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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Qingdao forges friendly ties with Gwangju in South Korea

Qingdao in East China's Shandong province signs a friendly cooperation agreement with Gwangju in South Korea on Nov 21. Qingdao in East China's Shandong province signed a friendly cooperation agreement with Gwangju in South Korea on Nov 21. This marked Qingdao's establishment of friendly city relationships with all six major metropolitan cities in South Korea, with Gwangju becoming Qingdao's eighth …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Revisiting South Korea's troubled Martial Law history through pictures

India Today

This week, South Korea witnessed a rare moment in its recent history as President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law. Members of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party stage a rally against President Yoon Suk Yeol at the National Assembly in Seoul. Martial law has been a defining yet deeply divisive part of South Korea’s modern history. Today, as South …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

How South Korea woke up to the shortest martial law in history

Al Jazeera

And how a nation quashed its first attempted coup in more than 40 years, in just a matter of hours. “This reminds me of a few years ago, when we braved the cold to call for Park Geun-hye to step down,” Min said, referring to the country’s first presidential impeachment back in 2017. “When foreigners talk about South Korea, they’re …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Oscar scores for Shanghai Port in 1-1 draw in Asian Champions League

Associated Press

SHANGHAI, China — Brazilian midfielder Oscar kept Shanghai Port on course for the Asian Champions League Elite knockout stage by scoring a second-half penalty in a 1-1 draw with South Korea’s Gwangju FC on Tuesday. The 33-year-old Oscar, the last of the big stars who signed for Chinese Super League clubs in the previous decade still playing in the country, …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Qingdao forges friendly ties with Gwangju in South Korea

China Daily

Qingdao in East China's Shandong province signs a friendly cooperation agreement with Gwangju in South Korea on Nov 21. Qingdao in East China's Shandong province signed a friendly cooperation agreement with Gwangju in South Korea on Nov 21. This marked Qingdao's establishment of friendly city relationships with all six major metropolitan cities in South Korea, with Gwangju becoming Qingdao's eighth …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

It's been a landmark year for baseball in South Korea thanks to female fans

NPR

It's been a landmark year for baseball in South Korea thanks to female fans AILSA CHANG, HOST: Baseball first came to Asia more than 150 years ago. In fact, it's been a landmark year for baseball in South Korea, as NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports from the city of Gwangju. ANTHONY KUHN, BYLINE: The winningest team in South Korean baseball, the …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Han Kang's Nobel prize win sheds light on Gwangju uprising, a dark chapter in South Korean history

ABC

When Han Kang was nine years old, a massacre of civilians by soldiers in her hometown of Gwangju drastically reshaped the course of South Korean history. Lee said the book became a "thorn in the side of the military dictatorship", which gave in to people's demands for democratic elections in 1988. For Jay Song, from the Korean Research Centre at …

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2 months, 1 week ago

What to know about Han Kang, winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in literature

LA Times

Many of Han Kang’s novels are intimate portraits of violence inflicted on ordinary lives, spanning both South Korea’s long history of authoritarian rule and feminist struggles of the present. “It used to be that Han Kang was known as Han Sung-won’s daughter, but now I’ve become Han Sung-won, the father of Han Kang,” he said in an interview in 2016. …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Zibo's pottery, glass culture wows South Korean guests

China Daily

A dazzling pottery and glass culture exhibition was held in Gwangju, South Korea from May 2 to 5, attracting much attention from locals. Leading enterprises in the pottery and glass industry in Zibo, Shandong province, such as the Zibo Ceramic Industry Association, Huaguang Ceramics, and Jinxiang Glass, participated in the exhibition. A local resident said that upon hearing about the …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Zibo's pottery, glass culture wows South Korean guests

China Daily

A dazzling pottery and glass culture exhibition was held in Gwangju, South Korea from May 2 to 5, attracting much attention from locals. Leading enterprises in the pottery and glass industry in Zibo, Shandong province, such as the Zibo Ceramic Industry Association, Huaguang Ceramics, and Jinxiang Glass, participated in the exhibition. A local resident said that upon hearing about the …

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7 months ago

Zibo opens Nishan House in Gwangju, South Korea

China Daily

Books line the shelves of a Nishan House bookshop in Gwangju, South Korea. The city of Zibo in East China's Shandong province officially established a Nishan House bookshop in Gwangju, South Korea on May 5. With the establishment of the Nishan House bookshop, Zibo will continue to provide Chinese books and promotional products catering to the needs and habits of …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Zibo opens Nishan House in Gwangju, South Korea

China Daily

Books line the shelves of a Nishan House bookshop in Gwangju, South Korea. The city of Zibo in East China's Shandong province officially established a Nishan House bookshop in Gwangju, South Korea on May 5. With the establishment of the Nishan House bookshop, Zibo will continue to provide Chinese books and promotional products catering to the needs and habits of …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Zibo opens Nishan House in Gwangju, South Korea

China Daily

Books line the shelves of a Nishan House bookshop in Gwangju, South Korea. The city of Zibo in East China's Shandong province officially established a Nishan House bookshop in Gwangju, South Korea on May 5. With the establishment of the Nishan House bookshop, Zibo will continue to provide Chinese books and promotional products catering to the needs and habits of …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Zibo opens Nishan House in Gwangju, South Korea

China Daily

Books line the shelves of a Nishan House bookshop in Gwangju, South Korea. The city of Zibo in East China's Shandong province officially established a Nishan House bookshop in Gwangju, South Korea on May 5. With the establishment of the Nishan House bookshop, Zibo will continue to provide Chinese books and promotional products catering to the needs and habits of …

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1 year, 7 months ago

For 40 years he blamed himself for a girl’s murder. Then came a shocking discovery

LA Times

Choi Byung-moon remembers that it was around 10 or 11 in the morning when the white minibus came under attack. “He told us that he’d saved a young girl and handed her off, but that she had probably been taken to a military camp and executed,” recalled Huh. Huh told Choi that the young girl he’d saved was alive — …

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2 years ago

Dogs given to South Korea by the North find new home after fight over their care

LA Times

Gomi, left, and Songgang, dogs given to Seoul by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un four years ago, have been resettled at a zoo in South Korea. A pair of dogs given by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un four years ago to South Korea’s president have ended up at a zoo after a dispute over who should finance the …

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2 years, 9 months ago

As South Korea votes, shopping mall bid spotlights regional split

Al Jazeera

Seoul, South Korea – When Yoon Seok-yeol visited the southwestern city of Gwangju while campaigning to be South Korea’s next president last month, the conservative frontrunner’s speech generated headlines for days. Among South Korea’s seven self-governing major cities, Gwangju is the only one without any large shopping complex or big-box retail stores. South Korea’s industrialisation Cho Gwi-dong, the author of …

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3 years ago

Chun Doo-hwan, former South Korean military dictator, dies at 90

ABC

Former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan, whose iron-fisted rule of the country after a 1979 military coup sparked massive democracy protests, has died at the age of 90, according to his former press aide. Key points: Mr Chun courted key military allies and gained control of South Korea's intelligence agencies to headline a 1979 coup His eight-year rule was characterised …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Ex-South Korean strongman Chun Doo-hwan dies at age 90

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — Former South Korean military strongman Chun Doo-hwan, who seized power in a 1979 coup and brutally crushed pro-democracy protests before going to prison for misdeeds while in office, died Tuesday. Chun’s rule lasted until 1988 and remains for many South Koreans a time marked both by severe political repression, as well as rapid social and economic …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Former South Korean military dictator Chun Doo-hwan dies at 90; suffered cardiac arrest, say police

Firstpost

Emergency officials said Chun died at his home. Police earlier said Chun suffered a cardiac arrest and emergency officials rushed to his Seoul residence Seoul: Former South Korean military strongman Chun Doo-hwan, who took power in a 1979 coup and brutally crushed pro-democracy protests before going to prison for misdeeds in office, died on Tuesday. Police earlier said Chun suffered …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Former South Korean military dictator Chun Doo-hwan dies at 90

Al Jazeera

The former military commander was put on trial over the 1980 crackdown on student protesters that left Former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan, whose iron-fisted rule of the country following a 1979 military coup triggered massive democracy protests, has died at the age of 90, his former press aide said. A former military commander, Chun presided over the 1980 Gwangju …

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Qingdao forges friendly ties with Gwangju in South Korea

Revisiting South Korea's troubled Martial Law history through pictures

How South Korea woke up to the shortest martial law in history

Oscar scores for Shanghai Port in 1-1 draw in Asian Champions League

Qingdao forges friendly ties with Gwangju in South Korea

It's been a landmark year for baseball in South Korea thanks to female fans

Han Kang's Nobel prize win sheds light on Gwangju uprising, a dark chapter in South Korean history

What to know about Han Kang, winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in literature

Zibo's pottery, glass culture wows South Korean guests

Zibo's pottery, glass culture wows South Korean guests

Zibo opens Nishan House in Gwangju, South Korea

Zibo opens Nishan House in Gwangju, South Korea

Zibo opens Nishan House in Gwangju, South Korea

Zibo opens Nishan House in Gwangju, South Korea

For 40 years he blamed himself for a girl’s murder. Then came a shocking discovery

Dogs given to South Korea by the North find new home after fight over their care

As South Korea votes, shopping mall bid spotlights regional split

Chun Doo-hwan, former South Korean military dictator, dies at 90

Ex-South Korean strongman Chun Doo-hwan dies at age 90

Former South Korean military dictator Chun Doo-hwan dies at 90; suffered cardiac arrest, say police

Former South Korean military dictator Chun Doo-hwan dies at 90