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Post by TheBo on Jun 6, 2012 11:09:48 GMT -5
I've decided to open a general thread for this. Yes, I made a unilateral decision without even consulting ONE of my mod-mates! Too bad! I'm mavericky!
So please post your news and commentary here, whether for South or North, so it's easier to locate later. This thread is stickied, and I'll open another if it gets too voluminous.
Bo
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Post by TheBo on Jun 6, 2012 11:12:02 GMT -5
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Post by ginnycat5 on Jun 11, 2012 14:47:03 GMT -5
Bo, it's a brilliant idea to have a central thread for Korean news! Thanks!
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Post by shiku on Jun 11, 2012 18:28:58 GMT -5
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Post by TheBo on Jun 12, 2012 9:31:34 GMT -5
Well, shiku, that's not exactly confined to Korea. Certainly one of the problems with HIV in, say, Africa (ironically) is the desire to blame the USA for introducing it. Ironically, in the U.S., the false belief that AIDs was only confined to gay people caused a huge delay in addressing this important health policy issue, and that foolishness seems to continue to date.
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Post by Singer on Jul 6, 2012 17:51:32 GMT -5
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Post by ginnycat5 on Oct 2, 2012 19:50:51 GMT -5
Headline: North and South Korea 'on the verge of nuclear war'A senior North Korean diplomat warned a meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York that "a spark of fire could set off a thermonuclear war" on the Korean Peninsula. By Julian Ryall in Tokyo 6:41AM BST 02 Oct 2012 Pak Kil-yon, Pyongyang's vice-foreign minster, put the blame for the tense state of inter-Korean relations firmly on South Korea's conservative government and claimed the citizens of the North feel "shame" and "political terror." Monday's speech was the first time a representative of North Korea has addressed the General Assembly since Kim Jong-un assumed power after the death of his father in December last year. "Since taking office, the current South Korean government has caused the worst situation in North-South relations by making all inter-Korean agreements null and void," Pak said, referring to pacts with previous South Korean administrations that sought reconciliation between the two ideological enemies and an expansion of economic co-operation. Describing relations between the two governments as in "total bankruptcy," Pak dismissed the South Korean government of Lee Myung-bak with the comment, "History will bring them to justice." Neither the United States nor the UN escaped criticism, with Pak saying recent joint military manoeuvres between the US and South Korean troops were "reckless provocations." [snipped, but worth reading] South Korean media are reporting that North Korean fighter jets have stepped up training flights since July, while artillery units in the west of the country are preparing for large-scale exercises and more submarines are putting to sea. Pyongyang's efforts to sow instability in the South may be having an effect, however, after a recent poll showed that nearly 66 per cent of people are unhappy with the Lee government's hard-line policies towards the North. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9580536/North-and-South-Korea-on-the-verge-of-nuclear-war.html
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Post by TheBo on Oct 3, 2012 9:31:17 GMT -5
Headline: North and South Korea 'on the verge of nuclear war'A senior North Korean diplomat warned a meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York that "a spark of fire could set off a thermonuclear war" on the Korean Peninsula. ... Well, now, isn't THAT ducky. Why would he rabble-rouse like that? All this posturing makes me ill. It's a tiny peninsula, all of them are in it together.
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Post by sageuk on Oct 3, 2012 10:07:28 GMT -5
By this point should I even be surprised news like this comes? Brink of nuclear war this brink of nuclear war that
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Post by TheBo on Dec 4, 2012 11:01:03 GMT -5
On a lighter note...This link may not load. I'm having trouble, even though it opened originally; the server may be overloaded. But I'm putting it here just in case it opens up again. Bo
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Post by soapygrams on Dec 4, 2012 14:47:20 GMT -5
Thanks for the link Bo. Amazingly, it opened for me and I read it. Quite interesting and it's a good thing the foundation is trying to achieve. Toilets are so much better than outhouses; more sanitary and much more comfortable. I remember As a young kid our house in Wisconsin had an outhouse. We only had a hand pump in the kitchen. no indoor plumbing. Yeah we existed but oh boy - there were some nights you just wished your body would keep itself asleep until morning with no urgent reason to get up and go outside. LOL We now take the flush toilets for granted. Well at least in our counry we do . The only Outhouses I know about are the port-a-potty ones that are used for certain outdoor events without any indoor restrooms available. So this article was most interesting reading. thanks again for finding it and posting the link. ;D
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Post by ginnycat5 on Dec 7, 2012 21:57:14 GMT -5
Here's an outhouse story: My nephew volunteered to assist in a medical program in Nepal. (He was a beginning med student.) They used an outhouse, which wasn't too bad until one night when there was a spider as big as his hand on the wall next to him. Aieeeeeeee. He said he shot out of there and pulled up his pants after he was clear. whew! I usually only think of smells with regard to outhouses, not wildlife.
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Post by TheBo on Dec 11, 2012 11:26:46 GMT -5
LOL Did you see "Milagro Beanfield War"? Always think of that when I see an outhouse.
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Post by ginnycat5 on Dec 11, 2012 22:46:45 GMT -5
By this point should I even be surprised news like this comes? Brink of nuclear war this brink of nuclear war that And now this (I snipped out a lot): North Korea's new leader burnishes credentials with rocketBy Jack Kim and Mayumi Negishi SEOUL/TOKYO | Tue Dec 11, 2012 10:22pm EST (Reuters) - North Korea successfully launched a rocket on Wednesday, boosting the credentials of its new leader and stepping up the threat the isolated and impoverished state poses to its opponents. The rocket, which North Korea says was designed to put a weather satellite into orbit, has been labeled by the United States, South Korea and Japan as a test of technology that could one day deliver a nuclear warhead capable of hitting targets as far as the continental the United States. "The satellite has entered the planned orbit," North Korea's state news agency KCNA said. [snip] The rocket was launched just before 10 a.m. Korea time (9 p.m. ET on Tuesday), according to defense officials in South Korea and Japan, and easily surpassed a failed April launch that flew for less than two minutes. There was no independent confirmation it had put a satellite into orbit. [snip] It is believed to be some years away from developing a functioning nuclear warhead and to have enough plutonium for around half a dozen nuclear bombs, according to nuclear experts. The North has also been enriching uranium which would give it a second path to nuclear weapons as it sits on vast natural uranium reserves. It says that its development is part of a civil nuclear program, but has also boasted of it being a "nuclear weapons power". www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/12/us-korea-north-rocket-idUSBRE8BB02K20121212
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Post by sageuk on Dec 20, 2012 22:28:07 GMT -5
South Korea has elected its first female President, Park Geun-hye, the daughter of the authoritarian President Park Chung-hee. Park Geun-hye is headed back to the Blue House. On Wednesday, South Koreans chose the daughter of South Korea ’s Cold War strongman Park Chung-hee as the country’s next President. Park, the 60-year-old leader of the conservative Saenuri Party, defeated 59-year-old liberal challenger Moon Jae-in — once jailed for opposing her father’s rule — by a margin of about 3.5%. She will now move back to the presidential residence where she lived as a child and where she served as de facto First Lady after her mother’s death. Park has spent much of her life in her father’s shadow. Now, as the country’s first female President, she will need to chart her own course. Moving forward won’t be easy. When outsiders think of Korea, they think of a divided peninsula, with the 38th parallel separating the totalitarian North from the democratic South. But South Korea itself is split. This year’s closely fought presidential race showed that South Koreans disagree not only about the future but also about the past. As the daughter of the most influential leader in her country’s modern history, Park Geun-hye is at the heart of that debate. To her supporters, Park Geun-hye is a symbol of stability. After seizing power in a 1961 military coup, her father, General Park Chung-hee, made economic growth a national priority, picking promising industries and using them to export the country out of poverty. He put development first, urging his countrymen to “fight while working.” That relentless work ethic helped the country become a global economic player. When First Lady Yuk Young-soo was killed in a botched attack on Park Sr. in 1974, Park Geun-hye stepped in as the acting First Lady. Her service to her grieving father (himself assassinated five years later) won her a reputation for steadfastness, poise and competence. Yun Byung-se, a career diplomat who served as an adviser to Park Geun-hye’s campaign, describes those years as formative: “Her involvement in politics and policy issues started very early.” But Park’s political pedigree also works against her. While Park Sr. is worshipped by many South Koreans, especially older folk, for transforming the country’s economy, he is despised by many others. Park Chung-hee once wrote that, “In human life, economics precedes politics or culture.” But fulfilling his economic ambitions caused him to tighten his grip on power, not loosen it. He jailed and tortured dissidents, dissolved the legislature and rewrote the constitution to buttress his own position. To veterans of South Korea’s democracy struggle, daughter Park is a symbol of the country’s authoritarian past. For years, Park refused to criticize her father. This fall she officially apologized for the excesses of his era, but without condemning him outright. “I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father,” Park told TIME in written responses to questions. “I want to be judged on my own merits.” Read more: world.time.com/2012/12/19/strongmans-daugther-chosen-as-south-koreas-first-female-president/#ixzz2FeaC6zkVRead more: world.time.com/2012/12/19/strongmans-daugther-chosen-as-south-koreas-first-female-president/#ixzz2FeZxpakzworld.time.com/2012/12/19/strongmans-daugther-chosen-as-south-koreas-first-female-president/www.cnn.com/2012/12/18/world/asia/south-korea-presidential-election/index.html
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