After South Korea's basketball league kicked out a foreign player for being too tall, news reports have since emerged of athletes desperately trying to shrink themselves.
境目とあらば見ておきたい。あわよくばまたがりたい……という思いが高じ、最近は、国境を見に海外へ行くことがある。 たしか、朝鮮半島の境界線は38度線を基準として引かれたということを中学校の社会科で習ったのは覚えている。 この国境は、EUの国境のように、気軽に行き来することはできないし、ましてやふざけてまたぐことなんかできっこない。 韓国と北朝鮮の境界線は、南北軍事境界線と呼ばれている。北朝鮮も韓国も、お互い本来は朝鮮半島全部が領土という建前になっているので、この境界線は厳密に言うと国境ではない。 軍事境界線から南北にそれぞれ2キロメートルの幅の非武装中立地帯(DMZ)が、黄海から日本海まで、朝鮮半島を横断するように設定されており、ここへは一般人の立ち入りは禁止されている。 そんなピリピリした境界線の中で、1か所だけ、観光客が南北の境界線をまたぐことができるポイントが板門店だ。
The downfall of the country's first female leader is not the first - but the latest in a number of presidential scandals South Korea has a problem with its presidency. It seems to be almost impossible for the country's heads of state to steer clear of political scandal during or after their tenures.
This week Kim Jong-un, the North’s leader, surprised the international community with a stealth visit to Beijing to meet with Xi Jinping, China’s leader. Early this month Mr. Kim issued an audacious invitation to President Trump to meet personally for negotiations. And on Thursday, officials from North and South Korea set a date of April 27 for Mr. Kim to meet with Moon Jae-in, the South’s preside
South Korean leader Moon Jae-in is either a diplomatic genius or a communist set on destroying his country and US President Donald Trump is either a master of brinkmanship or a pawn in a more devious game - depending on who you speak to. But it is the other actor in this saga, Kim Jong-un, the only one who has yet to make a direct statement, who may just be the most significant player in this most
A high-level official, thought to be North Korea's leader, is now in Beijing There is widespread speculation that a senior North Korean official who made a surprise day-long visit to Beijing was Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. Japanese media outlets first reported that a high-profile figure had arrived via a North Korean diplomatic train and was met with tight security.
South Korean hearts have been captured at the Winter Olympics in a way no-one expected. The understated, nerdy but cool Korean women's curlers are slaying giants and could win a medal, reports the BBC's Stephen McDonell in Pyeongchang. Sure, there are the speed skaters, the two-man bobsleigh, the joint North-South women's hockey team and a host of other local athletes competing their socks off at
This is the second time that a fake Kim Jong-un has caused a stir at the Winter Olympics A fake Kim Jong-un did not impress North Korean cheerleaders when he gatecrashed the unified Korea's ice hockey match with Japan.
Randi Heesoo Griffin scored the unified Korean women's ice hockey team's first goal It was half way through the second period when Randi Heesoo Griffin fought her way down the right wing and slipped the puck between Japanese goalkeeper Akane Konishi's pads. The puck slid in to the net and the crowd went wild. In the stands, the ranks of red-clad North Korean cheerleaders erupted. For the first tim
SINNAM, South Korea (Reuters) - Even the bright red lighthouse in the tiny South Korean port of Sinnam is shaped like a penis. The port is home to Haesindang Park, better known as “Penis Park”, a monument to fertility, born from a legend about a virgin and fish. A normally obscure attraction, it is drawing curious crowds of visitors from the nearby Winter Olympics. There are penis totem poles, pen
North Korea and the Olympics: Bombs, media blackouts and glory
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