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Kim Young-sam, former president of South Korea, dies

November 28, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service By Hyung-jin Kim SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former President Kim Young-sam, who formally ended decades of military rule in South Korea and accepted a massive international bailout during the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis, died Nov. 22. He was 87. The chief of Seoul National University Hospital, Oh Byung-Hee, announced Kim’s death […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2015, Chun Doo-hwan, Former President Kim Young-sam, Geoge Island, International Monetary Fund, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, Korean War, Koreas South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, North Korean, President Park Chung-hee, Roh Tae-woo, Seoul National University Hospital, South Koreans, Syngman Rhee, United States, Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 - December 4

South Koreans sue government over farm slavery

November 22, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kim Tong-Hyung Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Eight men who had been held as slaves at South Korean salt farms for several years took the government to court on Friday for alleged negligence and police inaction they say largely caused and prolonged their ordeal. In the lawsuit filed at Seoul Central District […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Associated Press, Choi Jung Kyu, Justice Ministry, Kim Seong-baek, Seo Je-gong, Seoul Central District Court, Sinui Island, South Koreans, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27

Tearful cross-border reunion may be last for elderly Koreans

October 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kim Tong-Hyung Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A 98-year-old South Korean man cried loudly and repeatedly buried his face in a handkerchief as his elderly North Korean son, who last saw his father as a 5-year-old, watched calmly from across the table. Meanwhile, an 88-year-old South Korean woman sobbed uncontrollably as she […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, 2015, Associated Press, Diamond Mountain, Ju Jae Un, Kim Wol-soon, Korean Peninsula, Korean War, Lee Bok-soon, Lee Seok-ju, North Korean Jong Kun Mok, Ri Dong Wuk, SEOUL, South Koreans, Vol 34 No 45 | October 31 - November 6, reunion

A meal and a webcam form unlikely recipe for S. Korean fame

August 29, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Youkyung Lee AP Technology Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Every evening, 14-year-old Kim Sung-jin orders fried chicken, delivery pizza or Chinese food to eat in a small room in his family’s home south of Seoul. He gorges on food as he chats before a live camera with hundreds, sometimes thousands, of teenagers watching. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Ahn Joon-soo, Ahn Won-jun, China, Chinese, Cho Young-min, Lee Yeon-joo, Meok Bang, SEOUL, Sool Bang, South Koreans, Study Bang, Taiwan, Vol 34 No 36 | August 29 - September 4, YYTV, attention

Retracing war past, ex-N. Korean POWs return to South Korea

August 16, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim Associated Press YANGPYEONG, South Korea (AP) — Back in the country where they were detained as prisoners of war in the 1950s, two former North Korean soldiers now find little apparent objection or hostility, at least superficially — they were even welcomed by veterans who had fought for the South. But it’s […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Brazil, Cho Kyeong-duk, Cold War, Korean War, Lee Kyu-hwan, Maria Valerio Kang, Mato Grosso, North Korean People, North Koreans, POW, Return Home, San Francisco, South Koreans, United States, Vol 34 No 34 | August 15 - August 21, YANGPYEONG

Gay activists in Asia upbeat about impact of US court ruling

July 5, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By The Associated Press Gay rights activists in Asia, where no country allows same-sex couples to legally marry, are upbeat about prospects for a change following the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing such marriages in every state of the nation. A look at some of the reactions and background on gay rights: SOUTH KOREA […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Asia, Beijing, China, Chinese, Conservative Christianity, Han Ga-ram, Hong Kong, Kazuyuki Minami, Li Yinhe, Michael Vidler, Natee Teerarojjanapongs, QT, South Koreans, Supreme Court, Though Japan, US, United States, Vol 34 No 28 | July 4 - July 10, culture

Economy hit as MERS keeps Koreans indoors, deters tourists

June 21, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Youkyung Lee AP Business Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For a South Korean tour agency, the outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome feels like a bigger threat to business than a North Korean attack or nuclear reactor meltdown. Kim Chun Choo’s company, which has provided tour services for the last quarter century, is […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2015, Asiana Airlines, China, Kim Chun Choo, Kim Travel, Korean Air Lines, Lee Ju-yeol, MERS, North Korean, SEOUL, Saudi Arabia, South Koreans, Taiwan, Vol 34 No 26 | June 20 - June 26, World Health Organization, Yeonpyeong Island, japan

Holiday in socialist fairyland? North Korea woos tourists

June 7, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Talmadge Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — If you’re still looking for somewhere exotic to go this summer and don’t mind a vacation that comes with a heavy dose of socialist propaganda and leader worship, North Korea says it’s just the place for you. Fresh off a drastic, half-year ban that closed […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2015, Associated Press, China, Kim Jong-un, Kim Sang Hak, Kim Yong Il, North Koreans, PYONGYANG, Russia, South Koreans, Southeast Asia, State Department, Vol 34 No 24 | June 6 - June 12

N. Korea arrests S. Korean studying in US

May 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea said Saturday it has arrested a South Korean student of New York University for illegally entering the country from China last month. Won Moon Joo, who North Korea says has permanent residency in the U.S. and lives in New Jersey, was arrested on April 22 after crossing the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, 2015, Associated Press, China, Chinese, John Beckman, Kenneth Bae, Korean Central News Agency, NYU, New Jersey, New York University, North Korean, South Koreans, US, Unification Ministry, Vol 34 No 20 | May 9 - May 15, Won Moon Joo

Thousands march in South Korea protest

May 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kim Tong-Hyung   Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of South Koreans marched in Seoul for the second straight day Saturday to protest government labor policies and the handling of a ferry disaster that killed more than 300 people a year ago. Thousands of demonstrators supporting the relatives of ferry disaster victims […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Associated Press, National Police Agency, Park Geun-hye, Park Seong-shik, Seoul City Hall, South Koreans, Vol 34 No 19 | May 2 - May 8

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