Category Archives: Korean News

S. Korea to Announce N. Korea Involvement in Cheonan Sinking

Source: Reddit (comments here / article here) I’m very interested to see what they are going to do about having conclusive proof that North Korea sunk the Cheonan.

SNU privitization, re-elections due to wiretapping and a protest

Re-elections For those who don’t know what happened last year at the Seoul National University (SNU) student elections, there was apparently some foul play including wiretapping (yes, you heard that right; wiretapping during a university student body election).  For at least the past week there’s been a lot of posters put up and now flyers [...]

N.Korea embassy official defects to South

You go Doctor Kim! SEOUL — A North Korean embassy official in Ethiopia has defected to South Korea through Seoul’s diplomatic mission in the African country, a report said Tuesday. YTN cable news network in Seoul said the 40-year-old medical doctor, identified only as Kim, fled to the South Korean embassy in Addis Ababa and [...]

David Lee rants about Korean entertainers visiting America

In case you haven’t heard, there’s been a lot of talk about some comments David Lee has made about how ridiculous the Korean actors portrayed Koreans when “Infinite Challenge” was filmed in New York.  Here’s some of the more interesting things he said (original article): While watching, I felt like dying from embarrassment … They [...]

Former Korean president Kim Dae-Jung died

Former South Korean president Kim Dae-Jung died today due to heart failure.  He’s credited with doing a lot of work for reunification and democracy.  His work with North Korea has helped earn him the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000. Source: BBC

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