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  • Friday at a glance - Vancouver Sun

    22 Nov 2009 | 10:12 am
    Friday at a glanceVancouver SunA US envoy will visit North Korea on Dec. 8 to try to bring it back to nuclear disarmament talks, Obama said. » India's PM to visit US, B5 - RCMP and the and more »

  • Zambia thrash North Korea - BBC Sport

    22 Nov 2009 | 5:43 am
    BBC SportZambia thrash North KoreaBBC SportGoals from James Chamanga and Felix Sunzu gave Zambia a 4-1 win over North Korea in an international friendly. North Korea will play in their first World Zambia's James Chamanga Hat-Trick Buries North KoreaGoal.comZambia easily beat World Cup bound North KoreaReuters IndiaUpdated: Zambia Rout North KoreaLusaka Timesall 11 news articles »

  • North suggesting new talks on Mt. Kumgang tours - JoongAng Daily

    22 Nov 2009 | 5:35 am
    AFPNorth suggesting new talks on Mt. Kumgang toursJoongAng DailyThe Hyundai Group operates the Mount Kumgang tour, which is regarded as a major cash cow for North Korea. Hyun was visiting the North to commemorate the Anticipation rising for US-NK talksKorea HeraldIs NK Marketing Mt. Geumgang Tourism?Korea TimesInside the DMZ Between North and South KoreaCBS NewsAFP -FOXNews -The Associated Pressall 190 news articles »

  • South Korea Defence And Security Report Q4 2009 - New Report Published - OfficialWire (press release)

    22 Nov 2009 | 4:41 am
    OfficialWire (press release)South Korea Defence And Security Report Q4 2009 - New Report PublishedOfficialWire (press release)Nevertheless, it does appear that, following its nuclear and missile tests in May, North Korea appears to be taking a softer line towards all its external and more »

  • N. Korea Slams UN Human Rights Resolution, KCNA Says - Bloomberg

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:08 pm
    PayvandN. Korea Slams UN Human Rights Resolution, KCNA SaysBloomberg21 (Bloomberg) -- A UN human rights resolution against North Korea adopted this week is “nothing but a trite political plot,” the communist nation's UN General Assembly Condemns Human Rights Violations in Burma, North KoreaVoice of AmericaUN committee condemns N.Korea, Myanmar over rightsReutersN.Korea slams UN resolutionStraits TimesKorea Times -The Associated Press -Channel News Asiaall 597 news articles »
 
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  • Top DPRK leader inspects Ministry of People's Security

    22 Nov 2009 | 6:45 am
    Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , has inspected the headquarters of the Ministry of People's Security, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Sunday.

  • US experts to visit Pyongyang

    22 Nov 2009 | 2:06 am
    A GROUP of US experts on Korean affairs will visit Pyongyang Saturday for talks with policy makers regarding North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, a news report said.

  • SGV's Mary Ling Speaks Out About Her Daughter's Experience in North Korea.

    21 Nov 2009 | 9:23 pm
    Although her daughter was released in August, San Gabriel Valley's Mary Ling still feels the emotional roller coaster she endured for more than five months.

  • What does containing North Korea actually mean?

    21 Nov 2009 | 1:23 pm
    In 1947, after George Kennan, writing under the pseudonym "X," published his famous article on "The Sources of Soviet Conduct" in Foreign Affairs , he quickly found that his concept of "containment" was distorted in the public discussion about his article that ensued.

  • Buddhists from 2 Koreas to hold joint ceremony

    21 Nov 2009 | 5:21 am
    South Korean Buddhist monks headed to North Korea on Saturday for a joint ceremony with monks there, showing the countries continue civil exchange despite a bloody naval skirmish earlier this month.
 
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    North Korea Times

  • Serial Murderer Kills Himself in Jail

    22 Nov 2009 | 7:29 am
    By Kwon Mee-yoo Staff Reporter Jeong Nam-gyu, 40, a serial killer imprisoned while awaiting execution, committed suicide in his cell Sunday. The convicted murderer killed himself Saturday morni...

  • Earth, Wind & Fire to Play in Seoul

    22 Nov 2009 | 7:29 am
    By Cathy Rose A. Garcia Staff Reporter Grammy award-winning R&B group Earth, Wind & Fire will be in Seoul for the first time in December. The legendary group, best known for their distinctive b...

  • IPhone to Hit Shelves Saturday

    22 Nov 2009 | 6:08 am
    By Kim Tong-hyung Staff Reporter The South Korean debut of the iPhone has had more false starts than a drunken track meet. However, the frustrating guessing game was finally put to rest when KT, t...

  • Public servants of the Sejong City Task Force work at ...

    22 Nov 2009 | 4:49 am
    Weekend-less task force: Public servants of the Sejong City Task Force work at their office in the Central Government Complex, Seoul, Sunday. The government has begun a fundamental remodeling of Sejon...

  • Children of the Hyeshimwon Orphanage and staff members ...

    22 Nov 2009 | 4:49 am
    Hilton hosts party for orphans: Children of the Hyeshimwon Orphanage and staff members of the Millennium Seoul Hilton flash big smiles at the annual launching of the giant Christmas train set at the h...
 
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  • Serial Murderer Kills Himself in Jail

    22 Nov 2009 | 7:29 am
    By Kwon Mee-yoo Staff Reporter Jeong Nam-gyu, 40, a serial killer imprisoned while awaiting execution, committed suicide in his cell Sunday. The convicted murderer killed himself Saturday morni...

  • Earth, Wind & Fire to Play in Seoul

    22 Nov 2009 | 7:29 am
    By Cathy Rose A. Garcia Staff Reporter Grammy award-winning R&B group Earth, Wind & Fire will be in Seoul for the first time in December. The legendary group, best known for their distinctive b...

  • IPhone to Hit Shelves Saturday

    22 Nov 2009 | 6:08 am
    By Kim Tong-hyung Staff Reporter The South Korean debut of the iPhone has had more false starts than a drunken track meet. However, the frustrating guessing game was finally put to rest when KT, t...

  • Public servants of the Sejong City Task Force work at ...

    22 Nov 2009 | 4:49 am
    Weekend-less task force: Public servants of the Sejong City Task Force work at their office in the Central Government Complex, Seoul, Sunday. The government has begun a fundamental remodeling of Sejon...

  • Children of the Hyeshimwon Orphanage and staff members ...

    22 Nov 2009 | 4:49 am
    Hilton hosts party for orphans: Children of the Hyeshimwon Orphanage and staff members of the Millennium Seoul Hilton flash big smiles at the annual launching of the giant Christmas train set at the h...
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    CNN.com : North Korea News and Videos

  • Obama to send envoy to North Korea

    19 Nov 2009 | 5:04 am
    U.S. President Barack Obama, meeting with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in Seoul on Thursday, said he will send envoy Stephen Bosworth to North Korea next month for bilateral talks on dismantling Pyongyang's nuclear program.

  • U.S. announces one-on-one talks with North Korea

    10 Nov 2009 | 5:17 pm
    U.S. officials will soon meet unilaterally with North Korean representatives to facilitate the resumption of talks on ending North Korea's nuclear program, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Tuesday.

  • North Korea produces plutonium with 'weapons potential'

    3 Nov 2009 | 7:50 am
    North Korea has completed reprocessing thousands of spent fuel rods, producing plutonium which could be used in nuclear weapons, state-run media reported Tuesday.

  • Doing business in North Korea

    2 Nov 2009 | 9:28 am
    As the chairwoman of South Korea's Hyundai group, Hyun Jeong-eun, faces business challenges few other executives can imagine.

  • North Korea calls for direct talks with U.S.

    2 Nov 2009 | 4:35 am
    North Korea pressed for direct talks with the United States on Monday, saying the two need to settle their differences before meaningful multilateral nuclear discussions could proceed, state media reported.
 
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    U.S. News: North Korea

  • Navies of 2 Koreas Exchange Fire Near Border

    By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press Writer A badly damaged North Korean patrol ship retreated in flames Tuesday after a skirmish with a South Korean naval vessel along their disputed western coast, South Korean officials said.

  • The Value of Clinton's Photo-Op With Kim Jong Il

    Last week's release of two American journalists from North Korea produced a pair of memorable images. There was the heartwarming scene of the women, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, joyfully emerging from the plane in Southern California into the arms of their families, whom they hadn't seen in months. But before that, there was also a more ambiguous tableau: former president Bill Clinton sitting woodenly with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in a Politburo-style group portrait.

  • Freed Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee Reunite With Families

    BY Michael Saul DAILY NEWS POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT The two American journalists imprisoned for five months by North Korea came home to a tear-filled airport reunion with their families Wednesday morning following a dramatic rescue mission led by former President Bill Clinton.

  • North Korea Pardons 2 American Journalists

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has issued a special order that pardons two American journalists who were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for illegal entry and engaging in "hostile acts." The announcement by North Korea's official news agency comes on the same day former President Bill Clinton made a surprise visit to the country, where he met with Kim to negotiate the release of the jailed journalists, Euna Lee, 36, and Laura Ling, 32.

  • Kim Jong Il Pardons U.S. Journalists During Bill Clinton Visit

    By Richard Sisk Daily News Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Dictator Kim Jong-Il pardoned two jailed U.S. women after a personal appeal Tuesday by former President Bill Clinton  as a sign of North Korea's "humanitarian and peace-loving policy."
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  • Give North Korea a break | John Delury

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:30 am
    Denuclearisation will only come when bridges have been built with Pyongyang and it feels firmly set on a new economic courseNegotiations over the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula look set to resume. Sadly, they are unlikely to end soon. Talk of a "grand bargain" remains just that – talk.Trust between North Korea and the US, South Korea and Japan is almost non-existent. While all leaders – including North Korea's Kim Jong-il – remain committed to denuclearisation in public, none appears ready to risk much in terms of domestic politics to achieve that end. So the best the world…

  • Barack Obama calls on North Korea to end nuclear provocation

    Tania Branigan
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:30 am
    Obama's Asia tour ends with stop-off in Seoul, where he announces push for return to bilateral talks on de-nuclearisationBarack Obama and his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak pressed North Korea to end provocation and return to dormant nuclear talks, as the US president wrapped up his Asian tour with a brief visit to Seoul today.Lee said the two countries were offering a "grand bargain" of political and economic incentives in exchange for Pyongyang's irreversible de-nuclearisation.Obama added that his special envoy, Stephen Bosworth, would travel to North Korea early next month for…

  • China's role on world stage is no cause for alarm, says Obama

    Tania Branigan
    14 Nov 2009 | 4:06 pm
    阅读中文 | Read this in ChineseBarack Obama introduced himself as America's "first Pacific president" as he launched his four-nation tour of the region, vowing to deepen ties with Asia and arguing that China's rise should be welcomed rather than feared.Kicking off his visit in Tokyo, he also sought to thaw the chill in relations with his hosts, America's closest allies in the region. The new prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, has vowed to make Japan less dependent on the US, but the two men agreed to put off the issue of resolving the future of US forces in Japan.However, police in China are…

  • Allegiancy worries as Obama heads to Japan on east Asia visit

    Justin McCurry, Tania Branigan
    12 Nov 2009 | 4:36 am
    President's tour to strengthen ties with region comes as longtime ally Tokyo looks to end subservience to Washington阅读中文 | Read this in ChineseThe message from the White House is upbeat: the US is a Pacific nation determined to strengthen its ties with Asia. But Barack Obama will face tough challenges over the economy, trade and Japan's alliance with Washington from the moment he arrives in Tokyo tomorrow at the start of his first presidential visit to the region.Until recently, the US could depend on Japan – its closest Asian ally for 50 years – to smooth its path into trickier…

  • Video: North and South Korean naval clash

    10 Nov 2009 | 2:15 am
    Exchange of fire between North and South Korean ships first of its kind since deadly encounter in 2002
 
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    DPRK Studies

  • Better Exchange This Time

    James Na
    10 Nov 2009 | 7:00 am
    The last time the North and South Korean navies clashed seriously in 2002, the latter came off badly. The ROK Navy seems to have been better prepared this time: According to South Korean officials, fighting erupted when a 215-ton North Korean vessel ventured across the so-called Northern Limit Line, a sea border drawn by the United Nations at the end of the war. The North has never accepted the border, and there were deadly naval clashes in 1999 and 2002. Those moves were seen variously as an attempt to grab American attention or as a bargaining ploy to win food aid from the South. Two…

  • DPRK Studies on Hiatus

    Richardson
    6 Oct 2009 | 5:31 pm
    The lack of recent posts will continue for an unknown period of time as I’ve been busy at work, and engaged in other projects at home. I do plan on resuming daily posting at some unknown point in the future. I also still monitor all things North Korea daily and likely will post something related to more significant developments. I’ll also be doing some housecleaning with links on the front page and North Korea Links page.

  • ROK’s Gift to American Firearms Enthusiasts

    James Na
    25 Sep 2009 | 1:03 pm
    My apologies to Richardson and the readers of this blog for months of silence (I will write an explanation at some point). But here is some good news from South Korea if you are a gun nut like I am: South Korea’s defence ministry has announced plans to sell up to 86,000 M1 Garand rifles to gun enthusiasts and collectors in the United States. Along with a reported 22,000 M1 carbine rifles, the total value of firearms for sale exceeds $100 million. Okay, so technically these are not a gift (in fact, we gave them to the Koreans a while back), but they are a gift in the sense that M1 Garand…

  • North Korea’s Crazy Act an Act

    Richardson
    10 Sep 2009 | 5:41 pm
    After missile and nuclear tests and uranium enrichment, the U.S. sanctions North Korean firms while Pyongyang reverses, making overtures. It’s not an accident, it’s a pattern of strategic disengagement.

  • Book Review: The Clan Records: Five Stories of Korea, by Kajiyama Toshiyuki

    Richardson
    7 Sep 2009 | 6:25 pm
    The Clan Records: Five Stories of Korea. Kajiyama Toshiyuki. University of Hawaii Press, 1995 (translated). The Clan Records is a collection of five short stories by a Japanese author who was born in Seoul (then called Keijo) in 1930, where his father was a civil engineer, and grew up there until he was repatriated to Japan in 1945. Kajiyama’s stories of colonial Korea mourn the even then quickly waning of traditional Korea and provide a glimpse of what was. A writer, he died in 1975 at the age of 45 and it is clear that his youth in Korea made a deep and lasting impression on his life.
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    North Korea Economy Watch

  • Battle for North Korea’s Resources

    NKeconWatch
    22 Nov 2009 | 10:35 am
    Radio Free Asia Song-wu Park 11/19/2009 North Korea is pulling back from Chinese mining investments in an effort to independently develop its industry and use the profits to create a self-reliant economy, according to a well-informed North Korean defector. But analysts say it is unlikely that North Korea will be able to lock China out completely, because it lacks the infrastructure and capital needed to develop the country’s vast mineral resources. The defector, who said he had worked as the director of a state trading agency controlled by the military in a major North Korean city, refuted…

  • Monument to the African Renaissance taking shape

    NKeconWatch
    22 Nov 2009 | 8:30 am
    UPDATE:  The Guradian brings us up to date with the monument’s construction: According to the Guardian: The statue shows a muscular man in a heroic posture, outstretched arms wrapped around his wife and child. Nearly 50 North Korean workers were brought in to build it, because of their expertise with bronze art, and some Senegalese have complained of its communist-era design. It has also drawn criticism from Muslims, who make up 94% of Senegal’s population, because of Islamic prohibitions on representations of the human form. Abdoulaye Wade, Senegal’s octogenarian…

  • Now that’s a socialist haircut!

    NKeconWatch
    22 Nov 2009 | 8:13 am
    Back in 2005, the North Korean media was mocked in the western press for encouraging its population to maintain hairstyles consistent with a socialist lifestyle.   Judging by the imagery, this was no laughing matter! Well, the AFP reports that Rodong Sinmun has once again taken on the task of reminding the population of the importance of tidy hair: Rodong Sinmun, the ruling-party newspaper, said men should keep their hair short and women should have it tied up. “To keep your hair tidy and simple… is a very important matter for setting the ethos of a sound lifestyle in the…

  • Hyesan getting a facelift

    NKeconWatch
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:09 am
    Kangsong Taeguk 2012 comes to Hyesan! According to the Daily NK: According to an inside source, the North Korean authorities have, at the behest of Kim Jong Il, been using the “Mt. Baekdu Tourism Fund’ for improving areas in and around the city of Hyesan in Yangkang Province. The source relayed the news in a phone conversation with The Daily NK on the 11th, saying, “Recently, many changes have been taking place in Hyesan. At the General’s suggestion, the ‘Mt. Baekdu Tourism Fund’ was channeled to the city, and has been used to dramatically improve the road to and…

  • Rising cost of narcotics in DPRK drives up home, market prices

    NKeconWatch
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:20 am
    Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) NK Brief No.09-11-20-1 11/20/2009 The recent hike in narcotics prices in North Korea appears to be due to rising prices on homes and in markets. According to Daily NK, “Recent narcotics prices have grown considerably,” and, “If narcotics prices rise, market prices rise across the board.” As North Korean officials crack down on narcotics production and distribution, the availability of Philopon and other narcotics has been sharply reduced. This reduction in supply is driving up prices. Drug prices in North Korea first jumped sharply in February…
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    Travel Blog from North Korea

  • NorthKorea

    North Koreaok it's way over time but finally we've got some time and the facilities to do some blabla about NorthKorea. in the mean time we've been to Shanghai Benxi and currently were at the 'base' of the yellow mountains where we'll go tomorrow. So on the 24th of October we've took the plane to Pyongyong. But basically already on the 23rd espcially I got rather excited as we had a 2 hour

  • Anxious Times at the Border

    After being awakened to many aspects of North Korea the passionate pursuit of a military policy and panegyrics about the Great Leader being two examples there were more revelations as we concluded our North Korean odyssey. One was the extremely proud nature of the North Korean people. This extended to a great pride about their history and they make great efforts to preserve and display thei

  • The Art of Isolation

    In a country renowned for its international isolation North Korea is equally adept at isolating foreigners visiting their nation. I have never journeyed to a country where I was kept so separated from the local populace. On almost every occasion we were deliberately distanced from the local people we would always eat in the most secluded section of a restaurant be ushered out of a separate e

  • Eternal Vigilance Against Imperialist Aggressors

    Within the North Korean psyche nothing is more despised than imperialist aggressors. Those evil external forces that threaten to usurp the Juche idea of selfreliance and besmirch the Great Leader. Public enemy number one in this regard are the US and they have held this title for the past sixty years when they overtook Japan and their imperialist efforts in the first half of the twentie

  • Bowing before the feet of the Heavenly Leader

    Moments after arriving at Pyongyang train station our hosts whisked us through a side exit and into a 25 seat van reserved only the two of us 8211 there would be no fighting over who would get the window seat on this tour. We were introduced to our three North Korean hosts 8211 our constant companions for the next 10 days. The Driver was a young person of about 30 years with a wide face
 
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    Family Care Foundation - North Korean Refugees

  • The high priestess of North Korean propaganda

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:18 pm
    The one certainty in unpredictable North Korea is that if the state detonates a nuclear device or leader Kim Jong-il visits a duck farm, Ri Chun-hee will be on TV boasting about the amazing accomplishment. Ri is the forceful grandmother speaking with the authority of the state as the main newscaster for North Korea's only TV channel. Ri, born in 1943, is an actress turned newscaster who first took to the air in 1971 when the North's state TV channel was taking off. Kim Il-sung, who nurtured her "with warm love and faith", Kim pushed her to be a broadcaster. Usually dressed in traditional…

  • Bilateral talks with U.S. to encourage North Korea to return to the six-party talks

    21 Nov 2009 | 7:31 am
    A group of US experts on Korean affairs will visit Pyongyang Saturday for talks with policy makers regarding North Korea's nuclear weapons program, a news report said. The group includes Korea Economic Institute (KEI) president Jack Pritchard, director of KEI research and academic affairs Nicole Finneman, and Scott Snyder, director of the Center for US-Korea Policy at the Asia Foundation. The trip comes as Stephen Bosworth, US special representative for North Korean policy, is scheduled to visit the communist state on December 8 in order to persuade it to return to six-party nuclear…

  • Defector gives insights on North Korean military

    19 Nov 2009 | 9:41 pm
    BBC's Newsnight program spoke to Korean defector Joo-il Kim, who says he was an anti-tank battalion commander in North Korea's army for seven years until he fled the country in 2005. According to Mr Kim, Pyongyang's lack of access to enough new conventional weaponry is what drives its controversial nuclear programme. "Conventional weapon-wise, North Korea is better equipped than South Korea. But most of the weapons are outdated and so, to make up for that weakness, the North concentrates on missiles and nuclear arms development." North Korea is believed to have more than 800 ballistic…

  • "An irreversible dismantling of North Korea's nuclear program"

    18 Nov 2009 | 9:29 pm
    South Korean President Lee Myung-bak says he and President Obama have agreed to offer North Korea a "grand bargain" aimed at ending the North's nuclear program. Speaking at a joint news conference with Obama, President Lee Myung-bak said the deal would be similar to his proposal for a package of political and economic incentives in exchange for the one-step, irreversible dismantling of North Korea's nuclear program. Lee's grand bargain proposal stems from concerns that North Korea would continue to backtrack on promises after winning concessions in negotiations. Obama said his envoy on North…

  • North Korea at top of Obama-Lee Myung-bak agenda

    18 Nov 2009 | 5:53 am
    President Barack Obama arrived late Wednesday in Osan Air base, near the city of Pyeongtaek in Gyeonggi Province, kicking off a two-day visit to South Korea. During his stay in Seoul, which is to last less than 24 hours, Obama will meet with his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak for a summit early Thursday in a bid to strengthen bilateral ties and to find ways to break through various regional and global issues. North Korea's nuclear problem will top the agenda. Obama will then head home late Thursday after visiting a US military base to meet American servicemen there.
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  • Kyujanggak Korean Studies Workshop 2010

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:16 am
    From July 5 to July 16, 2010, the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studieswill host its 4th Summer Workshop for graduate students. This is a wonderful opportunity for graduate students and junior scholars to gain exposure to diverse disciplines of Korean studies and scholars outside their institution's focus, as well as an opportunity to network with future colleagues.The workshop will focus on research methodologies in Korean studies through the examination of documentary and digital resources. The two-week comprehensive program consists of morning lectures and afternoon seminar discussions…

  • 2009 North Korea Trip

    8 Oct 2009 | 9:22 pm

  • 2010 Australia-Korea Foundation Scholarship Program

    8 Oct 2009 | 9:20 pm
    In formation about AKF Scholarship Program for under- and graduate students is available here...Program Objectives * To develop a group of Australian graduates with good understanding of Korean society, politics, economy, culture and the bilateral relationship. * To increase Australia’s capacity to engage with Korea and to strengthen Australia-Korea relations through people-to-people and institutional linkages.Target GroupsThe program will provide individual scholarships up to $25,000 targeted at the following three groups: * Australian graduates pursuing a career in an Australia-Korea…

  • 2010 AKS Fellowship Program for Korean Studies

    9 Sep 2009 | 4:51 am
    The AKS Fellowship Program for Korean Studies is designed to provide international scholars and doctoral candidates an opportunity to carry out their research (dissertation research) in Korea.-Eligibility-Individuals in the humanities and social sciences who are currently engaged in Korea-related teaching and research activities are eligible to apply (The fellowship is not open to Korean nationals, except those with permanent resident status in foreign countries):1. Senior Research Fellowship: Associate professor level or above at a university or Ph.D. holder with more than 5 years of…

  • The Korea Foundation scholarships and post-doctoral fellowships

    20 Aug 2009 | 6:06 am
    The Korea Foundation scholarship and post-doctoral fellowship application forms and conditions have been advertised on the KSAA Web site.  Applications are invited.  Please inform eligible students and individuals who may make a contribution to Korean Studies. 1) The Korea Foundation postgraduate scholarship is advertised on the KSAA web, (http://www.ksaa.net/scholarships.html).  The deadline for applications is 20 October 2009 and should be sent to the President of the KSAA by email (see the website for the email address of the current president). 2)  The Korean Foundation postgraduate…
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    Korea Report

  • President Obama's Visit to South Korea

    Korea Report
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:16 am
    President Barack Obama visited South Korea towards the end of his Asia trip on Nov. 19. Though the summit took place amicably (The New York Times photo above shows the news conference after the summit), the public reception on the streets was divided into two camps, one with enthusiastic welcome (middle photo from the OhMyNews) from the conservative forces that stresses the two countries' alliance (some even calling for the reversal of the U.S. decision to relinquish wartime control of South Korea's military), and another camp that harbors critical views on the Obama administration's pressure…

  • "The Case of Economic Engagement with North Korea"

    Korea Report
    18 Nov 2009 | 12:06 pm
    While the U.S. government and the media are preoccupied with the nuclear weapon issue in dealings with North Korea, there are other voices calling for alternative approaches, such as economic engagement, as the following summary from a recent report shows:An Asia Society/U.C.-Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation Task Force Report focuses on economic engagement with North Korea as a peaceful means of inducing change in the DPRK. As the likelihood of some form of US-DPRK talks increases, this report proposes a fundamental rethinking of Washington’s approach toward the DPRK. Economic…

  • U.S. Special Envoy to Visit North Korea

    Korea Report
    10 Nov 2009 | 10:11 am
    After ten months in the office, it looks like Stephen Bosworth (photo), the U.S. special envoy for North Korea, will be actually going to North Korea for diret talks there. This comes after ten months of what seemed like a circumvention of the problem -- holding consultations with all the parties involved with the Six Party Talks with the exception of North Korea, which did not bring a breakthrough in the stalled process towards nuclear disarmament and security guarantees. It is hoped that the Bosworth trip to North Korea, and President Obama's Asia trip, will bring some tangible progress on…

  • World Church Leaders Reaffirm Support of Korean Reunification

    Korea Report
    30 Oct 2009 | 8:00 am
    Korean Christians in south and north Korea have been early pioneers in civilian, inter-Korea reconciliation efforts as they made initial contacts that paved a way for comprehensive interactions between Koreans separated by division, war memories, ideological confrontations, and geopolitics. Their meetings, held initally in third countries in Europe, Japan and North America, led to the reaffirmation of the desire of Koreans towards reconciliation and reunification.International ecumenical organizations such as the World Council of Churches (WCC) have been supportive of these efforts. The WCC…

  • Doing Business in North Korea

    Korea Report
    28 Oct 2009 | 7:19 am
    [Korea Report's 300th posting.]In a respite from preoccupation with the North Korean nuclear/security issue, U.S. media is beginning to take notice of other issues, such as joint ventures and business interactions in North Korea, that shed some light on changes occuring within North Korea.The CNN carried an interview with Hyun Jeong-eun, the chairwoman of South Korea's Hyundai Asan, which has pioneered inter-Korea joint ventures with investment of $272 million in North Korea, in projects like the Kaesong Industrial Park and tours to Mount Kumgang.The Fortune magazine recently featured "The…
 
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    Korean Language Notes

  • Have you read "Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar"?

    31 Oct 2009 | 11:14 pm
    It cost me an arm and a leg (72,000 won), but I bought Edwin G. Pulleyblank's book, "Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar." When it first arrived, I thought I had been ripped off because it was only a flimsy, little 206-page book, including Contents and Index pages. It did not look like it was worth 72,000 won, which is the most I have ever paid for any book, but after reading the first forty pages, I have changed my mind. It was a good investment.Though the book is not that well written or organized, it is crammed full of short-and-sweet grammar rules with one or two example sentences for…

  • What does 苟且偸安 mean?

    23 Oct 2009 | 11:52 pm
    Yesterday, I bought a Korean book entitled "이이화의 한문 공부," which teaches the basics of classical Chinese writing. I bought the book not only because it was the only book in the store that taught the basics of classical Chinese, but also because it looked pretty good, at least in the store. However, after getting it home and reading more of it, I noticed a few problems.One of the problems with the book is that it assumes the reader already knows the Korean pronunciations for the Chinese characters used in many of the book's example sentences. In other words, the book gives you…

  • Does 乳以 mean the same as 以乳?

    21 Oct 2009 | 4:18 am
    Today, I was reading the 四字小學(사자소학), which was a book that Korean children used to study in traditional Korean schools (書堂 - 서당), when I came across something I did not understand. Why does 以 come after the nouns in lines 3 and 4, but before the nouns in lines 5 and 6?[My] father () gave life () [to] my (我 body ().My] mother () raised (鞠 my (我 body ().懷我With [her] stomach () [she] sheltered () me ().哺我With [her] milk () [she] fed () me ().溫我With () clothes () [they] warmed () me ().飽我With () food () [they] filled () me ().From what little I know…

  • Was 之 (지) used to make causative verbs?

    14 Oct 2009 | 8:55 am
    According to THIS WEB PAGE, the Chinese character 來 (내) was used in classical Chinese to mean, "[He] comes," and 來之 (내지) was used to mean, "[He] makes him come." In other words, the 之 (지) seems to have made "to come" (來) into a causative verb. In classical Chinese, was 之 sometimes used to make causative verbs?I am curious because I want to know if the following translation is correct:A temple ( gave ( [us] rice cake (餠), tea (茶), rice gruel (粥) and soy sauce (醬) and had us eat them.Does the 之 (지) change 食 (식) from "to eat" to "to have someone eat" (…

  • What's the problem with "뭐가 불만이냐"

    10 Oct 2009 | 4:21 am
    뭐가 불만이냐 means "What's your problem" or "What's your complaint." It is a low form that is usually used among friends. If you use it with someone who is not your friend, you are asking for a fight. The problem with the expression is that 뭐가, strickly speaking, is an incorrect construction since 뭐 is a contraction of 무엇, so it would be like saying 무엇가, which is incorrect. The correct contraction for 무엇이 is 뭬. However, since few Koreans say "뭬 불만이냐," you could just drop the subject marker and say, "뭐 불만이냐." I think I will try to use 뭬.The…
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  • What President Obama Should Have Learned from His China Trip

    GI Korea
    22 Nov 2009 | 1:58 am
    Here is a good read from TIME magazine in regards to the three lessons that President Obama should have learned from his visit to China.  Read the article for yourself, but I will go ahead and highlight a few of the pertinent passages from the article: As the Washington Post noted, when Bill Clinton visited Beijing a decade ago, the U.S. owed more money to Spain than it did to China. President Obama’s America owes China some $800 billion and counting. China’s economy is humming again, while America’s is likely to remain sluggish for years. Given its economic health and…

  • The Korean DMZ, the Exaggerated Wildlife Refuge

    GI Korea
    21 Nov 2009 | 5:58 pm
    If you are ever in the Chorwon area around Feburary you can see a number of these cranes there: If your travel itinerary for coming months includes places such as Iran, North Korea, China and Tibet, chances would seem pretty good that you are a diplomat being dispatched to some of the world’s hot spots. Or, maybe, you’re George Archibald. Archibald is the co-founder and senior conservationist with the International Crane Foundation near here and he spends about half of every year traveling to distant corners of the world on behalf of cranes. Of all the challenges he’s faced,…

  • Picture of the Day: Jeonju Bibimbap

    GI Korea
    21 Nov 2009 | 11:42 am
    Foreign students pose after making bibimbap or rice with mixed vegetables at the Hanok Center in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province on Friday. /Newsis Via Chosun Ilbo.

  • Effort Against the US Military In Elementary Schools

    GI Korea
    21 Nov 2009 | 5:17 am
    Here comes another effort to keep the US military out of public schools: How old is old enough for students to be approached by military recruiters? High school? Junior high? Fourth grade? How about ten weeks into kindergarten? Last week at the dinner table, my five-year-old son announced blithely, “Soldiers came to school today.” He then added, “They only kill bad people. They don’t kill good people.” He made the announcement with the same levity he uses in recalling the plot line of Frog and Toad or a Nemo video. My wife and I looked at each other…

  • First Snow (Where I’m At…)

    USinKorea
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:35 pm
    We had our first snow of the season where I’m teaching and living.  I had told some students that morning that the sky looked like rain, but they said the forecast was clear. It came down pretty good at times for 15 to 30 minutes at a time.  Big, soft flakes.  Made for great snowballs.  Much of it had melted by the time I looked outside the next morning, but there was still enough to cover the grass in places where the sun hadn’t shown much.
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