Kwangju
(1999 pop. 1.3 million). Kwangju is the capital of South Cholla Province (Cholla namdo) in southwestern Republic of Korea (South Korea). It has a total area of 744.22 square kilometers. The ad...
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Kwangju Uprising
One of the darkest moments in the history of South Korea, the Kwangju Uprising has had a long-lasting impact on domestic Korean politics. What began as a mass protest by students and ...
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Seoul (dpa) - South Korean scientists said Friday they have
created a new "tandem" organic solar cell, bringing the dream of a
low-priced solar cell to be used in electronic...
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GWANGJU, South Korea, Dec 16 (Reuters) - His raised thumbs
on pumped fists moving in rhythm to dance music, the political
heir to two successive liberal South Korean presidents fires up
the crowd,...
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Lee Ok-seon's three years as a sex slave for Japanese soldiers began on a summer day when two men snatched her off a street in broad daylight. Before she realized what was happening, she was on a t...
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She was an up-and-coming South Korean curator nicknamed the "art world's Cinderella" with a doctorate from Yale on her resume.That was before Shin Jeong-ah's academic credentials were revealed as f...
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BANGKOK, Oct 16 (Reuters) - After an unprecedented global
appeal, Interpol identified a suspected serial paedophile being
hunted across Asia on Tuesday as Christopher Paul Neil, a
Canadian now bel...
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Thai police said Wednesday they were trying to trace a Canadian school teacher accused of pedophilia through his network of friends in the country and expressed confidence he would not escape their...
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A suspected pedophile being hunted by Interpol contributed to an online forum for teachers, and police say they believe he wrote under a pseudonym about the risks of catching HIV from oral sex and ...
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