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A Small Peace in Kaesong
I visited North Korea for the first time in 2004, in order to open a hospital at the Kaesong (Gaeseong) Industrial Complex across the border. The first encounter b...
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'Anger Index’ of Young People in Korea and Japa...
On October 27, the day after pan-opposition candidate Park Won-soon was elected the mayor of Seoul in a by-election, I briefly met a group of students of Waseda Un...
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Korean Technology beyond Motherboards and Displa...
In this highly technology-oriented era, when a number of new products are developed every day, the term "technology" demands more attention. The challeng...
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Mobile Phone Craze in North Korea
The number of mobile phones reportedly crossed the 800,000 mark in North Korea in late September. This means that more than 140,000 mobile phones were sold in three months, considering that about 660,000 mobile phones were reporte...
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Occupy Yourselves
In the Diamond Sutra, one of the most historically important texts in Buddhism, Sakyamuni Buddha teaches sunyata (emptiness), the core philosophical concept of Mahayana Buddhism, in a question and answer session with his ...
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Why They Are Threatened by Twitter
The crackdown on social networking services (SNS) has continued for over a month. The prime target is Twitter. Government agencies with mandates remotely relevant, including the Korea Communications Standards Commission, the Supre...
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Japan Returns Looted Documents after 100 Years
It’s easy to get robbed but trying to reclaim lost items is quite a different matter, not to mention it may take ages for them to be returned. On December 6, however, a pile of books did return. On this day, Japan gave back 1,200...
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Kaesong Industrial Complex Development and Inter...
Economic cooperation between South and North Korea has nearly been suspended since a government decision on May 24, 2010, following the sinking of the South Korean Navy patrol craft Cheonan in the West (Yellow) Sea by a North Kore...
Korea’s ODA Policy and its Role as a Bridge bet...
This study, based on an analysis of Korea’s official development assistance (ODA), examines the challenges it faces to play a bridging role between advanced and developing countries in international development cooperation.
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Priest-Doctor Suffers ‘Divine Depression’ afte...
The elderly priest slowly adjusted his robe for a while before sitting down for an interview with a reporter who was young enough to be his granddaughter. Getting his breath back, he finally started to speak. “Well, you are curio...
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Shin Kyung-sook’s Seven Perspectives Returned H...
For Shin Kyung-sook to be the first author mentioned as we survey the books on Korean literature in 2011 seems quite natural. “Please Look After Mom” met with warm responses from readers in 31 countries. Yet, if we are to accoun...
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Hyun Jung-hwa: ‘In both table tennis and life, ...
She can’t bear to be defeated. When she saw a 2.7 gram ping pong ball while in third grade, it was as if she had met her destiny. Her obsession for winning was ignited. She was so thin that her trousers drooped but she had “guts...
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