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North Korean Students in the South Dish about Gender Differences

rjkoehler.com     21-Aug-2008          

The “Southern man, Northern woman” trope gets a reworking in a discussion with a small group of former North Korean refugees, aged 21-33, who are now university students and reported on their perceptions of significant...                    

Don't laugh at Dear Leader, SKorean athletes warned (AFP)

yahoo.com     20-Aug-2008   2 related          

BEIJING (AFP) - South Korean Olympic athletes have been given detailed guidelines to avoid friction with their North Korean counterparts in Beijing, officials said Wednesday. Contestants should not point or laugh at badges or...                    

S Korea, US prepare for war games

thenews.com.pk     18-Aug-2008   25 related          

Monday, August 18, 2008 SEOUL: South Korea and the United States on Sunday prepared to launch their massive annual joint military drill, which North Korea has denounced as a provocation of war, officials said. Seoul’s defence...                    

South Korea to Apply Print Media Regulations to News Websites

redorbit.com     18-Aug-2008          

Posted on: Sunday, 17 August 2008, 21:00 CDT Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap [Yonhap headline: "Gov't To Rein in Internet News Portals"] Seoul, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) - The government and the ruling party...                    

Kidnapped hostages freed in Mexico

upi.com     23-Jul-2008   112 related          

SEOUL, July 23 (UPI) -- Mexican police Wednesday secured the release of five Asians, who were held captive for nine days. Yonhap news agency, quoting South Korean officials, said four of the hostages are South Koreans and the...                    

US, NKorea meet at nuclear talks amid tough tone

afp.com     23-Jul-2008   304 related          

Condoleezza Rice has met her North Korean counterpart for the first time SINGAPORE (AFP) - The United States and North Korea sat down Wednesday for their highest level meeting in four years at six-country talks on North Korean...                    

North Korea wants all sanctions lifted

upi.com     23-Jul-2008   33 related          

SINGAPORE, July 23 (UPI) -- The United States should drop its "hostile policy" by lifting all its sanctions against North Korea, a Pyongyang official said Wednesday in Singapore. In the island state for a meeting of the foreign...                    

China to step up inspections at border with North Korea during Olympics to stop migrants

iht.com     22-Jul-2008   17 related          

China will step up inspections along its border with North Korea during the Olympics to try to reduce the growing number of North Korean migrants, an official of South Korea's spy agency said Tuesday. The National Intelligence...                    

More South Korean Websites to Require Personal IDs to Post Comments

redorbit.com     22-Jul-2008          

Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap Seoul, July 22 (Yonhap) - South Korea's communications regulatory body said Tuesday it plans to widen the range of Internet Web sites that require user identification...                    

SKorea to start year-round monitoring for bird flu (AFP)

yahoo.com     22-Jul-2008   10 related          

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea will start year-round monitoring for bird flu after this year's outbreak -- the country's worst -- began later than normal, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. It said migratory and resident wild...