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France 24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has inspected the nation's security force headquarters, state media said on Sunday, in what Seoul media say is a bid to further tighten his control on society. The North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Kim expressed "great satisfaction" over his undated visit to the Ministry of People's Security, equivalent to police authorities in the West.
Gusts of Popular Feeling (Free subscription) | yesterday
애처롭다 1. pitiful, pitiable, piteous, touching, pathetic, sad, plaintive, deplorable. Such as, "홀로 있는 모습 애처로워", or 'her lonely figure is pitiable,' in reference the netizen reaction to this photo :
Berman Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Obama gets a Tae Kwon Do black belt? I think that makes even less sense then Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize . Pictures embedded below . " And out of the Seoul sky, President Lee Myung-bak hands over to the American leader a tae kwon do outfit. And then Lee, who practices tae kwon do himself, presents Obama with a coveted black belt. After zero long years of study. "
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
US President Barack Obama, back from a tour of Asia, called Saturday for the United States to produce more goods to sell across the Pacific, touting trade as a way to revive the troubled US economy. Facing rising unemployment and slipping poll numbers, Obama assured the public that creating new jobs back home was his top priority on the week-long tour that took him to Japan, Singapore, China and South...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korean Buddhist monks headed to North Korea on Saturday for a joint ceremony with monks there, showing the countries continue civil exchange despite a bloody naval skirmish earlier this month.
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak reaffirmed in Seoul on Thursday that they will seek a "definite and comprehensive resolution" to the North Korean nuclear issue. Mr. Obama urged the North to return to the six-party nuclear talks, adding that he will send special representative for North Korea policy Stephen Bosworth to the country on Dec. 8. In early October,...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Sean Cain, with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, performs a radio check during a security patrol in the Nawa district of the Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Nov. 9, 2009. The 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment is a ground combat element deployed with Regimental Combat Team 7, which conducts counterinsurgency operations in partnership with Afghan National...
Asia Times (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
After troublesome stopovers in Japan and China, United States President Barack Obama ended his swing through Asia on a high in South Korea, with US troops jubilant after a rousing speech. The feel-good factor was boosted by a glowing consensus with Seoul's leader over ending Pyongyang's nuclear program. - Donald Kirk (Nov 20, '09)
Gusts of Popular Feeling (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
On Wednesday, the Korea Times reported on Andrea Vandom's letter to NHN regarding Anti-English Spectrum: Korea's No.1 Web portal Naver has started to look into a letter of complaint from a foreign English lecturer over a blog that many Western English teachers called "xenophobic." NHN, the operator of Naver.com told The Korea Times Wednesday they were examining whether the blog "Anti-English...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Seoul - A man on the Pacific island of Saipan on Friday shot dead four people before killing himself, the Saipan Tribune newspaper reported. The man reportedly shot two children under the age of 10 and two men. ...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
SEOUL (Reuters) - At least four people were shot dead and six South Korean visitors wounded when a gunman fired into a crowd of tourists on the resort island of Saipan, South Korea's Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
I Luv SA (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
At what point will The Arrogant One realise that all this false fawnery and "good lil' nigra" head patting BS is just that, BS? Or is he so used to riding the affirmative action wave that he believes he deserves all the adulation? Even President Obama himself during his just-concluded trip to Asia admitted that he was surprised to receive the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this year without actually...
Knowledge is Power (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Anyway, there he was in Seoul, the last stop of his journey. And out of the Seoul sky, President Lee Myung-bak hands over to the American leader a tae kwon do outfit. And then Lee, who practices tae kwon do himself, presents Obama with a coveted black belt. After zero long years of study. I spent one Saturday afternoon watching a couple of the guys at my gym go for their brown belt. They trained for...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
SEOUL, South Korea — An official says one of South Korea's top fashion models has been found dead at her home in Paris. The Foreign Ministry official says French police found 20-year-old Daul Kim's body on Thursday. He says French police are investigating the cause of death. He refused to provide further details Friday and asked not to be named, citing government policy.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean official says a gunman has opened fire on the island of Saipan, killing four people before fatally shooting himself.
The 2 latest articles published by users on Seoul :
crompt | 09/21/2009
Kuala Lumpur is one of five Asian cities to host the QS World Arts Tour which will show case regional and global creative , performing arts and design institutions as well as galleries and theatres. The tour will start on February 21 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre and will then move to Singapore, Hong Kong, Seoul and Shanghai. “They will be able to showcase their courses, programmes and works...
mirabeau | 09/10/2008
Popping up again in Japan, the rumor that North Korea’s leader is being replaced by a double has been doing the rounds ever since the communist nation was founded. A specialist in North Korea at Waseda university in Japan and a former correspondent in Seoul for the Japanese daily Mainichi Shimbun , Japanese academic Toshimitsu Shigemura has just published a book entitled “The True Nature of Kim Jong-il”
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