by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com North Korea urged South Korea on Friday to lift its sanctions as a condition for resuming dialogue on reunions of families separated during […]
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Samsung Loses Ground to Apple in South Korea
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Samsung has always marketed their smartphones as the “next big thing,” but when Apple went big with the iPhone 6 and 6 […]
CCTV to Be Required at Day Care Centers in South Korea
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Surveillance cameras will soon become a requirement for all day care centers in South Korea as part of an effort to prevent child […]
South Korean Teen May Have Traveled to Syria to Join Islamic State
The Turkish border city of Kilis, where the missing Korean teenager met and vanished in an unmarked taxi with an unidentified man on Jan. 10. Photo courtesy of Yonhap. by […]
‘Big Hero 6’ Stirs Controversy in South Korea
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Although Big Hero 6 hasn’t hit theaters in South Korea yet, the Disney animated film is already stirring online controversy for allegedly featuring images of the […]
Activists Threaten to Drop ‘The Interview’ in North Korea
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com A South Korean activist group led by a North Korean defector vowed on Tuesday to send Pyongyang a massive number of DVDs of […]
President Park Offers to Meet Kim Jong-un Without Pre-Conditions
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Monday that she is open to holding a summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un […]
Why a Generation of Adoptees is Returning to South Korea
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story is excerpted from The New York Times Magazine article “Why a Generation of Adoptees is Returning to South Korea” by Maggie Jones. ___ by MAGGIE […]
South Korean Special Forces Train Shirtless in the Snow
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com While some of us are wrapping ourselves in parkas to keep warm this winter, about 200 South Korean soldiers are training in the […]
Korean American Author to Be Deported for Praising North Korea
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com A Korean American author may be deported to the U.S. for allegedly making pro-North Korea comments, reports the Associated Press. Local conservative groups […]
SM Entertainment to Release the World’s First Hologram Musical
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com SM Entertainment will premiere the world’s first hologram musical, School OZ, on Jan. 14 in Seoul, according to Soompi. Based loosely on The Wizard […]
South Korea Says North Korea Has 6000-Member Cyber Army
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com South Korea said on Tuesday that North Korea has boosted its cyber army to 6,000 troops, twice the number of cyberwarfare specialists Seoul […]
Former Korean Air Vice President Facing Indictment
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com The embattled former vice president of Korean Air is facing indictment over a bizarre incident, in which she forced a taxiing plane to […]
Slavery Thrives on South Korean Island Salt Farms
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com It was an ordinary night for Kim Seong-baek in July 2012. He was sleeping in the corner of a subway station in Seoul, […]
South Korea, Japan and U.S. to Share Intel on North Korea
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com South Korea, Japan and the U.S. will sign their first joint intelligent-sharing pact on Dec. 29 to better prepare and respond to the […]
