South Korea Tag

North Korea Threatens Nuclear Attack, Destroys Roads and Rail Lines to South Korea

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 16, 2024 23 Comments

The motive? Drone-dropped propaganda leaflets. South Korean officials note that Kim Jong U's regime has sent its own propaganda drones on previous occasions....

Wife of Never-Trump Columnist Max Boot Indicted in Foreign Spying Scandal

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 18, 2024 22 Comments

"Terry, a senior fellow for Korea studies at the Council on Foreign Relations think tank, allegedly began spying for South Korea in October 2013, five years after she left the CIA, where she was an analyst on East Asian issues."...

Hyundai Accused of Faking US Sales Data for Its Electric Vehicles

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 15, 2024 19 Comments

"We're kinda up against the wall and we gotta hit a number for the press and for the Koreans."...

North Korea Sends Second Volley Of Trash- And Poop-Balloons Into South Korea

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on June 10, 2024 9 Comments

"North Korea has sent around 310 trash-carrying balloons across the border overnight, South Korea's military said."...

North Korea Sending Trash- and Poop-Filled Balloons Into South Korea

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on June 03, 2024 30 Comments

"By Wednesday afternoon, more than 260 balloons had been detected, and most of them have landed on the ground, carrying animal faeces and rubbish"...

North Korea Detains American Soldier, U.S. Claims He ‘Willfully and Without Authorization’ Crossed DMZ

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 18, 2023 29 Comments

The State Department and United Nations did not identify the soldier....

Trans Woman Cyclist Wins Women’s Race to Prove Biological Men are ‘Physically Superior’

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 14, 2023 30 Comments

Women athletes need more people like Caitlyn Jenner and Na Hwa-rin....

South Korea Launches Fighter Jets after 180 War Planes Spotted Flying in North Korea

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 06, 2022 4 Comments

Tensions began rising Monday, when the “Vigilant Storm” joint military drills began between the United States and South Korea...

North Korea Launches a Barrage of Missiles; One Lands within 40 Miles of South Korean Coast

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 03, 2022 8 Comments

23 missiles launched may have included an ICBM....

North Korea Claims It Successfully Tested Long-Range Cruise Missiles

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 13, 2021 14 Comments

The missiles can travel 1,500 kilometers (932 miles), which means Rocket Man can easily target South Korea and Japan....

South Korea’s Ruling Party Wants Faster Transfer of Military Control from U.S.

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 19, 2021 41 Comments

CHANGE! "We need not only the importance of the ROK-U.S. alliance, but also an attitude of self-defense that our country will protect itself."...

Israel Ships 700,000 COVID Doses to South Korea After Palestinian Authority Rejection

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on July 08, 2021 3 Comments

Israeli Prime Minister Bennett: "This is a win-win deal. Together we will beat the pandemic."...

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un apologizes for killing of South Korean official

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 27, 2020 12 Comments

Last week, I noted that South Korean President Moon Jae-in called for the declaration of an end to the Korean War, saying it would pave the way for complete denuclearization.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uzEO5prwHk

South Korean’s President Moon Proposes Declaring End to Korean War

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 24, 2020 11 Comments

During the United Nations General Assembly video session, South Korean President Moon Jae-in called for the declaration of an end to the Korean War, saying it would pave the way for complete denuclearization.

Public Domain https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flight_of_Refugees_Across_Wrecked_Bridge_in_Korea.jpg

My Grandparents Escaped North Korea: I Don’t Want Marxism Here

Posted by Samuel Kim on July 19, 2020 20 Comments

On June 25, 1950, North Korean troops crossed the 38^th parallel to invade the fledgling democratic south. Amidst changing borders, victories, and defeats, hundreds of thousands of Koreans from the North escaped to the South in the hopes of finding freedom. Two of these refugees were my grandfathers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJkpts1nymU

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon Dead From Apparent Suicide

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 10, 2020 13 Comments

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon went missing on Thursday before they found his body on a mountain. Police found a suicide note:

"I send my apologies to everyone. I thank everyone who shared my life. I am so sorry to my family to whom I only gave pain," read the apparent suicide note left on the desk of his official residence and released by the city government with the permission of his family.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcG5IWVO7sI#action=share

North Korea Detonates Its Liaison Office With South Korea

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 17, 2020 9 Comments

The situation on the Korean Peninsula took a troubling turn, as North Korea blew up its liaison office with South Korea in a powerful detonation.

In Reversal, University’s Music School Cancels China Tour Over Exclusion of South Korean Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 30, 2019 9 Comments

“given the particular circumstances of this tour, the best course of action for the Eastman community and the values we share is to wait until the Philharmonia can perform as one”...

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