Interesting news and stories translated into English from Korea and the Korean-language internet.
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Prosecutors indict a netizen for calling President Lee a 'son of a bitch', the case proceeding without a complaint from the President. Netizens polarized.6
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Lawyer sparks controversy on live TV as he calls Kim Jong-il and Kim Jong-un 'sons of bitches', saying their is no reason he can't not say those words.
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Marriage matchmakers release research about dating before marriage; South Korean netizens make their feelings known about who ought to pay when it comes to love.
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A Buddhist nun performs hymns at a Seoul cathedral during a Catholic mass to commemorate Buddha's birthday and to promote inter-faith harmony, netizens react.
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Students at one of Korea's most prestigious universities call for the resignation of their Chancellor through a mathematical formula.
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A teacher uses a slim and fat student in an attempt to demonstrate the theory of gravity. Students demand the teacher kneel down and apologise.
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Netizen reactions to the new initiative unveiled by South Korea and Japan last week that calls for more military cooperation between the two states.
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Prosecutors come under fire for prematurely suggesting ex-president Roh Moo-hyun's brother received bribes in exchange for peddling political influence.
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A hospital nurse vents her frustration at annoying patients on Twitter, pointing out that she has both the power to resuscitate and the power to terminate.
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Romance strikes the port-city of Busan as the second instance in as many weeks of a couple behaving badly on public transport causes waves on the internet.
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Should Hangul Day, that celebrates the invention of the Korean writing system, become a national holiday in South Korea? Netizens debate.
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The Korean Ministry of Education gives in to pressures of a Christian petition, deciding to remove a theory of evolution from school textbooks.
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A photo of a young couple publicly kissing and touching (a social taboo in South Korea) on a Busan bus has caused outcry amongst some netizens.
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A member of the Unified Progressive Party sets himself on fire, in protest over online voting. Netizens label liberals as hypocrites.
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China, Japan and South Korea met in Beijing this weekend to discuss regional security and economic cooperation that saw Korea and China begin FTA negotiations.
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Netizens discuss the latest Ladygate, 'Brainless Adultery Girl’, who is busted online for having an affair while being married and pregnant.
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KakaoTalk is being used as evidence in the case of a 36 year old man who is being charged with rape for having sex with a 16-17 year old girl.