Category: South Korea

South Korea: Were the Clues There All Along? BTS to release new album April 12

by Alexandra Radilaleh | Mar 19, 2019 | Arts and Culture, South Korea | 0 |

The ground-breaking K-Pop band BTS is set to release its new record Map of the Soul: Persona on...

KOREA: Fish Bones Review — Family Expectations and Individual Aspirations

by Robert Born | Mar 11, 2019 | Arts and Culture, Film, South Korea | 0 |

“You can’t keep living for other people, you know. No one is going to win like that.” Hana defies...

SOUTH KOREA: SHOULD CELEBRITIES ENJOY PRIVACY RIGHTS?

by Asia Media Staff | Mar 11, 2019 | article, South Korea | 0 |

KOREA TIMES’ KIM HYUN-BIN WRITES – Public calls are growing for the closure of an...

KOREA TODAY: Artist Maureen Wolfson and Her Inspiration for the March First Movement

by Asia Media Staff | Feb 28, 2019 | North Korea, South Korea | 0 |

ASIA MEDIA INTERNATIONAL AND PACIFIC CENTURY INSTITUTE WRITE — March First, 2019, marks the...

SEOUL: SECOND KIM-TRUMP SUMMIT ‘URGENT,’ SAYS TOP ADVISER TO SOUTH KOREA’S PRESIDENT

by Asia Media Staff | Dec 3, 2018 | article, North Korea, South Korea | 0 |

SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) — The United States and North Korea should hold their second summit...

KOREAN PENINSULA: THERE MAY BE NO WAY OUT

by Asia Media Staff | Nov 1, 2018 | article, South Korea | 0 |

This following is a special and important interview with South Korea’s special presidential...

SAN FRANCISCO: BAN KI-MOON – ‘LEADER ON THE FRONTLINES’

by Katrina Crosby | Sep 17, 2018 | article, South Korea, UNITED NATIONS | 0 |

KATRINA CROSBY WRITES – With so much tragedy occurring in the world, it is always refreshing...

SOUTH KOREA & THE QUESTION OF JUSTICE: AHN HEE JUNG NOT GUILTY OF RAPE

by Elizabeth Soelistio | Sep 1, 2018 | human rights, SEXISM, South Korea, Women's Rights | 0 |

ELIZABETH SOELISTIO WRITES — Ahn Hee Jung, a 53-year-old politician and former rising star of...

SINGAPORE SUMMIT: COOPERATION TRUMPS GO-IT-ALONE FOR EAST ASIAN STABILITY

by Asia Media Staff | Jun 12, 2018 | China, Japan, North Korea, russia, South Korea | 0 |

(AMI NOTES: Moon Chung-in is a distinguished professor at Yonsei University and the special...

KOREAN COUNTDOWN: GETTING TOGETHER SURE BEATS STAYING APART, BEATING YOUR CHEST AND PLAYING WITH YOUR RED BUTTON

by Tom Plate | May 26, 2018 | North Korea, South Korea | 0 |

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST COLUMNIST TOM PLATE WRITES – To appreciate the sageuk drama...

KOREAN CINEMA: IS DIRECTOR HONG A CLOSET GODARD OR TRUFFAUT??

by Alexis Cruz | May 1, 2018 | South Korea | 0 |

ALEXIS CRUZ WRITES – If Hong Sang-soo had given an interview about how much he loved French...

LOS ANGELES: WHY SAVING THE VA FROM TRUMP’S NOMINEE IS THE RIGHT MEDICINE FOR OUR WOUNDED VETERANS

by Asia Media Staff | Apr 25, 2018 | Afghanistan, Los Angeles, South Korea, Trump, Vietnam | 0 |

ANDREA PLATE WRITES – What’s the big deal about Dr Ronny L. Jackson, President Trump’s...

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