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Archive for September, 2009

The Kookmin Ilbo reported yesterday that 125 children between the ages of ten and nineteen have ‘AIDS’ [or HIV]. The National Assembly’s Health and Family Welfare Commission member Son Suk-mi reported on the 29th that according to Center for Disease Control data there were 379 AIDS patients in the first half of this year, and 17 of these people died. [I’m assuming that must mean full-blown AIDS,…

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Homemade bombs known as IEDs appear to be North Korea’s latest weapon in its decades-long conflict with South Korea, the U.S. commander in Seoul says.

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After mentioning wonjo gyoje in this post , I noticed a few articles relating to the topic. According to this article about the need to teach children ‘proper internet culture’, about 81% of underage prostitution cases discovered between 2004 and 2008 were arranged over the internet. A study has found that one or two youth out of ten have received offers to take part in wonjo gyoje or…

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Seoul – South Korea’s National Assembly on Monday approved the appointment of economist Chung Un Chan as prime minister despite protests from the opposition. The assembly approved Chung’s appointment by President Lee Myung Bak thanks to the ruling co…

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shock and go all the way to the Asian Champions League final after they drew 1-1 with FC Seoul to seal a 4-3 aggregate win and progress to the semi-finals. Umm-Salal took the lead after just 14 minutes at Seoul World Cup Stadium when Ben Askar Aziz

SEOUL -(Dow Jones)- The Export-Import Bank of Korea, or Kexim, said Thursday it has issued CHF500 million, or around $500 million, of Swiss franc-denominated bonds carrying a three-year maturity