Korean media today is filled with reports about the latest defense white paper coming out of Tokyo, which renews Japan’s claim to the rocky Dokdo iselts, called Takeshima in Japanese. Seoul says it is considering suspending high-level military ties with Tokyo over the incident.
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I was told when my family and I moved into a house we are renting here in Seoul that it was kind of an “older house.” I wondered how old, imagining it would be one of those traditional kinds with the sloping roofs and sliding, paper doors. I mean, this is Korea, with 5ooo years [...]
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After eighteen days of relative quiet, at least as far as candle light vigils go, protesters reappeared in Seoul’s Jongro area on Thursday to protest Korea’s importation of US beef. Police in riot gear clashed with what the Hankyoreh says was a crowd of over ten thousand as Korea commemorated the 60th anniversary of its [...]
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A quick tour of headlines from the Korean press: Obama calls for closer ties with S. Korea… The Korea Herald I’m assuming not through an FTA agreement. Related story: North Korea endorses Obama In Mongolia, sex tourism leads to anti-Korean sentiment The Hankyoreh The South Korean embassy in Mongolia said, “Sex tourism is undermining the [...]
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Tokyo and Seoul are at it again over the Dokdo islets in the East Sea. The T-shirts above are sold at a popular Seoul market, and reflect the sentiment of many here in South Korea regarding what are essentially a series of rocks in the middle of the sea. Read the Korea Times article. Update: [...]
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