-bak,  Barack Obama

Korea: North Korea cancels all contracts with South Korea at the Kaesong Joint Industrial Complex

There are several posts about this news. […]North Korea treats the contract as a piece of tissue and therefore there can’t be credible. Everyone knows that credibility is the basic principle of business. Netizens in Agora always say that the Kaesong ...

From HYEJIN KIM, Global Voices Online,  23 May 2009
Related Topics: Kim Dae Jung,  Roh Moo-hyun

Korea: Previous President and Money

Previous president Roh Moo Hyun who is famous as the ‘president for citizens’ and still keeps his popularity after his retirement due to his humble life in his hometown and to citizens’ dissatisfaction with the current government has been involved with ...

From HYEJIN KIM, Global Voices Online,  13 May 2009
Related Topics: Roh Moo-hyun

Korea: Things that might surprise you in North America

A netizen shows an interesting post about 22 things that surprise you while you travel America. It is fun to see how things are natural in a place could be observed as interesting by others.       1. highway traffic lane. There are parts that are ...

From HYEJIN KIM, Global Voices Online,  24 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Burger King

Korea: Is teachers’ physical punishment toward students a crime?

A second grade student at a primary school was struck 27 times by her teacher because she gave the wrong answer to a math question. After her mother put a photo of her daughter’s bottom with bruises on the internet, parents’ associations and other ...

From HYEJIN KIM, Global Voices Online,  18 Apr 2009

Korea: Launch of Missile (or Satellite) from North Korea and South Koreans.

I introduce how netizens reacted after the news. Despite the warning from international society, North Korea launched the long distance rocket. It is a serious criminal act which threatens security of the Korean peninsula.[…] Competition to prepare ...

From HYEJIN KIM, Global Voices Online,  11 Apr 2009

Korea: Soccer Game between Korea and Korea.

For the 2010 World Cup of South Africa, there was a preliminary game in South Korea. The appointed teams were North Korea and South Korea. After the game, bloggers share their feelings. I decided to go to Sangam in order to see today’s game. I was ...

From HYEJIN KIM, Global Voices Online,  5 Apr 2009

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