China-Korea-Japan: OstasienNews

07/12/2024

https://www.globalneighbours.org/the-coup-of-december-3-2024-in-south-korea/

An assessment by Advisory Board member Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Frank, University of Vienna On the evening of December 3, 2024, South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk-yeol, declared martial law. There was no apparent immediate cause for this action. There had been no North Korean attack, no collapse of...

07/12/2024

https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/suedkorea-praesident-kriegsrecht-krise-100.html

Die Krise um Präsident Yoon ist auch ein Ausdruck der politischen Spaltung des Landes, sagt der Südkorea-Experte Eric J. Ballbach im Interview. Der Protest gegen die Verhängung des Kriegsrechts zeige aber auch eine Stärke des Landes.

04/12/2024

Comments part of debate over whether Beijing backs Kim Jong-un’s decision to send troops to fight in Ukraine

04/12/2024

https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20241203050117

In an emergency address to the nation Tuesday, President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in South Korea. Yoon said at around 10:20 p.m. that the declaration was made to prevent "anti-state forces" from depriving South Korean citizens of their freedom and happiness. "I will wipe out anti-state for...

22/11/2024

https://ecdpm.org/work/eu-china-global-south-perspectives-african-countries

Mariella Di Ciommo, Pauline Veron and Nadia Ashraf examine how the EU’s support is perceived by its partner countries, particularly in comparison to China, zooming in on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Morocco and South Africa and their green agendas.

15/11/2024

Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang discusses the impact of Trump's Cabinet picks on China, CATL eyeing a U.S.-based plant if the president-elect ...

15/11/2024

President Biden is at the APEC summit in Lima, Peru, where he will meet with China's Xi Jinping. CBS News' Natalie Brand has the latest on the significance o...

07/11/2024

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un is talking about an unthinkable first strike on the South. He’s tearing up all the highways and bridges and the railroad between No...

07/11/2024

Why China may be fearing a second Trump presidency

Fareed speaks with The Wall Street Journal’s Lingling Wei about why Chinese leader Xi Jinping may be wary of a possible reelection of former President Donald Trump.

05/11/2024

https://eupoliticalreport.com/religious-freedom-crisis-in-japan/

A delegation from the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU) Japan traveled to France to highlight the ongoing crisis of religious freedom in Japan and brought to light the severe social, political, and legal challenges facing the organisation, writes Peter Zoehrer. President Tomi...

05/11/2024

https://taz.de/Popkultur-aus-Suedkorea/!6044008/

Koreanische Filme, Bands und Beautytrends begeistern weltweit. Doch der Aufstieg koreanischer Popkultur hat auch Schattenseiten.

31/10/2024

https://youtu.be/cam5GpgrpA0?si=NzvkDgXPB4bDZROm

Retired US Air Force Col. Cedric Leighton discusses the news that North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia, according to Secretary of Defense Lloyd A...

30/10/2024

South Korea's Jeju Island offering cheap rent to newlyweds to tackle low fertility rate

The South Korean island of Jeju is offering newlyweds the chance to rent apartments for less than $30 a month in the hope it might encourage them to have children.

24/10/2024

https://www.voanews.com/a/brics-meeting-highlights-geopolitical-aspirations-rivalries-with-west/7836994.html

More independence from U.S., Europe cited by Russian host delegation

15/10/2024

Ihre Romane sind Spiegelbilder der koreanischen Nachkriegsgeschichte. Dabei glaubt sie nicht daran, dass Literatur alles auszudrücken vermag. Die Schriftstellerin Han Kang erhält den Literaturnobelpreis.

15/10/2024

https://youtube.com/shorts/izgKGjdC7J4?si=N6hJkGNKAzXSdPHO

Nach Angaben des südkoreanischen Militärs hat Nordkorea Teile der innerkoreanischen Straßen und Eisenbahnlinien gesprengt, um die Grenze auf seiner Seite nun...

28/09/2024

https://www.schwaebische.de/regional/ulm-alb-donau/ehingen/sehnsuchtsort-suedkorea-was-diese-jungen-frauen-in-das-land-zieht-news-2929618

Viele junge Menschen zieht es nach dem Schulabschluss nach Australien, Neuseeland oder in die USA. Für zwei Ehingerinnen ging es hingegen nach Südkorea - und sie sind nicht allein.

27/09/2024

https://youtu.be/zBLMlqsI8_A?si=JkLs_KudgdLWNXTu

Die Chromatische Mundharmonika hat sie schon als Kind fasziniert.Obwohl sie Klavier, Schlagwerk und singen erlernt hat, war das Interesse für die Mundharmoni...