by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com South Korea’s 3D maritime film Northern Limit Line will hit theaters in North America and Australia later this month, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Based […]
Tag: North Korea
German Man Attempts to Empower Deaf North Koreans
Pictured above: North Korean students study sign language. (Photo via Agape International North Korea) by ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — In a country with zero kindergartens […]
South Korean Violinist Wants Border Concert With North Korea
Pictured above: South Korean violinist Won Hyung-joon. (Photo via The House Concert) by HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Violinist Won Hyung-joon wants to bring North […]
North Korean Biochemical Weapons Expert Flees to Finland
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com A North Korean scientist from a microbiology research center in Ganggye, Chagang Province near the border with China defected to Finland last […]
Seoul Holds Mass Wedding for North Korean Defectors
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Seoul held a mass wedding ceremony for North Korean defectors on Tuesday, reports Channel News Asia. About 100 couples were chosen to get […]
U.S. Taekwondo Practitioners Plan DMZ Peace Walk
by KARIN CHAN editor@charactermedia.com A group of U.S. taekwondo masters is organizing a peace walk across the demilitarized zone that divides North and South Korea, reports the Voice of America. […]
‘Northern Limit Line’ Tops South Korean Box Office
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Northern Limit Line, a film that depicts a 2002 inter-Korean naval skirmish, topped South Korea’s weekly box office this past weekend, dropping Jurassic […]
Far From Being Forgotten: Learning Lessons From the Korean War
This article was published in the June 2000 issue of KoreAm Journal by then-assistant editor (and current contributing editor), Jimmy Lee. Some portions of the article have been […]
North Korea Sentences 2 South Koreans to Life on Spying Charges
Pictured above: Kim Kuk Gi, one of two South Korean men detained in North Korea on charges of spying, speaks in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon) by the […]
North Korea Blacklists Instagram
Pictured above: A screenshot of an Instagram photo of North Korean soldiers. (Photo via EverydayDPRK/Instagram) by ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Warnings are appearing on […]
North Korean Defector Joseph Kim Shares His Story in Reddit AMA
by KARIN CHAN and JAMES S. KIM After his father died due to starvation and his mother and sister left for China, Joseph Kim was left homeless as a child. […]
North Korea Claims to Have Cure for MERS, Ebola, AIDS
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com North Korea said on Friday that it has developed a miracle drug that can prevent and cure not only MERS but also […]
North Korea Hit by ‘Worst Drought in 100 Years’
by KIM TONG-HYUNG, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it has been hit by its worst drought in a century, resulting in extensive damage […]
North Korea to Release 2 South Korean Detainees
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com North Korea will release two South Koreans who were accused of illegally entering the country last May, according to Yonhap News Agency. On […]
North Korean Soldier Crosses DMZ to Defect to South
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com A teenaged North Korean soldier walked across the heavily mined Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Monday in a bid to defect to South Korea, […]
