Category: South Korea

TRUMP DIPLOMACY: HOW UNREAL IS THIS LATEST ‘DIPLOMATIC’ REALITY SHOW?

by Asia Media Staff | Jul 15, 2019 | article, North Korea, South Korea, Trump | 1 |

SENAY EMMANUEL WRITES – On June 30th, 2019, US President Donald Trump met with North Korean...

U.S. POLITICS: BOMB-DROPPING WOMEN FLYING HIGH IN AMERICA’S GENDER WARS

by Asia Media Staff | Jul 15, 2019 | article, Japan, South Korea, VETERANS, WOMEN VETERANS | 0 |

ANDREA PLATE WRITES – Retired Lieutenant Colonel Amy McGrath served 20 years in the Marines,...

KOREAN CONUNDRUM: IS IT TIME FOR XI JINPING TO UP HIS GAME?

by Asia Media Staff | Jun 28, 2019 | article, China, East Asia, South Korea, Uncategorized | 0 |

GUEST CONTRIBUTOR LEE HONG-KOO WRITES – Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to North Korea...

SHADOWS OF WAR: ARE THE TWO KOREAS THE CORINTH AND KORCYA OF OUR TIME?

by Asia Media Staff | Jun 25, 2019 | article, China, North Korea, South Korea | 0 |

[Editor’s Note] – The rise of a new global power has often led to hegemonic wars. In...

VETERANS OF ASIAN WARS: THE TERRIBLY SAD STORY THAT NEVER ENDS

by Asia Media Staff | Jun 9, 2019 | Afghanistan, article, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Vietnam | 4 |

ANDREA PLATE WRITES – For 15 years, I was a senior staff social worker at the United States...

Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival: Happy Cleaners – a Happy Review

by Immanuel Portus | May 25, 2019 | Film, Los Angeles, South Korea | 0 |

IMMANUEL PORTUS WRITES- The 35th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival ushered in a myriad of...

South Korea: Another Battleground for the Feminist Movement

by Abdulmohsen Aljuma | May 7, 2019 | article, East Asia, South Korea, Women's Rights | 0 |

ABDULMOHSEN Al JUMA WRITES– South Korea is undergoing a measure of major social upheaval...

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...

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