South Korea beat Ireland with a score of 5-1, this is one of South Korea’s first winnings since the Olympics has started, this event is a women’s hockey team, Ireland comfortably lost to South Korea
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Southeast of the country, a new bird flu outbreak has been reported, in Ulsan City. SOuth Korea has already confirmed 20 cases of the H5N1 virus and has already killed more than 5 million birds. Fortunately, no one has been killed ny hte virus so far.
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A North Korean Lieutenant identified with only the surname Ri, has defected to South Korea and crossed the heavy fortified border of North and South Korea, and has negotiated with one of the South Korean guards posted in the area and has told him that he has been seeking asylum in South Korea. In the news, the Joint Chiefs of Staff official declined to confirm the news report mainly because the case was still being investigated.
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Korean Air Pollution
During the early years of Korea’s economic rise, the government paid little or no attention to the environment. The economic development started in the 70’s with Korea’s five year economic development plan. Korea became a leading steelmaker and shipbuilder. This created rapid industrialization and Korea started pumping out more and more products. Cars, computers and other products were flowing out of Korea’s factories and with it millions of tons of sulfur dioxide. Consequently, acid rain started to fall over Korea and started to dissolve it’s delicate ecosystem. Although some of the air pollution is generated by Korea, a large percentage also comes from the worlds’ largest greenhouse gas producer; China. The pollution is blown from China with the wind currents toward Korea. The problem has grown so bad that plants that only grow in heavily polluted areas have begun to sprout up in Seoul. Recently, the Capital city of Seoul is starting to take steps toward a cleaner, greener future, but many companies lack the technology to install desulferizing filters and reduce greenhouse gases. The Korean factories are trying to gain access to these technologies, but this takes time and progress is slow.
South Korean Deforestation
During the Korean war and the Japanese colonization, Korea’s forest was shattered. However, during the 70’s and 80’s the people of South Korea came together and started one of the best executed reforestation efforts in the world. This effort was started to provide a steady domestic supply of timber and for the growing agricultural industry. But South Korea has changed. More than half of its population lives in cities, and these cities are growing rapidly. Together with the exponentially growing agricultural industry, the forest is being pushed further and further back. In fact, South Korea lost 12.8% of forest between 1990 and 2005. The future of this issue is uncertain, but the future looks positive for this issue because of new public awareness programs.
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South Korea is investigating four cases for bird flu south of Seoul, they say that it may be spreading because after a week or so there were 11 cases of the H5N1.
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TIMELINE SOUTH KOREA· From 1910-1945 Korea was under control of the Japanese. When World War II ended, Japan surrendered to the U.S. and Soviet Union, and therefore, Korea gained independence from Japan. The U.S. and the Soviet Union divided the peninsula’s ownership into two, the U.S. in the south and the Soviet Union in the North. In 1945, the first American military based government arrived in South Korea however; they had issues controlling a country where they did not know the language or culture. The People’s Republic of Korea, which had been established before the Americans arrived, was declared invalid and President Kim Koo was forced to step down. To solve this, the U.S. created the Korean Advisory Council and a year later, they established their own government. Read More…
To the people of the Philippines,
On behalf of the South Korean people I extend my warmest regards. As you may know, South Korea is a small nation in East Asia. It covers just under one hundred thousand square kilometers and is surrounded by numerous islands. It is located in between China and Japan, and their influence on Korea is very prominent. To the west of Korea, lies the Yellow Sea and on the opposite side lies the East Sea. These bodies of water are a vital part of Korean culture and are a beautiful element of Korea’s landscape.
Nintendo has just announced that they will finally be bringing the Wii to one of the worlds avid gaming nation, South Korea.
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