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The end of an era passes with Roh

[Column] The end of an era passes with Roh
Kim Sang-bong, Professor of Philosophy, Chonnam National University
When I first heard the news that he had thrown himself off a cliff in the mountains behind the village, I knew that an era had come to end. Former President Roh represented our era. No one else but him… »

[Korean MBC] Message to the world ‘fight against Control of Speech in Korea’

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S. Korea’s bulldozer buries media dissent

http://blogs.newamericamedia.org/nam-round-table/1542/s-koreas-bulldozer-buries-media-dissent

posted on jan 08, 2009 06:59:04 pm by peter schurmann
[ filed under: asia  media ]

South Korean authorities arrested an unemployed man on Wednesday suspected of being the author of a series of online postings critical of the government’s economic policy.
The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office arrested the 31-year-old identified by his surname Park on Wednesday and is conducting… »

Beef Politics and Candlelight Revolution

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Beef Politics
In April 2008, while the whole domestic media in the U.S. focused on the Pope’s visit, newly elected Korean President Lee Myung-bak also visited the country. Though he was not much welcomed by the U.S. media, he seemed to be quite proud of himself being invited to Mr. Bush’s Camp David, unlike his… »