Category Archives: Sources

The cultural life of North Korea

Posted on 15 October 2010 by admin

North Korea’s 65th anniversary of the Workers’ Party offered a rare insight of every day life in the capital Pyongyang. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/15/north-korea-pyongyang-secret-culture Tania Branigan Old men playing cards in a park; a woman shopping for vegetables; tired workers jostling for space … Continue reading →

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Asia’s first Master of Wine

Posted on 5 March 2010 by admin

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/968cb2dc-27e0-11df-9598-00144feabdc0.html FT, Published: March 5 2010 22:45 | Last updated: March 5 2010 22:45 What wine would do justice to the explosive taste of fried chilli prawns? How about beef satay, or chicken in a spicy coconut sauce? Now imagine … Continue reading →

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Korean couple let baby starve to death while caring for virtual child

Posted on 5 March 2010 by admin

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/southkorea/7376178/Korean-couple-let-baby-starve-to-death-while-caring-for-virtual-child.html Kim Yoo-chul, 41, and his partner Choi Mi-sun, 25, fed their three-month-old baby only on visits home between 12-hour sessions at a neighbourhood internet cafe, where they were raising an avatar daughter in a Second-Life-style game called Prius online, … Continue reading →

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More UNESCO World Heritage Listings Planned

Posted on 1 February 2010 by admin

By Chung Ah-young Staff Reporter http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/02/117_60078.html Following a number of Korean cultural heritages being inscribed on UNESCO lists last year, the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) is seeking to promote the value of national cultural assets to the world. The Joseon … Continue reading →

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Selling South Korea

Posted on 29 January 2010 by admin

Lee Myung-bak wants to move his country to the center of the world. By B. J. Lee | NEWSWEEK Published Jan 29, 2010 From the magazine issue dated Feb 8, 2010 http://www.newsweek.com/id/232786/ For the first time in modern history, South … Continue reading →

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Who Ate up all the Shinga?

Posted on 4 October 2009 by admin

Who Ate Up All the Shinga? by Park Wan-suh translated by Yu Young-nan and Stephen J Epstein Columbia University Press, £17, 248 pages Source: Weekend FT, 3/4 Oct 2009 (not available on the internet) One of Korea’s foremost authors, Park … Continue reading →

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The Caged Bird Sings – A review of The Old Garden

Posted on 8 September 2009 by admin

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/books/review/Myers-t.html THE OLD GARDEN By Hwang Sok-yong Translated by Jay Oh 539 pp. Seven Stories Press. $30 One must never speak ill of nonchronological storytelling in America, where it is considered innately more serious than the other kind. But it … Continue reading →

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A city dedicated to books and print

Posted on 22 August 2009 by admin

By Edwin Heathcote Published: August 21 2009 22:38 | Last updated: August 21 2009 22:38 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/26852872-8de2-11de-93df-00144feabdc0.html The idea of a city of books evokes a fantastical vision: towers of tottering volumes, narrow alleys formed by canyons and stacks of dusty … Continue reading →

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Finally, laid to rest in Pyongyang

Posted on 14 August 2009 by admin

By Michael Rank http://atimes.com/atimes/Korea/KH14Dg01.html LONDON – There can be no lonelier grave anywhere on Earth. Amid fields close to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, lie the remains of Flight Lieutenant Desmond Hinton, a British fighter pilot who flew for the … Continue reading →

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A Korean composer talks about crossing genres

Posted on 31 July 2009 by admin

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d91c082a-7d61-11de-b8ee-00144feabdc0.html By Laura Battle Published: July 31 2009 23:17 | Last updated: July 31 2009 23:17 Were Unsuk Chin in any other arts profession, her name would be familiar – already a brand, perhaps – but as a composer, even … Continue reading →

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