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An Unnerving Reality: We're Deporting Adoptees

Adam Pertman | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Politics, India, Thailand, Children, Immigration, Arizona, Media, Families, Policy, Korea, Utah, Adoption, Crime News
Adam Pertman

People who break the law should unequivocally pay an appropriate price for their offenses. But I think it can fairly be argued that the reason some are being ejected from the only country they've ever known is not because of the crime they've committed -- but because they were adopted.

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N. Korean Boat Hijacks Fishing Boats

AP | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: North Korea Yellow Sea Hijacking, China Fishing Boats Hijacked, North-Korea, Yellow Sea, Video, North Korea Hijacking, Chinese Boats Hijacked, China Boats Hijacked, Korea, Ap, North Korea, World News

BEIJING (AP) — A North Korean boat hijacked three boats with 29 Chinese fishermen on board and demanded 1.2 million yuan ($190,000) for their releas...

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When Buildings Hug

2012-02-16-archdailyreal.jpg | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Hugging Towers Korea, Hugging Buildings Korea, Cross Towers Korea, Architecture, Korea Architecture, Cross Towers, Korea, Cross # Towers, Korea Cross Towers, Culture News

By Sebastian J Click here for the original article. Courtesy of BIG Danish architects BIG have just shared with us the Cross # Towers, their ...

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Reports: N. Korea's Nuclear Test Ready Soon

Reuters | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Video, Kim Jong Un, Korea Missile Test, Korea Nuclear Test, South Korea, North Korea Nuclear Program, North Korea Nuclear Test, Reuters, Korea, North Korea, North Korea Missile Test, World News

By Benjamin Kang Lim BEIJING, April 24 (Reuters) - North Korea has almost completed preparations for a third nuclear test, a senior so...

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Human Body Depicted On Hundreds Of Elastic Strings

Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Hong Sungchul, Hologram, String Sculptures, Video, Elastic String Sculptures, Hada Contemporary, Slidewide, Korea, Tupac, 3d Sculpture, Arts News

Hong Sungchul creates mesmerizing images of body parts out of hundreds of elastic strings. His work is On Hada Contemporary gallery's page, the Korea...

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When Rocket Scientists Go Wrong

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Video, Unha-3, Rocket Science, Rocket Explosion, Rocket, Rocket Failure, Korea, North Korea, Science News

WASHINGTON -- It really is rocket science and it really is hard. North Korea proved that again. The giant explosion that gets a rocket off the ground...

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The Sacrifices Of A Military Spouse: I Wouldn't Change A Thing

Megan Glynn | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Malaysia, Military Spouses, Military Community, Military Families Week, Korea, Military Wives, U.S. Military, Slidepollajax, Military Families, Impact News
Megan Glynn

Many people wonder how military spouses endure the long deployments and frequent moves that go hand-in-hand with living the military life. With three ...

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Nuclear Power and Democracy Don't Mix

Kumi Naidoo | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Renewable Energy, Anti-Nuclear, Greenpeace, Energy [R]Evolution, South Korea, Korean Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, Greenpeace Korea, Nuclear, Korea, Nuclear Power, Green News
Kumi Naidoo

On Monday South Korea deported three senior Greenpeace staff, known for their role in our campaign against that country's nuclear expansion plans. What is it the industry and its government sponsors fear?

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David Bellos on Being Translated

Nataly Kelly | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Literature, Publishing, Greece, Germany, France, Books, Spain, Translation, Korea, Books News
Nataly Kelly

What's it like to have your own work translated if you're an author who is also a translator? This was a question recently faced by David Bellos, the author of Is That a Fish in Your Ear?

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'How Stuff Works': Making An Impact With Microlending

Josh Clark | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Kiva.org, Jeri Rowland, Chuck Bryant, Microlending, Korea, Americans, Stuff You Should Know, Kiva, Mohammed Yunus, Spring Into Action, Impact News
Josh Clark

My Stuff You Should Know podcast co-host Chuck Bryant, our producer Jeri Rowland and I aren't completely unaware of ourselves. As such, we do feel a b...

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Korea Deserves to Be Taken (More) Seriously

Georges Ugeux | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Nissan, Kia, Apple Samsung, South Korea, Electric Cars, North Korea, Kim Yuna, Jim Yong Kim World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, South Korea Economy, Korea, Business News
Georges Ugeux

There is no need to idealize Korea. But it is hard not to admire the resolution of a country surrounded by big brothers and an enemy. It is a country of talents.

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North Korea To Launch Long-Range Rocket

Reuters | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Video, North Korea Long Range Missile, North Korea US, Kim Jong Un, North Korea Missile, North Korea, North Korea Rocket, South Korea, North Korea Satellite, Korea, North Korea Missile Test, Reuters, World News

By Jack Kim and Jeremy Laurence SEOUL, March 16 (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday it will launch a "working" satellite to mark th...

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Is There No Such Thing As 'Kid Food'?

Mei-Ling Hopgood | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Taiwan, Global Parenting, Toddlers, Food, Parenting, Children's Health, Parenting Advice, Korea, Parents News
Mei-Ling Hopgood

Before we assume kids just won't eat liver, spinach, beets -- or whatever else might qualify as "yucky" -- just consider some of the foods that children eat and even covet in other places.

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Joining the Peace Corps (part 2) or, a Buddha, a Belgian Priest (and the Brothel)

Amy Lennard Goehner | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Korea, Peace Corps, Brothel, Buddha, Japan, Beer, Peace Corps Week, Peace Corps Volunteers, Seoul, Peace Corps Experience, South Korea, Asia, Kyoto, Comedy News
Amy Lennard Goehner

When I walked in, it looked like a cozy tea room parlor. Several sober women amidst of sea of not-at-all-sober men whisked me upstairs and closed the sliding door. A door with panes made of paper. They guided me to the grandmother's room down the hall -- off limits to men.

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Seoul Begins Military Drills Despite NKorea Threat

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Video, Kim Jong Un, U.S. Military, South Korea, North Korea Nuclear Program, u.s Korean Military Exercises, Asia, Korea, World News, North Korea, Korea Military Drills, World News

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea on Monday conducted live-fire military drills from five islands near its disputed sea boundary with North Korea...

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South Korea Cracks Down on Dissent

Christine Ahn | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Democracy, Dissent, Repression, Jeju Island, South Korea, Korea, North Korea, Park Jung-Geun, Seoul, Solidarity for Peace and Reunification in Korea, Korea Reunification, World News
Christine Ahn

By redbaiting SPARK as a communist, pro-North organization, the South Korean government is trying to taint the Jeju naval base resistance and send a message to others that if they are or become involved, they too will be branded and targeted.

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K-Pop: A Secret Weapon of Korea for Future Cultural Domination?

Young-mok Kim | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Music Korea, K-Pop, Pop Music, Korean Pop, Global Pop Culture, K Pop, Pop Music Korea, Pop Culture, Korea Music, Korea Pop Music, Korea, World News
Young-mok Kim

American pop music industry, beware! Like a pied piper, these idol groups from Korea are captivating fans in North America.

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Economics of the Environment

Robert Stavins | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Market-Based Environmental Policies, Common Property Resources, Environmental Policy, Economic Policy, Forest Policy, Free Rider Problem, Distributional Analysis, Environmental Economics, Cost-Effectiveness, Fisheries Policy, Climate Change Policy, Office of Management and Budget, Regulation, Obama Administration, Information Problems, Global Climate Policy, China, Distributional Equity, California, Linkage of Cap-and-Trade Systems, Environmental Politics, Cap-and-Trade, Kyoto Protocol, Natural Resource Economics, Revenue-Neutral Taxes, Korea, Import Allowance Requirement, Water Policy and Tagged Australia, Efficiency, Natural Resource Policy, Politics, Positive Political Economy, Benefit-Cost Analysis, Mexico, Market Failure, Economic Stimulus Policy, European Union, Corporate Social Responsibility, Brazil, Externalities, Japan, Sulfur Dioxide, Energy Policy, Energy Economics, Public Goods, India, Economic Valuation, Green News
Robert Stavins

The Sixth Edition of Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings has just been published by W. W. Norton & Company of New York and London. Throug...

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Risk Management in Introducing High-Technologies Into High-Growth Markets

Sunil Chacko | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Fire Hazard, Fukushima, Laptop, Independent Safety Standard, Recall, China, Japan, Lithium-Ion Battery, Representative Tomoyuki Taira, Telecom, High-Growth Markets, Korea, Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Former Prime Minister Dr. Yukio Hatoyama, India, Product Standard, Base-Station, Diesel, Large Capacity, System Efficiency, Energy Efficiency, Energy Management, Monitoring and Control, Mobile Phone, Accountability, Business News
Sunil Chacko

High-growth markets like India face a range of challenges, and thus present vast opportunities, especially for introducing leap-frogging technologies in the area of energy infrastructure.

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On Mountains

John R. Eperjesi | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Korean Mountains, Korean Landscape, North Korea, South Korea, Eastern Religions, Korea, Korean Religion, Arts News
John R. Eperjesi

The memory of mountains creates a visionary, reunified landscape through which an end to the Korean War can be productively imagined.

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South Korea: 'The Ball Is In North Korea's Court'

Reuters | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Video, South Korea, Korea Dialogue, Kim Jong Il Dead, South Korea North Korea Dialogue, South Korea North Korea Relations, Korea, North Korea, World News

(Reuters) - South Korea reached out to rival North Korea on Thursday, nearly three weeks after the death of the North's iron-fisted ruler Kim Jong-il,...

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What Would A Single Korea Look Like?

AP | By FOSTER KLUG | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Video, Kim Jong Un, North Korea South Korea, South Korea, Seoul, Kim Jong Il Death, Korea Unification, Korea, North Korea, World News

SEOUL, South Korea -- A single, reunified Korea has long been a cherished dream of people on both sides of the world's most heavily fortified border. ...

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The UN Mourns the Death of Kim Jong Il

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Kim Jong Il Dead, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un, United Nations, Korea, North Korea, World News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

The decision by the United Nations to lower its flags to half-mast for the death of Kim Jong Il is a vulgar and all-too-predictable display of that global body's immorality.

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Chrysler And China Drive Auto Market

Steve Parker | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Toyota, Chrysler, Ram Truck, Honda, Dodge Viper, Kia, Ford, Fiat 500, Lancia, Canada, Avenger, Chevrolet Cruze, Chevrolet Volt, Sonata Sedans, General Motors, Dodge, Jennifer Lopez, Lincoln, Hyundai, Hybrid Cars, Jim Wangers, Electric Cars, Jeep, Chevrolet Sonic, Dodge Dart, Korea, China, Business News
Steve Parker

What were the biggest automotive stories of 2011? There were certainly plenty to choose from. But the top story of the year is the resurgence of Chrysler.

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The Real Concern About North Korea

Daniel Burrus | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Kim Jong-Un, Kim Jong-Il, North Korea, World News
Daniel Burrus

Over the past week, many people have expressed concern over the passing of North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-il. In reality, it's not his death that should raise concern; rather, it's who is taking his place.

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