Sangwon Yoon south korean journalist reporting on asia and the middle eastskype:sangwon.yoon1
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S Korea admits secret meeting with the North
Al Jazeera English | June 2, 2011 South Korea has admitted it held a secret meeting with North Korea last month in Beijing, but it denied the North’s claims that the aim was to propose and “beg” for summits. Hyun In-taek, South Korea’s unification minister, said at the National Assembly on Thursday that it is “true [...]
Was bin Laden’s killing and burial legal?
Key change in narrative of bin Laden’s death sparks suspicion over possible legal violations. Al Jazeera English | May 5, 2011 A key detail in the initial narrative of the historic operation that killed the world’s most wanted man – al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden – has proven to be inconsistent, raising concerns about what [...]
Maldives police break up opposition protest
Al Jazeera English | May 1, 2011 Police in Maldives have used tear gas and batons to break up an anti-government protest in the island country’s capital Male, reportedly injuring dozens of activists. About 400 supporters of the former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom gathered in Male on Saturday night, demanding the resignation of incumbent President Mohamed Nasheed over [...]
Are Egypt-inspired upheavals possible in NKorea?
Yonhap News Agency | February 25, 2011 SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) — Information and images of revolutions have been posted on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube in addition to being streamed live online by activists in Tunisia and Egypt, inspiring millions of others in neighboring Libya, Bahrain, Iran and even in China and Zimbabwe to campaign [...]
SKorea fighting uphill battle against FMD
South Korean farmers fight an uphill battle against the nation’s worst foot-and-mouth disease outbreak
SKorea: NKorea’s nuclear threat ‘dangerous’
The threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear program has reached an “extremely dangerous level,” an adviser to South Korea’s president said in comments published Wednesday.