As a child, Dong Young-bae used to hide from his parents to dance to cassettes of Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder. He says he was too shy to tell anyone he wanted to become a famous singer and dancer.
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BATTLE OF KOREA: The Lord & Private Stanley
Back home in Mansfield, La., Courtney L. Stanley liked to go to church and liked to go hunting.
SOUTH KOREA: Assassination in Seoul
The killing of President Park raises questions and tensions It was one of the most bizarre killings of a head of state in history. Late last week President Park Chung Hee, 61, strongman ruler of the Republic of South Korea since 1961, was shot at a dinner party by the chief of his own intelligence service in what was first described by a government spokesman as an “accident.” Later, officials revealed that it was a well-planned assassination
American defector Charles Jenkins
In 1965, U.S. Army Sergeant Charles Robert Jenkins deserted his post in South Korea and fled to the communist Northa move he now calls “the stupidest thing I have ever done.” He spent nearly four decades inside the Hermit Kingdom, as a lingering mystery of the cold war.
SOUTH KOREA: Slicky Boy
For many of South Korea's poor, stealing from the U.S.
Can an Adopted Child Be Returned?
Every child is a gift, as the saying goes. But in a case that has stoked outrage on two continents, a Dutch diplomat posted in Hong Kong has been accused of returning his eight-year-old adopted daughter like an unwanted Christmas necktie
How To Fix 911
The phone rang at 4:43 a.m. on March 27, 2007
China invites Kim Jong Il to visit
China has invited reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to visit at his convenience, state media in both countries reported.
U.N. slams North Korea over human rights
The U.N. human rights special investigator for North Korea on Thursday urged the U.N
Carmakers Hyundai and Kia See Gains in U.S. Market Share
While other automakers are closing plants in the U.S., Kia, which is controlled by South Korea’s Hyundai Automotive Group, is preparing to open a brand-new assembly plant in West Point, Ga., southwest of Atlanta. The $1.2 billion, 2.2 million–sq.-ft