· April, 2006

Stories about South Korea from April, 2006

South Korea: Blogging community

The Korean Liberator welcomes an addition to its blogroll: “Chapter 15 is an excellent new blog that follows Korea, the United Nations, and human rights. If you really want to...

14 April 2006

Korea: Free trade agreement

Talks over a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and Korea are seen by many as an opportunity to further an anti-American agenda, writes Joshua from The...

11 April 2006

South Korea: Foreign migrant workers

Occidentalism‘s Matt looks at a recent move by the South Korean government aimed at improving the situation of the country's foreign worker population. “It is claimed to be so bad...

11 April 2006

North Korea: Regime unstable?

“There is more evidence to suggest that North Korea really is in dire financial straits after all,” writes Joshua at The Korea Liberator. “Some would not call this a novel...

7 April 2006

South Korea: Cultural exchange

Occidentalism‘s Matt blogs on the resumption of a teacher exchange program between Japan and South Korea suspended a year ago with the escalation of a territorial dispute between the two...

5 April 2006

South Korea: North Korea

Orackay looks at North Korean apologist voices in the South Korean media in “just say no to workers’ rights.” “Even if one assumes that publicly taking issue with the gulags...

4 April 2006

Bold Flavors of the World

#1: From Cambodia, Phnomenon To understand Cambodian cooking, we have to look back to explore the historical events that took place there and the cultures that influenced the building of...

2 April 2006