Stories about South Korea from August, 2010
South Korea: Teenage Moms Quit Schools, Survey Shows
A survey shows most of teenage moms drop out of schools after got pregnant with babies, against their will to complete high school education. The Korean society started to address this largely ignored issue by taking a baby step forward by considering building state-run facilities and changing education law, South...
South Korea: Twitter, Too Much Noise or Courageous Disclosure?
In South Korea, not a few celebrities and businessmen have gone under fire by their Twitters. Not only special people, but the ordinary citizen have gotten a bit of blast from unpredictable aftermath Twitter brings along.
South Korea: New move of Ohmynews International
Ohmynews! has closed down its international citizen news section and turned into a blog for on the development of citizen journalism. The official launch of the blog will be in September.
South Korea: Samsung, patriots and the iPhone
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS, the world's largest technology company, is based in the Republic of Korea. South Koreans glow with pride when they introduce the company’s products to foreigners, and often criticisms to Samsung are understood as an insult to its creator, the South Korean government.
South Korea: Personal Information Requirement Halted For the Moment
In South Korea, a deal that could trigger mass personal information leakage was blocked at the last minute by public opposition. As one Korean portal giant’s attempt to gather private information was thwarted, a public notion has formed that we have let things go to far.
South Korea: North Korean land mine blast, killing one.
A North Korean wooden box land mine that may have been washed into South Korea by heavy flooding exploded in an inter-Korean border area, killing one South Korean civilian and injuring another, South Korea’s Joongang reported. The South Korean military said there was a low chance that the North intentionally...
