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September 3rd, 2008

Korea: Tens of Thousands of Buddhists in Seoul

Hyejin Kim · 14:02

lingua → fr

Although Korea has many religions, there have not been serious religious conflicts. Different religions have peacefully coexisted. Until now… Peaceful coexistence now seems on the verge of breaking. Tens of thousands of Buddhists protested against religious discrimination from the current government. President Lee Myung Bak is famous for being a ... 3 comments · »»

August 30th, 2008

Korea: Korean Mata Hari – North Korean Spy Scandal.

Hyejin Kim · 14:05

lingua → fr · es

While the Beijing Olympics was held, Koreans were excited about news of a series of medals. It even seemed that hot attention to political issues and arguments among the citizens since the inauguration of the new President have slowly diminished. The rate of support for the new President, which drastically ... 1 comment · »»

August 27th, 2008

Korea: Can a brassiere be a dangerous product?

Hyejin Kim · 13:24

lingua → bn · es

On the 15th of August, the 815 Liberation Day led people to gather together and to have a 100th candlelight vigil. While they marched on the street, some of them were taken to the police station. A scandal emerged when it was discovered that in a police station in Seoul ... 0 comments · »»

August 21st, 2008

Korea: What You Know vs How Much You Know About It

Hyejin Kim · 03:43

lingua → bn · zht · zhs · mk · it · es

A blogger introduces a graph and talks about what knowledge means and how you can build up the knowledge. 3 comments · »»

August 17th, 2008

Korea: Georgia Crisis

Hyejin Kim · 04:05

While Koreans enthusiastically follow the Beijing Olympics, they are also busy studying what’s going on between Russia and Georgia and what the attack means to world politics. It has been one of the main topics among bloggers. 2 comments · »»

August 7th, 2008

Korea: Threatening Books and Their Popularity

Hyejin Kim · 10:42

Several days ago, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) in Korea categorized 23 books as threatening books and decided to forbid those books in libraries in the army units because they could ruin soldiers’ minds. Since the announcement, it led to an interesting reaction – sales of those books have ... 3 comments · »»

August 3rd, 2008

Korea: National Duty vs Conscience

Hyejin Kim · 13:43

lingua → sw · fr · mg · es · it

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 that he felt guilty after suppressing civilians who attended candlelight vigils. There have been a lot of responses to ... 0 comments · »»

July 30th, 2008

Korea: Fan Death and Your Belief

Hyejin Kim · 15:07

lingua → fr

There is a myth that has been handed down from generation to generation in Korea. “The fan death.” If you sleep with a fan on in an airtight room, you might die. When I was a kid, adults around me always warned that I should not close the door and ... 1 comment · »»

Links about Korean

September 3rd, 2008

Korea Beat highlights a local report about South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's personal blog. The blog was called Hello policy, however, it has disabled the comment session.

July 30th, 2008

Danwei.org has been on a very long roll with its Olympics coverage, and now founder Jeremy Goldkorn has found clips of an opening ceremony rehearsal taken covertly by a Korean television crew. (Update: yes, it took a few minutes for the clip to be harmonized. This might work, however.)

March 14th, 2008

July 29th, 2007

After a famous actor who is respected for his morality expressed sympathy for Christian missionaries and the abducted Christian missionaries in Afghanistan on his personal homepage, his webpage was inundated with comments. [k]