It’s All in the Bamboo: Locals get a Look Inside Korean Traditional Instruments On the heels of a packed concert held at the George Mason University Center for the Arts on Sunday, Oct. 12, members of the Nan-gye Gugak Orchestra, a traditional Korean music ensemble on tour in the United States, gave fans an inside look at their art during a music workshop at the KORUS House on Tuesday, Oct. 14. Leading t.. (Oct 17, 2008 06:02 PM) Dokdo Drama: Discerning the Lessons and Origins of 2008 Even as the drama over the U.S. position on the sovereignty of Dokdo subsides, questions remain: What motivated the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to reclassify Dokdo from Korean to “undesignated" sovereignty in July and then to reverse this move days later, and what does it say about Korea’s past and future Dokdo policies? .. (Aug 14, 2008 06:20 PM) The Korean War in Living Color: John Rich Tells the Stories behind the Images John Rich lucidly recalls details from his years as a Korean War correspondent for NBC: the names of his Korean cameramen, travels with fellow reporter Marguerite Higgins, the first mid-sentence artillery rounds that shook Daegu, and the awful but valuable whiskey, three bottles of which bought him a jeep. It wasn’t until r.. (Jul 28, 2008 04:53 PM) Same Hunger, but a Different North Korea: Analyzing the Present Food Crisis While most analysts agree that lack of food is a problem in North Korea, the tightly controlled country is today a very different animal compared to the period of famine in the late 1990s—during which hundreds of thousands and possibly several million perished—according to Tae Keung Ha, a North Korea researcher. .. (Jul 18, 2008 05:38 PM) On the Air in North Korea: The Challenges of Broadcasting into a Closed State Although Voice of America’s Korean Service began broadcasting news and information about Korea and America to Koreans more than 65 years ago—eight years before the start of the Korean War—its task has not become easier over time. In fact, it has almost certainly become even more difficult. “The single most daun.. (May 23, 2008 05:39 PM)

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