Monthly Archives: December 2011
Fight against savage and despotism … unshaken ‘center of democratization’
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of an article appeared in <The Hankyoreh> on Dec. 30, 2011, reporting the life time story of a deceased statesman Kim Geun-tae, the symbol of democratization movement during military regimes and a statesman for the ordinary throughout his life as a politician. In particular, he is […]
She used to be an ‘Iraq human shield’ … a story of a Gangjung peace activist
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of a reporter’s personal accord appeared in a special section of <OhmyNews> on Dec.28, 2011. The section, according to “the Editor’s note”, is for “Behind stories, hidden stories or episodes uncovered during article material collection to be scribbled in a free style”. And current article delivers a […]
Savage internship … fueled by ‘policy fiasco’
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of an article appeared in <Voice of People> on Dec.23, 2011, reporting the collapse of a vocational high school senior student who had been doing an internship in Kia Motors Gwangju factory since Aug. The report clearly indicates how internship whose purpose is to provide senior […]
A maze game called ‘Who owns BBK?’
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of an article appeared in the magazine <The Weekly Kyunghyang>, a sibling publication of daily newspaper <Kyunghyang Shinmun>, back on Dec. 4, 2007, concerning the BBK controversy, the reviving political controversy in Korea in Dec. 2011, with the imprisonment verdict of a former Rep. Jeong Bong-ju, […]
‘Dogani of hope’ strides with the aroma of fresh brewed coffee
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of an article appeared in <The Hankyoreh> on Dec.21, 2011 covering the opening of Cafe Holder no.1, a cafe stall ran by Inhwa school graduates. The school which is liquidated now rattled the whole nation with gruesome sexual violence by teachers and employees. But people tried […]
Before DDoS investigation announcement, police commissioner and then ruling party leader were communicating each other
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of an article appeared in the online media <The Newsface> on Dec.18, 2011. It is basically a nice summary of the 32nd installment of number 1 podcast <나는 꼼수다 Naneun Ggomsuda (or 나꼼수 Naggomsu)> on recent developments of what they call the election fraud that took […]
Grandmother Park Ok-sun, “Now, you feel like dying, right? But we won’t!”
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of an article appeared on the <Voice of People (VOP)> On Dec.12, 2011, covering an interview with one of the Japanese military ‘comfort women’. She relays her life in a calm and unimposing way, which makes the whole experience the more intense. Although the 1,000th weekly […]
Blue House forced them to keep quiet on monetary transactions in DDoS attack case
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of an article appeared in <The Hankyoreh> on December 17, 2011, reporting a possible direct intervention of Blue House to the police investigation of DDoS cyberattack on October 26 at CEMC website. If the story turns out to be true, then it can cause huge ramifications […]
26% of voting stations were relocated on October 26 by-election … affected voting rates
Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of an article appeared in the <Newsface> on December 5, 2011, covering the possible ‘election fraud’ at October 26 Seoul mayoral by-election. Recently, public attention moved to the DDoS scheme on CEMC website and the possible involvement of ruling Grand National Party (GNP) or even the […]
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