LinkAsia News: March 22, 2013
This week on LinkAsia, South Korean television stations and banks hit with a massive cyberattack, China's media accuses Apple of cheating customers, US soldiers gone wild in Seoul, and more.

McCarthyism Creeps into South Korean Domestic Politics
(LinkAsia: 3/22/13) The tension on the Korean Peninsula has spilled over into South Korea's domestic politics. There are a growing number of attacks aimed at people perceived to be soft on North Korea. As LinkAsia's Yoo Eun Lee reports, it...

South Korean Gridlock: Who's Running the Country?
(LinkAsia: 3/8/13) South Korea's new president, Park Geun-hye, has a long road ahead. She needs parliament to green light her cabinet nominees, but they are being held up because the opposition is taking a stand against her plan to restructure...

South Korea's First Female President Sworn In
(LinkAsia Bulletin: 2/25/13) Conservative new South Korean President Park Geun-hye surprised observers by toning down hardline rhetoric and emphasizing personal happiness and cultural change in her inaugural speech in Seoul. South Korean broadcaster MBC reports on her speech and what...

China: 'People's Search' Engine Crashes and Burns
(LinkAsia: 2/22/13) "Can a search engine succeed if you have no concept of the free flow of information?" That was the question posed by former Google China head Kai-Fu Lee on his Sina Weibo account, in response to the failure...

LinkAsia News: February 22, 2013
This week on LinkAsia, China is accused of wide-ranging cyber attacks on the US, North Korea and Iran accused of sharing nuclear secrets, a US Navy ship runs aground in a Philippine marine sanctuary, and more.

What Were Asia's 'Words of the Year' in 2012?
(LinkAsia: 1/4/13) LinkAsia is jumping on the "year-end list" bandwagon by asking our contributors what the top words in social media were throughout Asia in 2012. Toshi Maeda reports from Japan, Yoo Eun Lee from South Korea, Ajoy Bose from...

LinkAsia News: January 4, 2013
This week on LinkAsia, meet the island president fighting to save his country from climate change, get an inside look at the latest apps taking Asia by storm, find out what the hottest words in Asian social media in 2012...

LinkAsia News: December 14, 2012
This week on LinkAsia, how North Korea's rocket launch will affect East Asian politics, why a magazine cover caused a storm in South Korea, Xinhua leaps the Great Firewall to tweet, and more.

Time Magazine Translation Sparks Outrage in South Korea
(LinkAsia: 12/14/12) The cover story for this week's Asian edition of Time Magazine, on South Korean presidential candidate Park Geun-hye, ran the headline, "The Strongman's Daughter", a reference to her dictator father. But as contributor Yoo Eun Lee reports, the...

North Korea's Closest Ally 'Regrets' Rocket Launch
(LinkAsia Bulletin: 12/13/12) China's state-run CCTV News recaps international reactions and gives China's perspective on the launch. In a sharply-worded interview response, an academic named Tao Wenzhao speaks about the "negative impact" of North Korea's actions.

South Korea Extends Missile Range to Counter Northern Nukes
(LinkAsia: 10/12/12) The US signed off on amending a 2001 agreement this past week, increasing South Korea's ballistic missile range from 300 to 800 kilometers. South Korean broadcaster MBC reports on what effect it will have on preventing a North...

Ninja? Ghost? North Korean Soldier Strolls Across Border Undetected
(LinkAsia Bulletin: 10/11/12) On the night of October 2nd, a North Korean soldier made his way across the heavily guarded DMZ undetected and knocked on the door of a South Korean Army barrack, indicating his desire to defect. South Korean...

LinkAsia News: September 14, 2012
This week on LinkAsia, two heavyweights edge closer to confrontation over a small island chain, India protests a government crackdown on social media, students in Hong Kong resist what they call a 'brainwashing' attempt, and more.

A Man, One Tent, 90 Minutes, One Million Viewers
(LinkAsia: 9/14/12) Lee Kwang-nak is the buddy you always want to go camping with. The South Korean former Army sergeant took on a bet, originally proposed in an online forum, that he could raise a 24-person army tent solo. He...