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Korean peninsula hit hard by the foot-and-mouth disease

By Yoo Eun Lee Fri, Feb 11, 2011 3:35PM UTC

A foot-and-mouth outbreak has swept the whole Korean peninsula. South Korea is battling with its worst outbreak for several months now, with a quarter of its herd culled. And so as North Korea. Two dismal reports came out today; one confirming the disease outbreak in North Korea and the other

Two North Korea stories

By Nathan Schwartzman Thu, Feb 10, 2011 9:05PM UTC

First, the government is saying that the 31 “boat people” who left North Korea and landed on Yeonpyeong-do will be allowed to choose whether to stay in South Korea or return to North Korea. I just hope they realize the welcoming committee back home won’t exactly be bringing donuts and

In sports, South Koreans choose North Korea over America

By Nathan Schwartzman Wed, Feb 09, 2011 11:09PM UTC

That’s the provocative conclusion of a survey conducted by the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies at Seoul National University. Now since what I really want to say about this would be completely unprofessional and unprintable, I’ll just let the Korea Times article speak for itself: The percentage of Koreans

‘Boat people’ issue leaves South Korea in a twist

By Yoo Eun Lee Wed, Feb 09, 2011 2:56PM UTC

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported[en] today that the South Korean government will respect the “free will” of 31 North Koreans who crossed the inter-Korean sea border by boat last week. Thirty-one North Koreans reached the coast of Yeonpyeong Island on Saturday, marking the largest number of North Koreans to

SKorea: Police crack down on “naked graduations”

By Nathan Schwartzman Wed, Feb 09, 2011 12:48PM UTC

As promised last week, the cops are getting involved in the “naked graduation celebrations” that are at least supposedly all the rage among the kids these days. Original article in Korean is at this link. Police are planning to pursue criminal charges against not only the leaders of, but also