Tag Archives: Korea

Military excercises and another hit-and-run incident

On the evening of October 20, on the campus of Xi’an University, when the 26-year-old waitress Zhang Meng (张萌 pseudonym) was going home from work, she was hit by a Chevrolet Cruze. After the offender escaped the police found that apart from the victim’s car wounds, there were also eight wounds caused by a knife.

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Jilin has nothing to fear from the DPRK

A newspaper reassures its readership after North Korea shells the south.

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Guangzhou’s “Bus Rapid Transit” kind of slow

China’s national football team defeats Korea, three to nil.

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Goodbye Koreatown

As the economy remains sluggish, Korean businesses and their employees are faced the decisions: remain in Beijing and Shanghai, or return to Korea?

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Danwei FM: Interview with +8*

Benjamin Joffe, CEO +8* An interview with Benjamin Joffe of consulting company Plus Eight Star–+8*. +8* specializes in Internet and mobile markets in Japan, Korea, and China. Asian mobile and Internet culture can be strange and confusing. You may have … Continue reading →

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Korean history doesn’t fly on Chinese TV screens

SARFT puts the kibbosh on Korean historical dramas.

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A Joint Approach to History

The joint Korean-Japanese-Chinese history textbook, 东亚三国的近现代史, published by Social Sciences Academic Press, is reviewed by Danwei.

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