Korea: Chinese Students Fear for Safety after Torch Relay Violence

Global Voices 5 years ago Region: Korea

by John Kennedy  Last week someone left a comment on a GVO post, something to the effect of ‘the whole world hates the Chinese people now' and for a lot of people in (and outside) China, it sure is looking... more

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Hyejin Kim: A Praised Young Novelist Among GVO Authors

Global Voices 5 years ago Region: Korea

 Global Voices celebrates, this month, Hyejin Kim's first anniversary as the GVO Korean Language editor. Settled now in Singapore after living in Korea, China, the United States and gaining her Rutgers University... more

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Korea: Drama Kingdom

Global Voices 5 years ago Region: Korea, Republic of

- by Hyejin Kim Korean dramas have been popular outside Korea. There has been a term to refer to this popularity, Hallyu (Korean wave). Pretty girls and neat boys, and their pure love or triangular love relations&hel... more

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Korea: Roh Moo Hyun Syndrome

Global Voices 5 years ago Region: Korea

by Hyejin Kim The popularity of the previous President, Roh Moo Hyun, in Korea seems to become a hotter issue on the Internet. A new terminology, Roh-Ganji (Roh, his family name + Ganji, a slang that teenagers and netiz... more

Views: 1620

N.Korea thanks U.S. for rescue

C.P. Antony 5 years ago Region: Korea, Republic of

North Korea expressed a rare note of thanks to its long time foe, the US for rescuing its sailors from pirates off the coast of Somalia. "We feel grateful to the United States for its assistance given to our crewmen," the ... more

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The Incredible Indians win the Asia cup hockey.

Sudeep Joseph 5 years ago Region: India

Indian hockey team is back with new coach and a fitter team. The cohesive men in blue entered the finals of Asia Cup after defeating the korea for 7-2. From the beginning Indians were in the attacking mode. Best ... more

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Lollipops and roses for North Korea

Al Jeratso 5 years ago Region: Korea

From the way it looked, the United Nations is using a new kind of international diplomacy, which when further scrutinized could be misconstrued as a way of pampering North Korea into opening up its doors to U.N. nuclear in... more

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North Korea diverts food aids to military

Al Jeratso 6 years ago Region: Korea

Known to have one of the world's military mights, North Korea is looking forward to getting some 400,000 tons of rice from its generous neighbor-South Korea. International observers viewed the new food shipment as another... more

Views: 1171

Will North Korea disarm its nuclear site?

Ollie Sungkar 5 years ago Region: Indonesia

Whether it is a mere promise or a political maneuver, the world should welcome North Korea plans of shutting down its nuclear reactor. With more than US$ 20 million of funds was transferred last week, there should not be a... more

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Korean Soldier's Crisis: Duty vs. Conscience

Global Voices 4 years ago Region: Korea, Republic of

Posted by Hyejin Kim to Global Voices Online A young man who is serving his military service as police decided not to go back to his military unit after vacation and announced the declaration of conscience. The reason was... more

Views: 2822