Stories from 3 January 2011
North Korea: Kim Jong-il Hid Underground During S.Korea-US Military Drills
South Korea's Joongang Sunday revealed that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il hid himself in an underground bunker for nine days during the South Korea-U.S. joint military exercise from Nov. 28 to Dec. 1 last year, quoting a defense ministry official. Korea Times posted a translation of the article.
South Korea:Politicians’ Social Network Accounts Tweeting Around
As more and more South Korean politicians opened their Twitter and Facebook accounts, Son Ji-hoon (@mazefind) tweeted a google excel sheet[ko] where almost every politician's social networks accounts are listed.
South Korea's Haemaji(Sunrise Greeting) in 2011
South Korea's Wikitree posted photos of the very first sunrise of the year across the country. Annually, thousands of Koreans travel for hours to the far eastern or southern side of the country or climb nearest mountains for Haemaji(Sunrise Greeting), their centruries-old tradition.
China: Nationwide truth crisis as Qian Yunhui's death ruled an accident
The death of Qian Yunhui last week appears to have been the result of a traffic accident, and the arrival of several self-appointed citizen investigation teams in Yueqing over the weekend has brought a new dimension to how mass incidents are handled by authorities in post-Internet China.
