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...page on Korea. And last week as many as 200 protesters in Seoul?some in period costumes?scuffled with police during demonstrations outside the Chinese embassy. "They think China is trying to eradicate the Korean identity," says Park Sang-seek, head of the Graduate Institute of Peace Studies at Kyung Hee University north of Seoul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rewriting History | 8/16/2004 | See Source »

...with the rest of the world increasingly embracing the sport, Korea's Taekwondo fighters can no longer afford to be complacent. China's Wei Luo, who swept to a convincing gold in the 2003 world championships, looks likely to beat South Korean Hwang Kyung Sun in the 67-kg women's event, while Taiwan's Chu Mu Yen and Chen Chih Hsin are both strong gold-medal contenders. "In the case of Europeans and some Asian athletes, there is no skill difference compared with us," South Korean Taekwondo coach Kim Sae Hyeock told the JoongAng Daily. "It's just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ready to Rumble | 8/9/2004 | See Source »

...same holds true for opera: on any given night, whether at a leading international house or a provincial company, the languishing soprano heroine or the menacing bass villain is now likely to come from East Asia?particularly Korea. The lyric soprano Hei-Kyung Hong and the coloratura soprano Sumi Jo currently dominate their roles to a degree unrivaled by any Western singers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rise of a Musical Superpower | 6/28/2004 | See Source »

...remain evenly split on the troops issue. Nearly 50% oppose the dispatch, according to a recent television poll?down from 56% earlier this year?while 48.5% are in favor. But Kim's gruesome death has already transformed some opponents of the deployment into angry supporters. Marketing expert Kim Eun Kyung, 27, objected to helping with the war, saying, "It felt like we were a puppet of the U.S." But now, she says, "I want us to send a lot of troops. I want to get revenge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mourning and Anger | 6/28/2004 | See Source »

...week. These evangelicals?part of a band of some 150 Korean Christians spreading their Gospel throughout the Middle East, according to the Korean NGO Global Civic Sharing?were stopped at a checkpoint early on April 8 and accused by a group of Iraqis of being American spies. (Pastor Byun Kyung Ju told TIME that at the same checkpoint she saw another group of Asians in a car in front of them also being detained. Their luggage was set on fire by the side of the road, and the group was then hustled into another car and driven off.) Afraid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should Asia Quit Iraq? | 4/12/2004 | See Source »

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