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November 16, 2008

International Relations

Victory At Last

Aggregated from: A Political Glimpse from Ireland

Well I haven’t quite managed to maintain the blogging schedule that I was hoping for which was at least one post a week, but maybe the month of November will be luckier for me in this regard compared to the month of October. Its getting a little chillier in Korea each day which is a blessing i...

November 14, 2008

Korea: Obama and Korea

Posted by Hyejin Kim · 7:49 am · International Relations

A blogger’s post Why am I supporting Obama even though it might be against national interests has been popular in portal sites. Hyejin Kim introduces us to why he is supporting Obama and why he thinks that his victory will be against national interests in Korea. 0 comments · read »

November 7, 2008

International Relations,
Media & Internet

South Korea: Reaction to Obama

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

Ask a Korean! tries to answer the question: What is the Korean news media saying about our new president-elect Barack Obama? ...

November 4, 2008

Asia: Bloggers anxiously await results

Posted by Hoa Quach · 8:30 pm · Activism & Protest · Civil Rights & Ethnicity · Government & Politics · International Relations

As millions of Americans step into the polls today, Asians are snoozing away and will soon wake up to the news of who will be next to head the world’s most powerful country. Before they went to bed, however, bloggers across Asia about what they hoped and expected to find out when they wake up. 2 comments · read »

October 10, 2008

Racism on the Republican Trail?

Posted by Hoa Quach · 3:32 pm · Activism & Protest · Civil Rights & Ethnicity · Diaspora · Human Rights · International Relations · Terrorism and Security

Just three weeks away from the November 4 election and things are heating up on the campaign trails, specifically the trails of Republican candidates Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin. On Monday, McCain spoke at a New Mexico rally where supporters called the Demoratic candidate Barack Obama a “terrorist.” ... 8 comments · read »

October 1, 2008

Economy & Trade,
Globalization,
International Relations

Asian Markets Fall

Aggregated from: PoliGazette

The result of the failure of the U.S. House of Representatives to vote in the best interest of their nation and the world: Japan’s Nikkei Index was down 4.12 percent while the Australian Securities Exchange fell 4.32 percent. The Hong Kong exchange dropped 1.4 percent. he Korea Exchange in Seo...

August 12, 2008

Korea: Why did Bush come to Korea?

Posted by Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A. · 7:57 pm · International Relations

Bush’s visit to Korea for one night and two days on the fifth of August made a lot of people busy: A big group who welcomed his visit in one street of Seoul, another big group who were opposed to his visit in the other street of Seoul, the police who were busy suppressing the [...] 0 comments · read »

August 8, 2008

International Relations

South Korea: Anti Bush / LMB Protest

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

CINA posts some photos and links of the anti-Bush and President Lee Myung-bak protest on 5 of August. ...

July 3, 2008

Economy & Trade,
International Relations

South Korea: Sentiment Behind Anti Beef Protest

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

Korea Beat looked into the sentiment of protesters in the anti-U.S beef demonstration by some protest statistics. Ask a Korean pointed out earlier that the leaders and participants of demonstrations are different in their attitude towards U.S. ...

June 16, 2008

Economy & Trade,
International Relations

The Beef With America

Aggregated from: A Political Glimpse from Ireland

So, what’s the key? I’m Korean. As Korean, I just want to say about the big problem in Korea about US beef.Why Koreans have to fight to their president? April 18th, 2008, the president Lee Myung Bak of Korea and president Bush seemed to be so close. The problem is that they just seemed ...