controversy

Feature: Sexy Ads Featuring KPop Stars Pulled Following Government Pressure [VIDEO]
25 weeks 4 days ago

SEOUL, South Korea -- Banned by government regulators from advertising hard liquor on television, Korean alcohol companies turned to the Internet to push the hard stuff. Now the government is demanding they remove what many view as...

Exclusive: PSY`s Anti-America Protesting Past?
29 weeks 1 day ago

BUSAN, South Korea -- The talented 34-year-old rapper Park Jae-sang, known better to the world as PSY, has been a controversial staple of the Korean music scene since his first full-length album, ...

K-pop group Block B in trouble with Thais
1 year 16 weeks ago

BANGKOK, Thailand - The K-pop group Block B has gotten in trouble with its Thai fans over a 30-minute interview which was deemed insulting to the Thais and to the country itself.

According to the Korea Times, in an interview with Thai media site RYT9 on Jan. 30, Block B’s leader Zico said when asked about his opinion on the flooding that damaged the country, “I hope monetary compensation will heal their wounds because all I have is money.”

When another...

Response: From the Front Lines
1 year 18 weeks ago

BUSAN, South Korea -- First of all, I am more than just a bystander on the issue of animal rights in Korea. I joined an advocacy organization in 2005, and served for several years as the media production coordinator. In that capacity I reported on various activities related to the dog meat issue, and approached it as an investigative journalist, my career for five years before coming to Korea in 2001. In 2008 I founded the Busan Abandoned Pet Sanctuary, and...

Featured Collection: The Great Dog Meat Debate
1 year 18 weeks ago

 

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Feature: Dog Meat and the Cultural Conquistadors
1 year 18 weeks ago

WASHINGTON, DC -- I have a common sense solution to resolve, once and for all, most of the controversy surrounding Korea’s dog meat consumption. It goes like this:

Regulate the slaughter, processing and consumption of dog meat just like any other meat, because right now, dog meat in Korea is not being regulated as much as it should be. The...

Feature: Trying Dog Stew
1 year 21 weeks ago

BUSAN, South Korea -- Last year over dinner, my Kiwi friend and I happened across the topic of eating dog meat – he had eaten it before and said that he enjoyed it. As most westerners tend to shy away from such fare, it took me by surprise. After all, he didn’t look like someone who would eat dog meat. I mean, he didn’t have long arms with knuckles dragging the floor or over-sized fangs protruding from his mouth  – he looked like a “normal” person....

Football - Korea Taps Jeonbok's Choi as National Coach Amid Controversy
1 year 25 weeks ago

SEOUL, South Korea - The Korean men's national soccer team has finally made their decision for a new football coach, but not everyone, including the coach it seems, is pleased with the decision.

The KFA technical committee has chosen 52-year-old Choi Kang-hee to lead the squad to qualify for their eighth consecutive World Cup campaign, which next takes place in Brazil in 2014.

However, the new coach has said that  he will remain in charge only until  the...

Five Years On: Remembering Babopalooza
1 year 28 weeks ago

BUSAN, South Korea -- First, no one was fired or deported due to the police investigation.  However, several participants who were due to start new teaching jobs the following March, found that their schools were unable to process their visa applications due to the investigation, and therefore the schools had to withdraw the job offers. 

Unable to start a new job, some of these people had no choice but to leave the country when their old...

Rain's Plagiarism Charges. Did He Really Bite?
1 year 42 weeks ago

BUSAN, South Korea -- While accusations and explanations fly and a buzzing hive of fans rises up on their chosen sides, the central question remains: Did Korean megastar Rain, with his newly released musical ode to Busan Women, bite off of Rapael Saadiq’s 2004 ...

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