It’s “Single Mothers’” day in South Korea. It’s a day that’s getting support from Korean adoptees who’ve moved back to Korea. They’d like to see single motherhood become more acceptable there so that unwed mothers feel less pressure to put their babies up for adoption.
What would punk rock in North Korea sound like? One way to find out is listening to Ri Seong-woong, North Korea’s most famous punk rock star. Or is he? We find out from reporter Jason Strother.
South Korea has traditionally been a homogeneous society, but now there is a growing population of culturally mixed families. It can be hard for these children to fit in, so the country has just opened its first “multicultural” high school.
The World’s Jason Strother reports on how military conscripts in the South are following the events in Pyongyang with particular interest.
For some North Korean defectors, Kim Jong-il’s funeral was a case of déjà vu, bringing back memories of the death of Kim Il-sung, the North’s founding leader, in 1994. Reporter Jason Strother has the story from Seoul.
The last time North Korea had a transition of power, people in the South feared the outbreak of war. Now they’re taking it in stride. And as Jason Strother reports, some see the change as an opportunity for South Korean business.
The South Korean government has asked an evangelical group to postpone lighting Christmas Trees along the North-South border, as North Koreans mourn the death of their leader, Kim Jong Il. But Seoul hasn’t stopped groups from sending leaflets into North Korea denouncing Pyongyang.
Kim Jong-il, North Korea’s longtime dictator, has died of heart failure putting the South Korean government on high alert.
One of the most popular downloads in South Korea is a podcast that makes fun of the president, Lee Myung-bak.
In South Korea, the goal is get into one of the country’s top universities. But some South Koreans say the drive to get into the “right school” is at odds with the job market. Now even the president is urging some Koreans to go to vocational schools.
Young South Koreans don’t really care that much about reuniting with North Korea. So the government in Seoul has started an online video channel to get them interested.
In South Korea, online shopping is nothing new but one supermarket chain there says it’s taken the experience to a whole new level.
