Stories about South Korea from January, 2007
Japan and South Korea: sea of peace
South Korea's president's suggestion to name the sea between Japan and Korea (East of Korea) Sea of peace instead of Sea of Japan, has stirred up much reactions and comments. Overoften in Japundit points out that the name Sea of Japan has never been an issue in Japan and other...
South Korea: father of modern architecture
Robert Koehler from Marmot's Hole introduces Kim Swoo-geun (1931-86), one of the fathers of Korean modern architecture, to the readers.
South Korea: revisionism
Owen from Korean history group blog introduces the debate on revisionism concerning the president Roh's comment on Korea War as civil war.
South Korea: business and politics
A blog post from Asiapages about the relation between business and politics: How much do politcal country relationships matter?
South Korea: women's health
Asiapages blogs about her experience of health check in South Korea which presumes unmarried women as sexually not active and therefore ineligible for body check up.
South Korea: Blogger fired for blogging about Dokdo
Gerry-Bevers from Occidentalism was informed by the university for ending his contract because of his active blogging about Dokdo's history and Korea and Japan territorial debate. The letter said: “I think there is little doubt that the school made this decision because of the Dokdo problem.”
South Korea: Ruling party breaks up
Andy Jackson from Marmot's Hole presented some background about the breaks up of Uri (the ruling party) in South Korea.
South Korea: Freedom of expression
Michael Hurt complained about the freedom of expression in South Korea, especially towards foreigners.
Asia: 2006 Asia events
The Asia Page had a summary of events that shaped Asia in 2006.
