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Hyejin Kim

Contributor profile · 229 posts · joined 23 April 2007

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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23 December 2008

Korea: Teachers who have been fired

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

Recently, some Korean teachers were fired because they were opposed to a new test that the government initiated, Ilje Gosa (one-type test, a nationwide scholastic achievement assessment). It is a...

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20 December 2008

Korea: Teenage Rape and Parents' Responsibility

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

A teenager who has suffered from attention deficit disorder raped a seven year old girl. Having a previous record, the 18 year old was sentenced to 10 years in prison...

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11 December 2008

Korea as a Multi-Ethnic Country

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

A daily newspaper, Hankyoreh, which is categorized as a progressive newspaper (or sometimes left-wing) introduced a series of articles, ‘Multi-Culturalism is Our Future.' [KR] Korea, where one culture and one...

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7 December 2008

Korea: Train Connecting North and South Stopped.

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

The train service that connects North Korea and South Korea was suspended on the 28th of November. [En] When the train that stopped more than 50 years started operating after...

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30 November 2008

Korea: The Birth of Internet Netizen Legend

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

A new Hong Gil Dong [EN] emerged on the Internet of Korea! A netizen who is just known as “Minerva” started writing his economic analysis in Agora—a Netizens’ panel— in...

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26 November 2008

Korea: An Actress, Her Good Deed, and Her Family History.

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

A popular young actress who is called the ‘national sister’ due to her naivete, humble attitude, and good acting, Moon Geun-young is famous for making donations to society. She usually...

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18 November 2008

Another Separation between North Korea and South Korea

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

North Korea has announced that it will close the land border and cut non-military phone links with South Korea [BBC News]. Relations between North Korea and South Korea have been cooling down rapidly since the new government in South Korea and South Koreans are disconcerted by this sudden announcement.

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16 November 2008

Korea: Why are you still single?

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

Autumn… fallen leaves and colorful trees, and a romantic season. Autumn is regarded as a season when you feel lonely, you feel a good appetite, and feel a strong reading...

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10 November 2008

Korea: Adultery and Constitution

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

A big scandal [En] involving two entertainers’ marriage life, affairs, and legal fighting in Korea this year has brought up whether adultery should be legal or not. An actress was...

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8 November 2008

Korea: Obama and Korea

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia, North America

A blogger’s post Why am I supporting Obama even though it might be against national interests has been popular in portal sites. I introduce why he is supporting Obama and...

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