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AP In a line of South Korean presidencies coming to a bad end, corruption, an assassination and a suicide have all featured.
Park just latest South Korean president to fall from grace
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean presidencies have a history of ending badly — the latest is that of Park Geun-hye, arrested Friday in a corruption case that could sen
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Los Angeles Times World In a furor similar to that surrounding Hillary Clinton’s use of an email server, critics charged that South Korean President Park Geun-hye was irresponsibly managing official information.
A South Korean scandal with overtones of Clinton's emails
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On Tuesday, South Korean President Park Geun-hye stepped to the podium, facing dozens of news cameras and what might be the biggest challenge of her presidency. She made a hastily arranged public apology for a growing scandal that has been roiling So Read more ... uth Korean politics for weeks.
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AP Images A South Korean army special forces soldier breaks bottles with his hand during the Naktong River Battle re-enactment in Waegwan, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. South Korean Defense Ministry reenacted one of the important battles as part of co Read more ... mmemoration events for the 66th anniversary of the Korean War. #APPhoto by Ahn Young-joon
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Washington Post World “I use South Korean humor to talk about the life of North Korean defectors. And I think people find that funny.”
Reaching a South Korean audience by finding laughs from North Korea
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Through his ‘webtoons,’ one defector is teaching young South Koreans about life in the North.
106 months ago
MSN News The action comes amid heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula, a day after North Korea fired a long-range rocket carrying a satellite into space.
N. Korean patrol boat crosses to South, retreats after warning shots
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A North Korean patrol boat crossed into South Korean waters early on Monday and retreated after the South Korean navy fired warning shots.
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NBC News "There will be only a war disaster, far from the improvement of the North-South relations, as long as the South Korean military warmongers go reckless," a North Korean spokesman said.
'Serious Provocation': South Korea Fires at North Korean Patrol Boat
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The incident, which took place on Saturday, coincided with the holding reunions of families separated during the 1950-53 Korean War.
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The Economist From Instagram: For the first time in 60 years South Korean Lim Ok-Nam (R) is able to hug her North Korean sister Rim Ok-Rye (L) at an event held in the Mount Kumgang area of North Korea. A few elderly North Koreans are being allowed to meet family m Read more ... embers from the South whom they have been forcibly separated from since the country was divided following the 1950-53 Korean war
The Economist on Instagram: “For the first time in 60 years South Korean Lim Ok-Nam (R) is able...
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“For the first time in 60 years South Korean Lim Ok-Nam (R) is able to hug her North Korean sister Rim Ok-Rye (L) at an event held in the Mount Kumgang…”
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CNN North and South Korea exchanged fire over their heavily fortified border on Thursday, the South Korean Defense Ministry said. Tensions have spiked on the Korean Peninsula in recent weeks after two South Korean soldiers were seriously wounded by land Read more ... mines in the demilitarized zone. http://cnn.it/1NmXIoY
118 months ago
Los Angeles Times Business With support from the South Korean government and venture capitalists on both sides of the Pacific, Los Angeles is emerging as a hotbed for Korean tech companies.
South Korean tech industry finds warm reception in L.A.
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When a South Korean technology entrepreneur wanted to recruit computer programmers working in Seoul, he didn't load up on perks like a masseuse, sleeping pods or beer kegs. The most tantalizing benefit his start-up AKAStudy offered Koreans: a job in Read more ... Los Angeles.
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NPR "It's not about finding your own path or your own self as it is about doing better than those around you," says a former high school teacher there. "It's in many ways a zero sum game for South Korean students."
The All-Work, No-Play Culture Of South Korean Education
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A new report finds South Korean students feel greater stress than those in any other developed nation.
122 months ago