The North's conciliatory gestures are all bullshit!!

Bastards!!!! Warmonger Kim Jong un!! He deceived our government by conciliatory gestures but it turned out to be bullshit!!

An article from The Korea Herald

http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130717000211

Panama finds suspected weapons on N. Korean ship

Published : 2013-07-17 09:47
Updated : 2013-07-17 09:47

A North Korean ship carrying weapons system parts buried under sacks of sugar was seized as it tried to cross the Panama Canal on its way from Cuba to its home country, which is barred by United Nations sanctions from importing sophisticated weapons or missiles, Panamanian officials said Tuesday.

The ship appeared to be transporting a radar-control system for a Soviet-era surface-to-air missile system, according to a private defense analysis firm that examined a photograph of the find.

Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli said the ship identified as the 14,000-ton Chong Chon Gang was carrying missiles and other arms ``hidden in containers underneath the cargo of sugar.''

Martinelli tweeted a photo showing a green tube that appears to be a horizontal antenna for the SNR-75 ``Fan Song'' radar, which used to guide missiles fired by the SA-2 air-defense system found in former Warsaw Pact and Soviet-allied nations, said Neil Ashdown, an analyst for IHS Jane's Intelligence.

``It is possible that this could be being sent to North Korea to update its high-altitude air-defense capabilities,'' Ashdown said.

One container buried under sugar sacks contained radar equipment that appears to be designed for use with air-to-air or surface-to-air missiles, said Belsio Gonzalez, director of Panama's National Aeronautics and Ocean Administration. He said Panamanian authorities expected to find the missiles themselves in containers that must still be searched. An Associated Press journalist who gained access to the rusting ship saw green shipping containers that had been covered by hundreds, perhaps thousands, of white sacks marked ``Cuban Raw Sugar.''

The U.N. Security Council has imposed four rounds of increasingly tougher sanctions against North Korea since its first nuclear test on Oct. 9, 2006.

Under current sanctions, all U.N. member states are prohibited from directly or indirectly supplying, selling or transferring all arms, missiles or missile systems and the equipment and technology to make them to North Korea, with the exception of small arms and light weapons.

The most recent resolution, approved in March after Pyongyang's latest nuclear test, authorizes all countries to inspect cargo in or transiting through their territory that originated in North Korea, or is destined to North Korea if a state has credible information the cargo could violate Security Council resolutions.

``Panama obviously has an important responsibility to ensure that the Panama Canal is utilized for safe and legal commerce,'' said Acting U.S. Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo, who is the current Security Council president. ``Shipments of arms or related material to or from Korea would violate Security Council resolutions, three of them as a matter of fact.''

Panamanian authorities believe the ship was returning from Havana on its way to North Korea, Panamanian Public Security Minister Jose Raul Mulino told The Associated Press. Based on unspecified intelligence, authorities suspected it could be carrying contraband and tried to communicate with the crew, who didn't respond. Martinelli said Panama originally suspected drugs could be aboard.

The 35 North Koreans on the boat were arrested after resisting police efforts to intercept the ship in Panamanian waters on Thursday as it moved toward the canal and take it to the Caribbean port of Manzanillo, Martinelli told private RPC radio station. The captain had a heart attack and also tried to commit suicide during the operation, Martinelli said.

Panamanian officials were finally able to board the ship to begin searching it Monday, pulling out hundreds of sacks of sugar.

The illicit cargo ``seems to be a type of missile, of rocket. Next to them there's another container that appears to have a type of control system,'' said Luis Eduardo Camacho, a spokesman for Martinelli. He said authorities had only searched one of the ship's five container sections, and the inspection of all the cargo will take at least a week. Panama has requested help from United Nations inspectors, along with Colombia and the UK, said Javier Carballo, the country's top narcotics prosecutor.

``Panama being a neutral country, a country in peace, that doesn't like war, we feel very worried about this military material,'' Martinelli said.

The governments of North Korea and Cuba made no public comment on the case.

In early July, a top North Korean general, Kim Kyok Sik, visited Cuba and met with his island counterparts. Cuban Communist Party newspaper Granma said he was also received by President Raul Castro, and the two had an ``exchange about the historical ties that unite the two nations and the common will to continue strengthening them.''

The meetings were held behind closed doors, and there has been no detailed account of their discussions.

``After this incident there should be renewed focus on North Korean-Cuban links,'' said Hugh Griffiths, an arms trafficking expert at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Griffiths said his institute told the U.N. this year that it had uncovered evidence of a flight from Cuba to North Korea that travelled via central Africa.

``Given the history of North Korea, Cuban military cooperation and now this latest seizure, we find this flight more interesting,'' he said. ``

The Chong Chon Gang has a history of being detained on suspicion of trafficking drugs and ammunition, Griffiths said. Lloyd's List Intelligence said the 34-year-old ship, which is registered to the Pyongyang-based Chongchongang Shipping Company, ``has a long history of detentions for safety deficiencies and other undeclared reasons.''

Satellite tracking records show it left the Pacific Coast of Russia on April 12 with a stated destination of Havana, then crossed the Pacific and the Panama Canal on its way to the Caribbean. It disappeared from satellite tracking until it showed up again on the Caribbean side of the canal, on July 10, Lloyd's said.

The disappearance from satellite tracking indicates that the crew may have switched off a device that automatically transmits the ship's location after it moved into the Caribbean, Lloyd's said.

Mulino, the Panamanian public security minister, said the ship crossed the Panama Canal from the Pacific to the Caribbean last month carrying a cargo of sheet metal that was inspected by Panamanian authorities.

Griffiths said the Chong Chon Gang was stopped in 2010 in the Ukraine and was attacked by pirates 400 miles off the coast of Somalia in 2009.

Griffiths' institute has also been interested in the ship because of a 2009 stop it made in Tartus _ a Syrian port city hosting a Russian naval base. (AP)

Talks about Kaesong Industrial Complex

This is an article from NKnews.
I really love this page because I can learn more about North Korea in English, and that means I learn about what I like in the way I like! :-)


http://www.nknews.org/2013/07/s-koreans-not-100-satisfied-with-kaesong-talks-outcome/


North not showing enough remorse for closing Kaesong Industrial Complex, analysts in South say

BY HYOWON SHIN AND SUSAN AHN , JULY 8, 2013

SEOUL – North Korea agreed to help South Korean businessmen retrieve completed products from the closed inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Zone after holding 16-hour talks in Panmunjom on Saturday.

Korea’s monsoon season––which normally starts in mid-July––arrived early this year, causing South Korean businessmen to put pressure on the government in Seoul to work with the North in the securing of products and materials left behind in the inter-Korean complex after its closure in April.

The two sides were unable to reach an agreement for any long-term solution to permanently reopen the economic zone, however, instead opting to tackle ‘normalization’ during a second round of talks this Wednesday.

“The North and the South will make sure that businesses in the Kaesong Industrial Complex restart operations, depending on their preparations, and decided to hold the next round of talks in the Zone on July 10 for the normalization of the Kaesong Industrial Complex and the prevention of another occurance of suspended operation,” a radio broadcast on the Pyongyang-basd Korean Central Broadcasting Station said on Sunday.

‘NO REMORSE’

Both Koreas were unable to agree on what types of “raw materials” could be retrieved from the North, and whether or not a guarantee of safety for South Korean workers in the North could be included within the agreement.

“We are not 100% satisfied, but [the talks] were significant since they confirm the North’s enthusiasm towards the reopening of the Kaesong Industrial Complex,” Yoo Ho-yeol, a professor at Korea University, told the conservative daily Choson Ilbo.

North Korea did not demonstrate enough remorse for their decision to close the Kaesong complex in April, although it has taken an active role in solving some of the core problems, head of the Kaesong Industrial Complex Project Support Directorate Suh Ho also told the Choson Ilbo.

“If the North promises to actively prevent recurrences [of a closure], we will work to restart industry there –– even get a loan, whatever it takes,” the paper quoted a South Korean businessman with assets in the Zone as saying.

Other South Korean companies, however, have demonstrated an unwillingness to continue work in the Kaesong Industrial Zone as a significant number of customers have looked elsewhere for business following the closure of the complex.

CALL FOR COMPROMISE

During the talks, the North did not mention the cause of closure and was reluctant to bear full responsibility for suspension of operations. Talks were instead focused on the operational and technological aspects needed to combat against potential damage caused by heavy rains, the progressive Hankyoreh newspaper said in Seoul.

“In order to solve the root cause of the problem, institutional measures based on international norms must be put in place so that Kaesong Industrial Zone operations are not unilaterally suspended by North Korea,” Seoul’s Ministry of Unification said on May 28.

The South Korean government entered negotiations demanding reassurance for measures against a future closure of the Zone. Liberal media in Seoul, however, called for more balance in negotiations:

“The normalization of the complex will depend on whether the two sides are willing to compromise and accommodate each other’s position in a second-round meeting to be held on Wednesday,” the Hankyoreh argued on Monday morning.

The two sides will conduct follow-up talks regarding the reopening of the complex and the prevention of another shutdown in the future, Saturday’s joint agreement said. The South Korean government is pushing for a documented “guarantee” protecting the zone –– one that can be accepted by “international standards.”

“Most of our domestic and international buyers have already left us because of our failure to meet the supply schedules,” Kim Hak-gwon, co-chair of a task force of South Korean businesses with premises in the zone, told DongA news. “No buyers will place orders with the companies until there is some kind of guarantee that the Kaesong Industrial Zone will not be affected by political or military conflicts,” he said.

HAPPY DAYS

Inter Korean trade was at a height in 2007 under the Roh Moo-hyun administration with almost $1.8 billion worth of business changing hands in one year alone.

At the time, over 850 items were being traded between the two Koreas, from garlic to soap, lipstick and coal.

According to publicly available Ministry of Unification data, the North’s major exports consisted of “agricultural and marine products” (37.7%), and “mineral products” (32.8%). North Korea has some of the world’s largest natural mineral reserves that, thanks largely to a lack of developed infrastructure, have yet to be fully exploited.

In June, the a North Korean National Defence Commission (NDC) spokesman announced that there would be “a way towards normalizing operations” in the zone and open the Kaesong Industrial Complex if the South stopped its “hostile actions.”

The zone was shut down in April 2013 in response to annual South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises that Pyongyang regularly sees as a dress rehearsal for the invasion and occupation of the DPRK.

The closure of the complex left more than 53,000 North Korean workers jobless, and 123 South Korean businesses idle.

Headline image: futurecode1. Additional reporting by James Pearson in Seoul....

Awesome Guy Kershaw

We exist to encourage people to use whatever God-given passion, purpose or talent they have been given to make a difference and give back to others in need.

Kershaw’s Challenge is a Christ-centered, others-focused organization. The essence of Kershaw’s Challenge is that the better you do, the more you give, making whatever you do about something more. We exist to encourage people to use whatever God-given passion, purpose or talent they have been given to make a difference and give back to others in need. Our Challenge is to use a sphere of influence to positively impact communities in need and to expand God’s Kingdom. We believe in the transformation of at-risk children and communities through the benevolence and impact of others.

Kershaw’s Challenge began with a little girl named Hope, a very evident need in her life, and the realization of a platform to do great things.

Hope is now 13 years old. She was born in Lusaka, Zambia, and has battled the HIV epidemic her entire life. Ellen Kershaw met her when Hope was 9 years old. At the time, Hope was a vulnerable orphan, sick and malnourished, and had already learned to survive on her own for years. She was timid and distant from a lifetime of building up walls towards anyone who might hurt her.

Ellen & Hope instantly connected. By the end of Ellen’s time in Zambia, they were inseparable. Ellen saw her walls slowly come down, and a vulnerable and scared child hiding behind her clouded, brown eyes. Ellen & Clayton committed that summer in 2010 to make life better for this child. They sponsored her so that she would have school fees paid for, a nutritional meal provided daily, and a discipleship program that would mentor her in her walk with Christ.

In December of 2010, only a few months after Ellen met Hope, Clayton traveled to Zambia for the first time to experience Ellen’s passion for these children. Together, Ellen and Clayton walked through the compounds of Lusaka, looking for familiar faces, and praying they would be able to find Hope. After years of seeing pictures and hearing stories from Ellen’s trip, Clayton was in disbelief seeing the depth of poverty that these people live in. They turned the corner, and heard a squeal. All the sudden, a flying little girl leaped into the arms of Ellen—they were finally reunited. Hope met Clayton and it was if they had known each other for a lifetime. They spent the afternoon with Hope, hearing about her past few months. No doubt, Hope looked healthier. She had been fed; therefore, her HIV medication was starting to work.

Hope still needed a safe place to call home. She was living with her aunt who was already feeding and caring for many other children in a tiny, dirt-floor shack. Hope was neglected and just trying to survive. Clayton & Ellen realized that until she had a safe place to call home, and parents who would care for her, Hope would never be able to have the upbringing she deserved. This is how Kershaw’s Challenge began.

Hope has a story similar to millions of children in Africa. She is a strong, smart, and funny girl who deserves to be loved, cared for, and empowered. Coming home, Clayton & Ellen had the vision of building a home for Hope and children just like her. Clayton came up with the idea of “Striking Out to Serve.” He knows his ability to throw a baseball is God-given, and the platform he has been blessed with needs to be used to glorify the Lord. Kershaw’s Challenge began in 2011.

The “Challenge” is to use whatever you have been blessed with—talent, passion, or purpose—to give back to others. In 2012, Kershaw’s Challenge expanded to serve children’s charities in Los Angeles and Dallas. The Kershaws are adamant about serving hands-on throughout the year, and being invested in the non-profits we partner with.

In December of 2012, the first 8 kids, including Hope, moved into Arise Home. For the first time, they have beds to sleep in, a loving family of brothers and sisters, nurturing house mothers who tuck them in at night, full bellies everyday, and a private school education.

Kershaw’s Challenge is committed to transforming the lives of children, in America and Africa, through Jesus Christ. Our goal is to partner with organizations that are committed to this as well, and work alongside them on specific projects to make life better for kids.

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Jackie Robinson Day

I don't know much about baseball but these days, I get interested in MLB. Since baseball in America has a long history - in 1869, the first professional baseball team Cincinnati Red Stockings was established -, there are many different kinds of interesting (hi)stories in MLB world. 


In Major League Baseball, 4.15 is called Jackie Robinson Day, the first African American major leaguer in MLB history. He started his career in Brooklyn Dodgers in April 15, 1947. He had not only a racial impact but also exceptional career and was inducted into the baseball hall of fame in 1962. In 1997, MLB decided to retired his uniform number 42 and since 2004, Jackie Robinson Day was adopted as a new tradition in MLB to celebrate him. (Mariano Rivera in NY Yankees is the only player left with number 42 on his back.)


On the day, all players wear uniforms with back number 42.

ⓒ MLB.com

This is Jackie Robinson. 

ⓒ wikipedia.com

Google logo on Jackie Robinson Day.

ⓒ mlb.com

One of my worries

Am I too anxious? The article below is about Mt. Baekdu's eruptions and my ominous worry is that the North Korea's nuclear test might impinge on its explosion.

Read this article below and it's from Korea times, posted on 2012.5.3. Isn't it scary? The eruption of Mt. Baekdu must be a horrendous environmental disaster in this century.

Mt. Baekdu eruption's impact on NE Asia (25) Citing the rise of the surface temperature of Mt. Baekdu, geologists predict its eruption in a couple of years. / Korea Times file Mt. Baekdu has been carefully observed since 1999 when a volcanic observatory was built in China, and since 2002, there have been some symptoms of an eruption. By Park Chang-seok Yes, one! There’s only one thing about which they think in a same way – a concern about possible eruption of Mt. Baekdu. The two Koreas remain at odds in everything. But they are one in voicing how to counter the possible volcanic explosion of the highest mountain in the Korean Peninsula Inter-Korean anxiety is mounting, with growing apocalyptic predictions on the dormant volcano. A South Korean geological expert has warned that the volcano could erupt sometime around 2014 and 2015. Former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il reportedly said people in some regions of Yanggang and North Hamgyeong Provinces were feeling anxiety over a volcanic eruption of Mt. Baekdu. Kim called for quick countermeasures by the North Korean authorities. If a volcano, located on the border between North Korea and China erupts, damage could be 10 to 100 times greater than that caused by the April 2010 eruptions in Iceland. Experts predict that the ashes would not only hit the neighboring area but damage agriculture and cause serious disruptions in industrial activities and air flights. The Korean Peninsula, China, Japan and Russia would be severely damaged. A volcanic eruption begins when pressure on a magma chamber forces magma up through the conduit and out the volcano’s vents. When the magma chamber is completely filled, the type of eruption partly depends on the amount of gas and silica in the magma. The amount of silica determines how sticky (level of viscosity) the magma is and water provides the explosive potential of steam. The 2010 Iceland eruption caused enormous disruption to air travel across Western and Northern Europe, although relatively small in size for volcanic eruptions. About 20 countries closed their airspace and it affected hundreds of thousands of travelers. A very high proportion of flights within, to, and from Europe were cancelled, creating the highest level of air travel disruption since the World War II. Geological studies Fears of a Mt. Baekdu eruption loom large with ensuing warnings based on a series of geological studies from experts. A growing number of scholars have not ruled out the possibility of another eruption, linking the collapse of Korea’s ancient kingdom, Balhae, with the previous one. One theory comes from professor Hiroshi Machida of Tokyo Metropolitan University. Machida first presented a view in 1992 that the eruption of Mt. Baekdu (Mt. Changbai in Chinese) led to the fall of Balhae, which had expanded its sovereignty to the vast Manchuria territory. His theory was based on volcanic ash found in Tomakomai, a port city in southern Hokkaido, in 1981. The ash was named “Baekdu-Tomakomai volcanic ash” (B-Tm) after Mt. Baekdu and Tomakakomi city where it was found, according to So Won-ju who wrote the book “Secret of Mt. Baekdu’s Great Eruption.” Machida’s theory has gained momentum as an increasing number of geologists and climate change researchers have presented views that the ash was produced in the eruption of the highest mountain in the Korean Peninsula in the 10th century. The eruption of the 2,744 meter-high mountain was billed as the largest in the history of mankind and was about 50 times stronger than that of Mt. Vesuvius of Italy in 79 A.D. which led to the burying and destruction of the Roman city Pompeii. Balhae (Bohai in Chinese) was established by Dae Jo-yeong, a former Goguryeo general, in 698 after the fall of Goguryeo. Dae Jo-yeong took the helm of Jin (Zhen in Chinese), founded by his father Dae Jung-sang in 696, and renamed the country Balhae, declaring it as the successor state of Goguryeo (37 B.C. - 668 A.D.). Balhae’s ruin  Balhae occupied the southern parts of Manchuria and Primorsky Krai (now Russia’s Far East), and the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. It was defeated by the Khitans in 926, and most of its northern territories were absorbed into the Liao Dynasty, also known as the Khitan Empire, founded in 907 while the southern parts were absorbed into Goryeo Kingdom (918-1392). A dominant view related to Balhae’s decline had been Khitans’ 926 invasion. Some conventional historians believed that the rampancy of ethnic conflicts between the ruling Koreans and underclass Mohe (Malgal) caused its fall. But some refute these allegations, giving more weight on the catastrophic explosion of Mt. Baekdu as a primary cause for Balhae’s ruin rather than Khitans’ attack. Balhae had been engaged in a war with the Khitans for about two weeks and then collapsed immediately. How could Balhae with a long 200-year history fall so easily in such a short period of battle? Some historians raised doubts about the early collapse, pointing to Mt. Baekdu erupting as a cause for Balhae’s ruin. The massive explosion was believed to have created a tremendous amount of volcanic ash, damaging agriculture and even societal integrity. The Khitans were believed to have taken advantage of this natural disaster in putting the volcano-stricken Balhae under their complete control. The eruption might have prevented Balhae survivors from rebuilding their nation in consideration of the catastrophe. A variety of indicators, suggested by geologists and Balhae dynasty researchers who have monitored the change of Baekdu’s geographical features, are backing a scenario of the recurrence of the Mt. Baekdu eruption. Some experts say that an eruption is imminent. Geologist Yoon Sung-hyo at Pusan National University strongly believes Mt. Baekdu could erupt anytime soon.” According to historical records, major activity on the mountain in the 940s created a caldera on its peak, whose circumference is nearly 14 kilometers with an average depth of 213 meters and a maximum of 384 meters. Atop the mountain is Cheonji, literally meaning “heavenly lake,” the largest caldera in the world. Volcanic ash Volcanic ash from Mt. Baekdu eruption has been found as far away as the southern part of Hokkaido, Japan. Geologists predict the occurrence of great Mt. Baekdu eruptions every 1,000 years and that of minor ones every 200 to 300 years. Minor eruptions were recorded in 1413, 1597, 1668 and 1702 with the last activity being recorded in 1903. Among other indicators backing the scenario of a future eruption is the height of Mt. Baekdu, which has grown nearly 10 centimeters since 2002. Experts say an expanding magma pool, a precondition for an eruption, is gradually pushing up the height of the mountain as well as the temperature on the surface. On Oct. 1, 2006, a Russian satellite found the surface temperature of the mountain notably higher than before. The finding came just days after North Korea conducted an underground nuclear test in its northern territory, which could have been a catalyst reactivating magma flows, according to analysts. Mt. Baekdu has been carefully observed since 1999 when a volcanic observatory was built in China, and since 2002, there have been some symptoms of an eruption. Seismic activity near the mountain has increased dramatically, and the concentration of hydrogen and helium emissions, both of which are volcanic gases have risen 10-fold. And there’s ample possibility that Mt. Baekdu may erupt in the near future. If Mt. Baekdu erupts, it would no doubt bring about grave consequences for the two Koreas as well as the surrounding states, including China, Japan and Russia. The biggest immediate threat is the 2 billion tons of water in the lake on top of the crater. An eruption would likely cause severe flood damage, engulfing roads and homes within a 30-kilometer radius in just 3 hours and 20 minutes, a geological report found recently. Mt. Baekdu’s caldera The greatest victim of a Mt. Baekdu explosion may be North Korea, especially Yanggang and Hamgyeong Provinces. The two regions, located on the tip of the Korean Peninsula, may be covered with ash in just two hours. In about eight hours, ash may reach Ulleungdo and Dokdo, two far eastern islands of South Korea, and in 12 hours, land on Tottori Prefecture, Japan. After 18 hours, volcanic ash would likely spread beyond Japan. The National Institute for Disaster Prevention conducted a simulation in 2010 to test how far volcanic ash can spread if Mt. Baekdu erupts. According to the results, the effects can be different depending on the timing. If it happens in winter, Japan is expected to be more affected due to the northwest monsoon. On the other hand, a summer eruption would affect South Korea more. Mt. Baekdu’s caldera has nearly two billion tons of water. If volcanic heat evaporates the water and is mixed suddenly with volcanic ashes, it would be strong enough to engulf even Vladivostok in Russia and Hokkaido in northern Japan, according to experts. The construction of nuclear power plants by North Korea and China in the neighborhood may certainly pose a grave threat to all Northeast Asians, with the view that Mt. Baekdu’s explosion would for sure cause subsequent nuclear catastrophes, as seen in Japan’s 2011 tsunami disaster. A volcanic explosion is the most terrible natural disaster which cannot be easily avoided by human wisdom and knowledge. With unrelenting outbreaks of record-breaking natural disasters around the world and especially in the wake of Japan’s massive earthquake that is now estimated to have killed nearly 10,000, the world’s eyes are drawn to Mt. Baekdu. Multinational and regional cooperative monitoring systems are needed beyond ideological barriers to take preemptive measures against a possible eruption. By all indications, Mt. Baekdu is a real danger and it’s not clear how long it will stay inactive. A Mt. Baekdu eruption, if it takes place, will not be a matter for a certain country but a global concern to determine the future of Northeast Asian civilization. Environment Info Volcanic eruptions An important measure of eruptive strength is the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI), a magnitudic scale ranging from 0 to 8 that often correlates to eruptive types. During a volcanic eruption, lava, tephra (ash, lapilli tuff, volcanic bombs and blocks), and various gases are expelled from a volcanic vent or fissure. Several types of volcanic eruptions have been distinguished by volcanologists. These are often named after famous volcanoes where that type of behavior has been observed. Some volcanoes may exhibit only one characteristic type of eruption during a period of activity, while others may display an entire sequence of types all in one eruptive series. Park Chang-seok is currently a resident research fellow of the Korea Institute of Public Administration (KIPA). Park, a former Korea Times managing editor and a Kyung Hee University media professor, is the author of “The History of Korean English Newspaper” and “News English.” He is the editor of KIPA’s two English books “Korea: From Rags to Riches” and “Discover Korea in Public Administration.”

Korean War should be remembered.

I read an article about a survey. It shows students' distorted perception of the start of the Korean War that had broke out 25th of june 1950~1953.In the poll conducted by a newspaper, 506 high school students were asked whether the war was triggered by 'buk-chim"(invasion by the South) or "nam-chim"(invasion by the North.Of them, 349 students or 69 percent picked "buk-chim", running counter to what they learn in school text books. Such misunderstanding weakens fundamental values and national pride that growing children need to have, and distorts sacrifices of patriots who risked their lives for the country.

 The Department of Defense Korean War 60th Anniversary Committee has opened an online forum for Korean War Veterans and those affected by the war to submit their stories at http://www.koreanwar60.com/webform/share-your-story.It  is such a meaningful try to accumulate all the important, valuable memories and documents about Korean War. 

US Photo Contest to Honor Korean War Veterans

I found a piece of information of photo contest about Korea war. It's hosted by Korea Health Industry Development Institute.(KHIDI, USA) 


Below is the information about the contest from Korean War Veterans Association(kwva.org). 

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New York, N.Y.– The first US nation-wide photo contest entitled “Remembered Moments in Korean War” will be hosted by Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI USA), a Korean government agency in New York, to pay tributes to Korean War veterans. The contest, a part of the 2013 Body & Seoul - Korean War Veterans & Families Health Appreciation Event, is held in partnership with the Korean War Veterans Association (KWVA).

July 7 submission deadline; Winners to receive All-Expenses-Paid VIP Trip to Korea

Open to all US Korean War veterans and their families, the commemorative photo contest marks the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, of which date July 27 was proclaimed by President Barak Obama in 2010 as the National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day.

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If you want to learn more, visit http://kwva.org right now. :-)