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Acts of bravery emerge from pilloried ship crew

April 26, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Youkyung Lee and Foster Klug Associated Press MOKPO, South Korea (AP) – As the ferry sank, some crew members gave their lifejackets to passengers. One refused to leave until she shepherded students off the ship, and was later found dead. Others worked from rescue boats to break windows with hammers and pull trapped people […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Ahn Sang-don, Ahn So-hyun, Associated Press, Captain Lee Joon-seok, Foster Klug, Hyung-jin Kim, Jindo April, Lee Joung-hwa, MOKPO, Oh Yong-seok, Park Ji-young, Passenger Koo Bon-hee, President Park Geun-hye, South Koreans, Vol 33 No 18 | April 26 - May 2, Yang Dae-hong, Yang Jung-jin

Kenneth Bae appeals to U.S. for N. Korea release

January 25, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) – An American missionary who has been jailed in North Korea for more than a year appeared before reporters Monday and appealed to the U.S. government to do its best to secure his release.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2014, Associated Press, Bill Clinton, CNN, China, Dennis Rodman, Hyung-jin Kim, Jimmy Carter, Kenneth Bae, Kim Jin Moo, Kim Jong-un, North Korean, South Korea, Terri Chung, United States, Vice President Joe Biden, Vol 33 No 5 | January 25 - January 31

China: Abe not welcome after war shrine visit

January 4, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Gillian Wong Associated Press BEIJING (AP) – China’s Foreign Ministry on Monday accused Japan’s prime minister of hypocrisy and said he would not be welcome in China after he visited a shrine honoring Japan’s war dead.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Asia, Associated Press, Beijing, China Abe, Chinese, Foreign Ministry, Hyung-jin Kim, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Junichiro Koizumi, Korean Central News Agency, North Korea, Qin Gang, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Tokyo, Vol 33 No 2 | January 4 - January 10, Yasukuni Shrine, commentary

S Korea hoists national f lag in Pyongyang

September 21, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — South Korean weightlifters marched with their national flag at the start of an international competition hosted by bitter rival North Korea — something of a milestone for two countries that were trading war threats this spring. It’s the first time South Korean athletes have attended […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2013, Asian Cup, Associated Press, Hyung-jin Kim, Korean Peninsula, North Korea, PYONGYANG, South Korean, Vol 32 No 39 | September 21 - September 27

Koreas’ rhetoric no match for surreal calm at DMZ

March 23, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Foster Klug The Associated Press IMJINGAK, South Korea (AP) — Busloads of tourists still show up to gawk at the world’s most heavily fortified border, even as governments on both sides threaten to reduce each other to rubble.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2013, Baek Jong-moon, DMZ, Han River, Hyung-jin Kim, IMJINGAK, Kim Jong-un, Korean War, Los Angeles, North Koreans, Sam Kim, South Koreans, Thomas Wolfley, United States, Vol 32 No 13 | March 23 - March 29, Yellow Sea, technology

North Korean TV shows Disney characters

July 14, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By The Associated Press Staff PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh took the stage in North Korea during a concert for new leader Kim Jong Un in an unusual performance featuring Disney characters.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Associated Press, China, Early Sunday, Featuring Disney, Hyung-jin Kim, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, Koh Yu-hwan, Mickey Mouse, North Korean, PYONGYANG, Snow White, South Korea, TV, United States, Vol 31 No 29 | July 14 - July 20

North & South Korea suffer worst drought in a century

July 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Associated Press Staff KOHYON-RI, North Korea (AP) — North Korea dispatched soldiers to pour buckets of water on parched fields and South Korean officials scrambled to save a rare mollusk threatened by the heat as the worst dry spell in a century gripped the Korean Peninsula.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Associated Press, Finance Minister Bahk Jae-wan, Food, Hyung-jin Kim, Jang Hyun-sik, Korean Peninsula, Lee Soo-jung, Mountainous North Korea, North Hwanghae, North Korean, North South Korea, Pak Tok Gwan, Ri Sun Pom, South Korean Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik, United Nations, Vol 31 No 28 | July 7 - July 13

Kim Jong Il’s heir meets with South Korean delegation

January 2, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s next leader burnished his diplomatic skills Monday, welcoming a private South Korean mourning delegation as state media revealed a new title that gives Kim Jong Un authority over political matters. Kim Jong Un has rapidly gained prominence since the death of his father Kim Jong Il on Dec. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Associated Press, Central Committee, Central Military Commission, Comrade Kim Jong Un, Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun, Hyung-jin Kim, Kim Il Sung Square, Kim Jong-il, Korean People, Kumsusan Memorial Palace, Last Monday, National Defense Commission, North Korean, Rodong Sinmun, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, South Koreans, Vol 31 No 1 | December 31 - January 6, Workers Party

Top North Korean defector Hwang Jang-yop dies at 87

October 14, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — He was the intellectual force behind the philosophy of self-reliance that guided North Korea and a top official in the Workers’ Party

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Beijing, China, Grand National Party, Human Rights, Hwang Jang-yop, Hyung-jin Kim, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong-il, Kim Young-sam, North Koreans, Philippines, SEOUL, South Koreans, Two North Korean, Two South Korean, Vol 29 No 42 | October 16 - October 22, Workers Party, japan

South Koreans mourn ex-president who committed suicide

May 28, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Young-Joon Ahn The Associated Press President Roh Moo-hyun BONGHA, South Korea (AP) — Bowing deeply and laying white chrysanthemums before his portrait, tens of thousands of mourners journeyed this past Sunday, May 24, to the southern village where former President Roh Moo-hyun killed himself by jumping off a rocky cliff overlooking his home.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Along Seoul, Associated Press, Former Grand National Party, Geun-hye Park, Han Hyung-min, Hoi-chang Lee, Hye-kyung Moon, Hyung-jin Kim, National Assembly Speaker Hyong-o Kim, North Korea, President Chung-hee Park, President Roh Moo-hyun, Prime Minister Seung-soo Han, South Koreans, Vol 28 No 23 | May 30 - June 5

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