Pictured above: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Screenshot captured via Reuters Video) by KEN […]
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Korean Man Sets Himself on Fire to Protest Japan’s Wartime Sex Slavery
by ALEX HYUN | @ahyundarkb4dawn editor@charactermedia.com Days ahead of Korea’s 70th Liberation Day, an 80-year old South Korean man lit himself on fire on Wednesday outside the Japanese embassy […]
Shinzo Abe Offers ‘Remorse’ But No Apology for WWII ‘Comfort Women’
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com For some, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s “eternal condolences” for the American lives lost during World War II were not enough. In […]
South Korea’s Prime Minister Resigns Over Bribery Scandal
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo of South Korea formally resigned on Monday amid growing suspicions that he accepted an illegal cash donation from a […]
South Korea’s Prime Minister Offers to Resign Amid Bribery Scandal
Pictured above: South Korean Prime Minister Lee Wan Koo arrives at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chun Soo-young/Yonhap via AP) by HYUNG-JIM KIM, Associated Press […]
President Park and Saenuri Party Snubbed at Sewol Ferry Memorials
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Grief and fury marked the one-year anniversary of the Sewol ferry disaster on Thursday, as hundreds of South Koreans mourned for the 304 […]
Abe Expected to Mention Japan’s Wartime Sex Slavery During U.S. Trip: U.S. Congressman
Pictured above: House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his official residence. The meeting was in Tokyo, Japan on April 3, 2015. (Photo courtesy […]
Shinzo Abe Invited to Address Joint U.S. Congress Session
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will speak before a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress on April 29, reports Yonhap News Agency. […]
Link Attack: Kim Jong-un Upset at Weather Guys; Korean Spa In Dallas; SKorean Prime Minister Nominee, Take Two
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un gets angry at the weather guys Washington Post Another week, another bit of absurdity from the world’s most isolated state. A report in the […]
5 Facts to Know About SKorea’s Prime Minister Nominee
South Korean President Park Geun-hye nominated a new prime minister to replace Chung Hong-won, who recently resigned amid backlash following the poor handling of the ferry disaster. Ahn Dai-hee, 59, […]
Tuesday’s Links: NKorea Building Disaster; New SKorean PM; Dan Matthews at UW
North Korea building disaster reveals regime vulnerability Japan Times It may have taken the collapse of an apartment block in an exclusive district of the North Korean capital to […]
SKorean Prime Minister Resigns Over Ferry Disaster
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won bows to the nation after offering his resignation at a news conference. Photo via Associated Press The prime minister of South Korea is stepping down […]
Asian Kid Photobombs Australian Prime Mininster
Remember that one time you photobombed your friend’s romantic picture by being a third wheel? Or that one time you decided to ruin the cute picture by putting in […]
