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After pushing North Korean forces back from Busan, the South finally recaptured Seoul and reached an important turning point. Should they advance beyond the 38th parallel, or stop here? The 38th parallel had already served as the dividing line between North and South Korea before the Korean War, making it a highly sensitive military and…
Yes, we have finally reached the main story. June 25, 1950Hereafter, the Korean WarThe Outbreak of the Korean War North Korean forces began shelling South Korean positions along the 38th parallel, marking the beginning of the Korean War. As I explained earlier, the 38th parallel was established when the United States and the Soviet Union…
News from the United States. GEN Korean BBQ, a restaurant chain founded in 2011 in Tustin, California, by Korean-American entrepreneurs David Kim and Jae Chang, and listed on the Nasdaq in 2023, is reportedly selling part of its business for approximately $100 million (around 140 billion Korean won). This news was announced on October 14,…
Enter the villain. Kim Il-sung. North Korea’s first head of state. The man who started the Korean War and established the Kim family’s dictatorship. The man who split the Korean Peninsula in two. Kim Il-sung. Let’s take a closer look at him. First, I used the expression “the man who split the Korean Peninsula in…
Let’s Learn About North Korea. South Korea and North Korea They are among the few divided countries in the world,and they are still technically in a state of “armistice.” From the very beginning, their political ideologies and the directions they wanted to takewere vastly different. The result is that the two countries have now become…
There is a sentence that almost always comes upwhen you watch interviews with special forces operators. Are South Korea’s Special Forces really that “special”?UDT/SEAL, Special Forces When they are asked about their training,their abilities, and what makes them so exceptional, they often answer like this. Our individual physical abilities and capabilitiesare certainly not inferior to…
Goodbye, dog meat stew! Bye-bye, Bosintang! South Korea’s Dog Meat Ban Act came with a three-year grace period.Now, two years and eight months have passed. With just four months left, are we seeing one final push to wrap things up? In Gangjin County, South Jeolla Province,a dog farm where around 80 dogs had been left…
What does that mean? It means exactly what it says. When antibiotics are given to treat an infection,some bacteria may survive because they can withstand the antibiotics. Eventually, stronger antibiotics may be used,and then bacteria that can survive those antibiotics can emerge as well. It’s almost like we are using antibiotics to give these microorganismsspecial-forces-level…
That’s literally what happened. A Japanese-Korean man in his 50s, A (53), who is accused of bringing the largest amount of cannabis ever smuggled into South Korea, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by prosecutors. When prosecutors request a 20-year sentence, it means they are asking the judge, “Please sentence this person to…
Was it two weeks ago? I wrote about a case involving a Chinese student who was caught listening in on radio communications between an airport control tower and passenger aircraft. This is the article. Looks like my feeling back then that this might be a serious problem wasn’t completely unfounded. A Chinese man in his…