Juries come to Asia May 5, 2008
A bit of legal history was made in February in Taegu, South Korea, where the regional court considered the criminal case of a 27-year-old man charged with the petty criminal offenses of assault and trespass ... The questions on the minds of those following the trial in Taegu both locally and internationally are: Why the sudden interest in juries, which have been around for centuries. (International Herald Tribune)
Plenty of beef on the menu Apr 11, 2008
Park herself got almost 90% of the votes from her district in the conservative stronghold of Taegu - a margin that is sure to put her high in the running in the next presidential election to succeed Lee five years from now. Lee may not need endorsement from the National Assembly when it comes to negotiating with North Korea, but he will need the assembly's support to ratify the US free-trade agreement. (Asia Times Online)
Mission CambodiaKoreans offering Bible studies, Taekwondo and English lessons Mar 27, 2008
The Kompongsom Taekwondo Federation in Sihanoukville is sponsored by the Presbyterian Yangmoon Church in Taegu, South Korea. It is run by retired military commander Kim Ka-Jung, who offers Taekwondo classes to young Cambodians. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
South Korean election winner owes a lot to a stream Dec 20, 2007
In public, he appears stiff, but he digs into his life story to connect with large audiences, the way he did last week at a market in the southeastern city of Taegu. Telling his listeners that, as a young boy, he had also peddled products at the market in his hometown, in Pohang, he added: "When I used to sell things at the stall there, I hated the most people who asked, 'How's business? How's the economy these days?' and then leave. Whatever people said, I was most grateful to those who bought... (International Herald Tribune)
Cumings: Peoples Revolutionary Party 8 Oct 8, 2007
In October 1946 this touched off a major rebellion in Taegu and the surrounding area in the southeast, which then quickly spread to the southwest ... It was in this context that the dictatorship arrested the PRP eight -- nearly all of them from Taegu -- in 1974 and charged them with treason. (Zmag.org)
Letter Reveals U.S. Intent at No Gun Ri Apr 14, 2007
But Muccio's message to Assistant Secretary of State Dean Rusk states unambiguously that "decisions made" at a high-level U.S.-South Korean meeting in Taegu, South Korea, on July 25, 1950, included a policy to shoot approaching refugees. The reason: American commanders feared that disguised North Korean enemy troops were infiltrating their lines via refugee groups. (Herald Sun)
Athletics World Cup selection process tainted: Beattie Apr 1, 2007
Brisbane was unsuccessful in its bid to host the 2011 championships, with the honour going to Taegu in South Korea and Moscow to host the 2015 event. Mr Beattie, who returned to Brisbane last night after travelling to Kenya for the bid, says he is disappointed about losing the bid. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Politics)
