Some intersting media related historical tid-bits. 1896 — Korea’s first Korean-language newspaper, the Dongnip Shinmun, publishes its first edition in Seoul. The four-page newspaper, funded by the government and produced by Seo Jae-pil, an official educated in Japan and the United States, was aimed at reaching the general public by publishing in the vernacular as [...]
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It just gets stranger and stranger. Apparently the North’s KCNA issued a report accusing S. Korean President Lee Myung-bak of poisoning its soccer team ahead of a match in Seoul against S. Korea. “The main players of the football team of the DPRK could not get up due to serious vomiting, diarrhea and headaches since [...]
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Reuters reports that N. Korea launched its rocket at around 11:30 local time, citing Japanese government sources. S. Korea has confirmed the launch. Japan said the rocket’s second booster stage had splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, indicating the launch had been successful. “The projectile launched from North Korea today appears to have passed over [...]
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