Why Co.Cc Is Blocking Domains Illegally?
Region: KoreaIt seems the free domain provider Co.Cc is not providing free anything. It is trying to encash upon the goodwill and reputation of a domain registered at its platform. Once a domain is well known and reputed, it is blocking the same for extraneous considerations without any prior notice and explaining grounds for the same. We were running a news and views site named Cjnews that was also part of Google’s... more
Views: 1779Why Co.Cc Is Blocking Domains Illegally?
Region: KoreaIt seems the free domain provider Co.Cc is not providing free anything. It is trying to encash upon the goodwill and reputation of a domain registered at its platform. Once a domain is well known and reputed, it is blocking the same for extraneous considerations without any prior notice and explaining grounds for the same. We were running a news and views site named Cjnews that was also part of Goo... more
Views: 810American journalists sentenced to 12 years hard labor in North Korea
Region: Korea
American journalists sentenced to 12 years hard labor in North Korea By Justine E. Frostad SUNDAY JUNE 14, 2009 Photographer: Steve Rhodes PYONGYANG (The International) — US journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were detained by North Korean soldiers patrolling the border between China and North Korea Tuesday, March 17th, 2009, were sentenced to “12 years of reform through labor” in priso... more
Views: 2194North Korea: Two American Journalists Sentenced to Hard Labor
Region: KoreaNews coming out of Pyongyang is not encouraging. After being accused of illegally crossing the border to North Korea, American Current TV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee have been sentenced to 12 years of hard labor (according to CNN). Jillian York rounded up blog posts for Global Voices prior to the journalists' sentencing. The bleak outcome is eliciting strong reactions online from those who support freedo... more
Views: 960Amnesty International Issues Statement About U.S. Journalist's Conviction
Region: Korea
Amnesty International issued a statement today asserting the North Korean government should immediately release two U.S. journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were sentenced to 12 years imprisonment with hard labor. According to Amnesty International, the two journalists were convicted of an unspecified "grave crime" against the nation by the Central Court in Pyongyang. Such crimes a... more
Views: 1417Kim Jong Un Named as His Father's Successor
Region: Korea
A New Leader for North Korea According to Associated Press reports, Kim Jong Il's youngest son, 26-year-old Kim Jong Un, will be North Korea's next leader. He represents the third generation of the family that is "the world's first communist dynasty," and North Koreans have already begun referring to him as "Commander Kim." North Korea's National Intelligence Service has not yet confirmed reports. Known for be... more
Views: 1533North Korea launches short-range missiles
Region: KoreaPer Yonhap News Agency in South Korea, a day after conducting a nuclear test, North Korea fired two short-range missiles on Tuesday, according to a South Korean official. The official said “the North is continuing its saber-rattling,” yet he declined to say whether the fresh missile launches were tests. Here are some of the latest tweets on the issue from South Korea, Japan and China, clearly showing the t... more
Views: 1639Korea: The Death of the Least Corrupt President in Korean History with the Corruption Scandal
Region: KoreaRoh 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 mountain behind his house. Without any clear evidence of bribery, the pressure from the judiciary and continuous chasing by theof media seemed to lead him to make the dram... more
Views: 957Korea: North Korea cancels all contracts with South Korea at the Kaesong Joint Industrial Complex
Region: KoreaThere are several posts about this news. 1: […]북한이 계약서 알기를 휴지조각정도로 알고 있으니 그들과 신용이란게 생길 수 없죠. 신용이 장사의 기본이란건 누구나 알거라 봅니다. 아고라 바보들은 경제적인 비판이 들어오면 항상 개성공단은 경제적 문제보다는 북한에게 자본주의의 맛을 들이기 위한 조치라고 하는데... more
Views: 1375Korea: Previous President and Money
Region: KoreaPrevious 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 bribe scandal in May. Sudden but exhaustive investigation regarding bribes during his governance covered major media and he was summoned by the prosecu... more
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