S.Korea Court Rules against Ban on SNS in Elections
The Constitutional Court of Korea ruled on Thursday that banning social networking services(SNS) in election campaigns was in limited violation of the constitution. In March last year Rep. Chung Dong-young of the Democratic Party and a group of civilians filed an appeal to the Constitutional Court saying that the scope of “the like” in clause 1 of […]
President Lee’s Online New Year Message
The Blue House of Korea sent a new year’s message to government officials, journalists, artists, sportspeople, and many other celebrities in the name of President Lee Myung-bak and First Lady Kim Yoon-ok on 29th, three days before 2012. President Lee said, “It is a difficult time for middle class people and a more difficult […]
Korea’s “Democracy Godfather” Dies
<Photo> The portrait of Kim Geun-tae is entering into the mortuary of the Seoul Nationl University Hospital on 30. Kim Geun-tae, a leader of Korean democratic movement died Friday from a brain disease. He was 64. He was dubbed the “Godfather” of the country’s democratization. He served as leader of Korea’s former ruling Uri […]
<2011 Top News> ‘The Korea Times’ Top 10 News in World
<The Korea Times> chose ‘the Arab Spring’ as the top news of 2011 in World. news@theasian.asia
<2011 Top News> ‘The Korea Times’ Top 10 News in Korea
<The Korea Times> chose ‘the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’ as the top news of 2011 in Korea. news@theasian.asia
<2011 Top News>The Al Jazeera’s top 10
<The Al Jazeera> chose ‘Arab Spring’ as the top stories of 2011. Here are 2011: A Year in review. 1. The Arab Awakening 2. Japan: Reeling from triple disasters 3. Bin Laden: US kills al-Qaeda leader 4. Horn of Africa: A devastating drought 5. Europe’s year of austerity 6. Occupy Wall Street: ‘We are the […]
Virginity Tests Ruled Illegal
Forced “virginity tests” on female detainees arrested in Tahrir Square during a protest on 9 March were ruled illegal in Egypt yesterday. Aly Fekry, head of the Cairo administrative court decreed that what happened to Samira Ibrahim and six other detainees was illegal and any similar occurrence in the future would also be considered illegal. […]
Lee Hee-ho and Hyun Jeong-eun to Pave the Way Again
Lee Hee-ho, Chairwoman of the Kim Dae-jung Peace Center and Hyun Jeong-eun, Chairwoman of Hyundai Group travelled to North Korea on 26 and offered condolences over Kim Jong-il’s death in Kumsusan Memorial Palace, Pyongyang. These two ladies actually met Kim Jong-un and paid respects. On 19, North Korea announced its decision not to welcome foreign […]
What a Coincidence to Pass Away Together
Kim Il-sung and Moon Ik-hwan died in 1994 Kim Jong-il and Park Yong-gil died in 2011 Kim Il-sung embracing Pastor Moon in 1989 Kim Jong-il and Elder Park photographed in 1995 South Korea’s notable unification activists Pastor Moon Ik-hwan and his wife Elder Park Yong-gil were greeted by Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il respectively. Pastor […]
Bloodshed in Kazakhstan? Shush please
“Silence against the death of 16 people in Kazakhstan” Russian media criticised the Western ones <Source: hello.news352.lu> “You probably won’t hear many meaningful calls for action from Washington, London or Brussels… Imagine that a tragedy like this had occurred in a Russian city just across the border from Kazakhstan. Can you imagine the field […]
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