Sangwon Yoon south korean journalist reporting on asia and the middle eastskype:sangwon.yoon1
sangwon.yoon1@gmail.com
Support grows for Palestinian’s prison strike
Activists start open-ended hunger strike in support of prisoners in Israel fasting against “worsening jail conditions”. Al Jazeera English | October 10, 2011 At least 60 activists in the occupied West Bank, Gaza and Israel have started an open-ended hunger strike in support of Palestinians already fasting in Israeli [...]
S Korean soldier goes on killing spree
Military official says a marine corps corporal has shot dead four colleagues along the tense border with North Korea. Al Jazeera English | July 4, 2011 A corporal in South Korea’s marine corps has killed four fellow marines and injured another in a shooting rampage at an island [...]
Is the inter-Korean conflict going cyber?
South Korea blames the North for cyber attacks while questions remain over how such an IT powerhouse was left vulnerable Al Jazeera English | June 24, 2011 South Korea has one of the most advanced IT infrastructures on the planet, offering the world’s cheapest access to [...]
Gbagbo supporters detained ‘without charge’
Amnesty International says Ivory Coast authorities have been holding at least 50 people without charge for two months. Al Jazeera English | June 22, 2011 Ivory Coast authorities are violating international law by detaining at least 50 people without charge for more than two months, human-rights observers say. At least 21 of supporters of Laurent Gbagbo, [...]
North Korea recruits hackers at school
A former hacker and a hacking tutor say N Korea is bolstering cyberwarfare units to battle IT powerhouses like S Korea. Al Jazeera English | June 20, 2011 As South Korea blames North Korea for a recent slew of cyberattacks, two defectors share their experiences, as a hacker and trainer of “cyberwarriors” in the reclusive communist [...]
China and N Korea launch joint economic zones
Al Jazeera English | June 9, 2011 China and North Korea have formally started construction of two joint economic zones near their border, on the North Korean islands of Hwanggumpyong and Wihwa on the west, and the Rajin-Sonbong area on the east. Ceremonies marking the start of the projects took place during consultations held in [...]