Korea and Japan's War of Nerves on Dokdo

The atmosphere between Korea and Japan on Dokdo is tense. Both countries are claiming possession of Dokdo. In order to see the historical truth on Dokdo, we need to dive into the past. Japan is claiming Dokdo on the grounds that Japan included Dokdo into Shimane prefecture in 1905. However, there are many historical data that prove that Dokdo is Korean territory before 1905. In ancient maps and official documents Dokdo is shown as Korean territory. There is evidence that documented the fact that Japanese who fished near Dokdo came to Ulleung island to pay taxes. If Dokdo were Japanese territory, the Japanese would not have to pay taxes to Korea, and would have went straight to Japan. Currently, Japan has many territorial disputes with many countries. Japan is in disputes with China, the Senkaku islands, with Russia, the Kuril islands, and with Korea, the Dokdo. Sooner or later, Japan is going to claim that the whole world is Japanese. When will Japan wake up from their imperialistic dreams.

Super Junior released a new album.

The title song of the album is 'Sexy, Free&Single.' Super Junior said they sought a new music style in their 6th full-length album, escaping from the repeated acid funky style in their previous work and trying out European house. Instead of electronic sounds, they put more emphasis in their warm and sexy vocals. Super Junior has been proving their star power in and out of the country after its debut in 2005. They were successfully in world tours in 10 cities, singing their songs, Mr. Simple, Bonomana, and were on the top of the charts for 100 weeks. They were introduced in Thai music textbooks. We hope Super Junior's new album will be as successful, if not more, this time.

In commemoration of those who fought for freedom and peace...

Not long ago, 12 KIA bodies were brought back to Korea. North Korea found the bodies and notified to the Korean government that the deceased soldiers were of Korean origin. The US lost around 30 thousand soldiers during the Korean War. It is believed that there many that are still to be found in North Korean soil. The US government put a lot of effort to bring them back. In 1993, the US and North Korea agreed to cooperate for excavating the war heroes' bodies. Until 2005, 225 bodies were found. However, after 2005, relations with North Korea deteriorated after the North launched missile tests. The Korean government is negotiating with the North for the excavation of the deceased soldiers, but there is little progress. It is a shame... We hope that the two countries can come to an agreement so that those who fought for freedom and peace could return to their homeland.

A Korean film "Taste of Money" submitted to Cannes Film Festival

The 65th Cannes Film Festival will be held throughout May. People are already interested in movies nominated in competition lineup ahead of opening of world-renowned film festival. Of movies nominated in competition lineup, i'd like to talk about a movie called 'Taste of Money' directed by Lim Sang-su. The movie is about secret story related with Korea's the most upper class. And even a poster of the film is attracting prospective viewers. Cannes' general delegate Thierry Fremaux also gave a good review of the movie's cinematic quality, saying "I'm doubtless sure that "Taste of Money" is the best movie among official entries in the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. As Korean movies such as 'Old Boy', 'Secret Sunshine' and 'Poetry' were awarded in major sectors of Cannes Film Festival, Movie community all over the world has paid lots of attention to Korean film. I think if current interest to 'Taste of Money' is continuous, that movie will get a good remarks from many people.

Tsk, tsk.. Look who's talking

The man who escaped from North Korea's maximum security concentration camp

French daily newspaper Le Monde featured an article about Shin Dong Hyuk, a North Korean man who was born in a North Korea concentration camp where he lived a miserable life until his escape. The title of the article is Escape from Camp 14. It captures the devastating reality of the North Korean government's violation of human rights. In the book, Shin vividly describes what his life was like on the camp. Shin had to witness the execution of his mother and brother after their failed attempt to escape the camp, and Shin's father had to endure merciless torture that eventually took his eyesight. There were unimaginable violence and torture. People were treated less than animals and were forced into gruesome labor. Shin said the words love, empathy, and family were unthinkable and meaningless in the camp. Hitler's death camps and Stalin's gulag are continuing their legacy through North Korea's concentration camps. The North Korean government's propaganda boasting its nation as a utopia and a paradise is outrageous and ridiculous.

Will North Korea cyber attack on South Korea?

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N. Korean army vows 'special operation' against South North Korea's military announced Monday it would soon launch "special operations" against South Korea's conservative president, accusing him of insulting Pyongyang's past leaders. "We announce that special actions by our revolutionary army aimed to crush reckless challenges by the enemy forces will begin soon," said a statement on official media which gave no details of the actions. "The target of the special actions is the main enemy, Lee Myung-Bak, and his followers including the conservative media," said the announcement by what was termed the "special operation action unit" of the top military command. The North has for months been criticising the South's President Lee in extreme terms and threatening "sacred war". No incidents have been reported. Tens of thousands rallied in Pyongyang last Friday, screaming hatred for Lee and calling for his death over alleged insults during anniversary celebrations held by the North in mid-April. – AFP ========== Speical operaion means Cyber attack on South Korea???

[Angry birds Parody] Et tu, Brute!!

Kim Jong-Un needs to be sent to a madhouse

North Korea's failed Kwangmyeongsung-3 satellite launch was for a 5 year long space development project and the long-range rocket technology was to be used for stationary satellite development. From what I know, North Korea spent more than 800 million dollars developing Kwangmyeongsung-3. With this budget, all of North Korean can buy 2 year worth of rice. However, this money was wasted by creating a stationary satellite. At the moment, many North Koreans are starving to death. How can Kim Jong Un claim that North Korea has entered the days of glory, and paradise? That is one of the lousiest lies I've ever heard. 3 generations of hereditary succession of power, and dictatorship has led to insane thoughts and actions... Shouldn't Kim Jong-Un be sent to a shrink for a psyco test?

S. Korea reveals ‘Chunryong' missile that can hit Kim Jong-Un's office

The ROK armed forces revealed that they developed their own original cruise and ballistic missiles that are one of the world's best, and have deployed and stationed on the 19th. ROK armed forces have reported video and photos that detail the hit power of the missiles to president Lee Myung Bak, and revealed to the mass media. The armed forces refused to confirm with the media saying it si "top seecret", but the revealed missiles are believed to be ballistic missile, Hyunmoo-2 and cruise missile, Hyunmoo-3. Hyunmoo-2 and Hyunmoo-3's launch has never been revealed. The Korean armed forces actions of revealing the two missiles is believed to be a reaction to North Korea's failed missile test, and making its new ballistic missile public. The Korean Ministry of Defense stated, "the cruise missile developed by the Korean armed forces can launch pinpoint strikes to any point in North Korea from anywhere in the Korean peninsula. It's precision and accuracy is world-class." The cruise missile can succeed pinpoint strikes on few hundred km far targets the size of a small window, and can target any facility, equipment, population at any time, any where, limitlessly.

North Korea threatens to blast Seoul to ashes

After the failed launch of long-range missiles, North Korea's cornered-leader, Kim Jong Un, has been blaming the Korean government and threatened by saying, "North Korea would blast everything in Seoul to ashes." Since the age, experience, knowledge-wisely lacking leader, Kim Jong-Un has no progress to gain support of his people, he tries to use the Nuclear test, and missile test cards as an attempt to change the flow. However, it was an epic failure. North Korea argued that the 'rocket' launch was for space development and a satellite launch. However, from their actions, it is obvious that by no means was it a satellite launch. Taking no responsibility for their actions, North Korea only threatens South Korea and the US blaming the failure on the scapegoats. Nothing has changed.

The failed Festival

BREAKING NEWS North Korean Rocket Fails

South Korea ruling party set to win legislative election

South Korea's conservative ruling party was set to win Wednesday's legislative election, a key test of sentiment before December's presidential vote, according to a TV projection. With more than 90 percent of ballots counted, state broadcaster KBS forecast 152 seats for the New Frontier Party (NFP) in the 300-member National Assembly. It predicted 128 for the opposition centre-left Democratic United Party (DUP), which had been tipped to score an easy victory in earlier opinion polls. "The DUP failed to turn public calls for punishing the... ruling party into reality. We apologise for disappointing (supporters)," DUP secretary general Park Sun-Sook told reporters, effectively conceding defeat. "We will sincerely think over what today's election means and try ceaselessly to be reborn as a party the people can lean and rely on," she said. The election was seen as a test for presidential hopefuls. It will be the first time for two decades that the presidential and parliamentary elections fall in the same year. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/South-Korea-ruling-party-set-to-win-legislative-election/articleshow/12628299.cms
South Korea has demonstrated today, after the competitive election between the conservative and the progressive, that the top priorities of the Korean people are the national security issues and domestic economic troubles. This result will show that the people of South Korean are united under the same cause, even to stand against the provocations from North Korea with their missile launch scheme.

[Breaking news] N.Korea says fuel being injected into rocket now

http://www.euronews.com/newswires/1477844-north-korea-says-fuel-being-injected-into-rocket-now/ North Korea was injecting fuel into a long-range rocket “as we speak”, the head of the North Korean satellite control centre said on Wednesday ahead of a launch condemned by its neighbours and the West. “I think the fuel injection will be completed at an appropriate date,” Paek Chang-ho, head of the satellite control centre of the Korean Committee of Space Technology, told a group of foreign journalists. He would not comment on when the fuel injection would be complete. “And as for the exact timing of the launch, it will be decided by my superiors”, Paek said. Regional powers said the launch, due sometime between Thursday and next Monday, is a disguised test of the North’s long-range missile. The North says it is merely putting a weather satellite into space. North Korea's long range rocket launch is provocative action!!!!

Threat Against the Interception of North Korean Satellite Launch...?

Even North Korea's most trusted ally, China is firmly urging North Korea to abort the satellite launch of Kwangmyeongsung-3... But you can never know the extent of North Korea's menace and obstinacy. North Korean authorities are threatening that "interception of peaceful rocket launch will result in ruinous consequences," and that "North Korea will take necessary actions in the case of an interception." This time, they added that they will "consider the act of interception as an declaration of war." The problem is that even if Kwangmyeongsung-3 is indeed a satellite, there is considerable possibility that the first propellant may crash in Korea's West Sea islands, Japan, and the Philippines territory. Therefore, Korea, Japan and the Philippines, are planning to intercept the rocket propellant as a measure to protect one's homeland. Japan's Self-Defense Forces, in particular has ordered 'destruction measure' against the North Korean rocket. Although North Korea's regime may be in trouble both domestic and foreign domains, the North Korea should abandon the long-range missile launch, and the nuclear test, which the UN, ROK, China, the US, and other countries are openly denouncing, and should use peaceful, diplomatic measures and cooperate with the world to create a more stable regime, and find ways for the provision of food in North Korea.

President Obama Speaks at Hankuk University

President Obama speaks to faculty, staff and students of Hankuk University in Seoul about global progress toward nuclear non-proliferation. March 26, 2012.

Obama Visits Border with N.Korea

U.S. President Barack Obama visited the heavily armed border with North Korea on Sunday morning amid reports that the North moved a rocket it says will carry a satellite to a launch pad for imminent liftoff. Obama told troops there that they are at "freedom's frontier."

U.S. President Barack Obama looks through binoculars at North Korea from Observation Post Ouellette in the Demilitarized Zone on Sunday. /AP-Newsis At a press conference afterwards, Obama said a look at the North Korean side of the border through binoculars from the demilitarized zone is "like you're looking across 50 years into a country that has missed 40 years or 50 years of progress." Obama is the fourth U.S. president to visit the DMZ after Ronald Reagan (1983), Bill Clinton (1993), and George W. Bush (2002).

7th Fleet commandship, USS Blue Ridge visits Korean navy's First fleet

US Navy 7th Fleet's commandship, USS Blue Ridge visited Korean Navy's First Fleet after participating in the ROK-US Combined forces military exercise. USS Blue Ridge soldiers visited the Donghae(East Sea) emphasize the continued cooperation between the US and The ROK. Blue Ridge Soldiers are scheduled to exchange and experience the culture and history of their allied nations, which broadens the sailors' perspectives. In a 4 day schedule, sailors went on sightseeing tours, participated in community service events with their ROK navy partners, built friendships while attending a cultural art performance and participated in a Korean cultural-heritage tour. The US sailors visited Chon'gok cave, Mooreung valley, Jeongdongjin Security Pavillion, Sokcho Cith museum, Sorak Mountain, and participated in community service for the disabled and elderly by providing haircuts, washing clothes, cleaning, and bathing. The Korean soldiers of First Fleet provided "Art Chamber Orchestra, samulnori, Taekwondo demonstration, and fusion variety performances for the Seventh Fleet sailors. The port visit was an unique occasion and opportunity for sailors of both countires to meet each other and build stronger relationships as allies, and confirm the continued cooperation between the US and the ROK.

Kim Jong-un Joins War of Words Against S.Korea-U.S. Drills

New North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has personally joined Pyongyang's rhetorical war against joint South Korea-U.S. military exercises that kick off Monday. According to the North's official KCNA news agency, Kim on Sunday visited four units under the 4th Army Corps, which shelled Yeonpyeong Island in October 2010, and was quoted as parroting earlier calls in the official media for "a powerful retaliatory strike" at South Korea, "should the enemy intrude even 0.001 mm" into its waters. On Saturday, the North's powerful National Defense Commission also denounced the exercises. "Nuclear weapons are not an exclusive property of the U.S.," it said. "We have more powerful means of war than the nuclear weapons of the U.S. and state-of-the-art strike equipment that nobody else has."

A South Korean military source said North Korean military units exchanged radio messages during a South Korean firing drill on the northwesternmost islands on Feb. 20 that said, "We're ready to risk a full-scale war." But experts say the chances of an actual attack from the North are slim, since these threats are customary ahead of South Korea-U.S. drlls. The response this time round is more vociferous, however, probably because Kim Jong-un has yet to consolidate his hold on power after his father Kim Jong-il's death in December. The first part of the joint exercises, dubbed "Key Resolve," involves 2,100 U.S. troops and 200,000 South Korean forces from Monday to March 9. The second part, called "Foal Eagle" runs from Thursday until the end of April and involves some 11,000 U.S. troops carrying out aerial, sea and special operations, as well as ground maneuver operations with South Korean forces. http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/02/27/2012022700654.html