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Hyejin Kim

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Regional Editor for Korea

Hyejin Kim enjoys hiking, learning about new places, and pondering the world. In her free time, she writes about interesting things she has encountered through work, school, and life. She blogs with Erik Mobrand at katongcouple.blogspot.com.

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6 February 2009

Korea: Being Unemployed.

Since the economic downturn began, being unemployed has become one of the topics netizens talk about. How do people cope with this situation? Aspan finds other way to enjoy being...

1 February 2009

Korea: Serial Killer and His Human Rights

A man who had an ordinary life and a good reputation in his town found to have killed 7 women over 2 years. He is a father who has two...

29 January 2009

Korea: Death of 5 Evictees in the middle of Seoul

On the 20th of January, residents who were told to be evicted to make way for a new development by February in Yongsan, which is the middle of Seoul, opposed...

24 January 2009

Korea: Marital Rape and Suicide

A man who was convicted for the first time in Korea of marital rape in January of 2009 committed suicide.[EN] The judgement stood for his wife who is from the...

21 January 2009

Korea: Worse and Worse - North Korea and South Korea

North Korea announced that South Korea’s attitude might cause confrontation between them and suggested a possible conflict [EN]. It leads to anxieties and concern in South Korea. Since the Sunshine...

17 January 2009

Korea: Your 17 habits which cause your skin to age faster

Hyejin Kim introduces a post that gives interesting (or funny) information: the 17 habits you have which age your skin.

13 January 2009

Korea: Minerva Arrested

Netizen Legend, Minerva, [GV Nov. 30, 2008] has finally been arrested. And his identify was exposed. There have been many rumors that he would be an economic expert, stock expert,...

9 January 2009

Korea: Marriage is reality

In order to avoid political issues for once, I found an interesting post and comments from other netizens. It’s about Love, Marriage, and Reality. What do you think? “결혼은 현실이다”라고...

6 January 2009

Korea: New Year Episode on the Internet and public channels

Waiting for New Year excites people everywhere. People gather together in a place and welcome the New Year. In Korea, every year people gather together around Bosingak Bell Tower and...

30 December 2008

Korea: Raising New Candles against ‘7 Evil Laws.'

While welcoming 2009, Korea has another series of candlelight vigils against the government. The major political party, the Grand National Party, and the government presented new and revised bills. Among...

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