(LinkAsia Bulletin, February 8, 2012) As graduation season approaches, South Korean police have increased penalties for hazing rituals and student pranks. Charges range from assault to sex crimes, and students...

(LinkAsia: January 27, 2012) Twenty-three-year-old Park Jung-geun was recently arrested as a "North Korean sympathizer" under the controversial National Security Law for tweeting "pro-enemy" messages. LinkAsia host Yul Kwon spoke...

(LinkAsia: January 27, 2012) An investigation has uncovered an underground ring of forged academic degrees from seminaries and fake qualifications, sold to aspiring pastors for around USD$40,000. Broadcaster: MBC

(LinkAsia: January 27, 2012) Over 85 percent of South Korea's crude oil imports come through the straight of Hormuz. Its closure would mean the price per barrel would double, devastating...

(LinkAsia: January 20, 2012) South Korea's National Election Commission has made it legal for candidates to take to the web to campaign in the lead up to the April 11th...

(LinkAsia: January 20, 2012) With Iranian oil accounting for nearly 10 percent of its imports, South Korea is struggling with the possibility of having to find other sources if proposed...

(LinkAsia: January 13, 2012) Host of the hit South Korean podcast "I'm a Petty-Minded Creep" Kim Ou-joon speaks with LinkAsia about his co-host Chung Bong-ju's imprisonment, President Lee Myung-bak's stock...

(LinkAsia Bulletin, January 9, 2012) North Korea marked Kim Jong-un's first birthday as Supreme Leader with a documentary broadcast on state television, showing him riding horses, driving tanks, and portraying...

(LinkAsia Bulletin, January 9, 2012) South Korea's Minister of Unification Ryu Woo-ik and President Lee Myung-bak believe that stability on the peninsula is paramount, and welcome the possibility of returning...

(LinkAsia: January 6, 2012) In the first New Year's message since the death of Kim Jong-il, North Korea's ruling Workers' Party acknowledged the country's economic woes and food shortages. Broadcaster:...

(LinkAsia Bulletin: December 27, 2011) Former South Korean first lady Lee Hee-ho and Hyundai Group chairwoman Hyun Jung-eun traveled to Pyongyang today to pay their respects to Kim Jong-il, while...

(LinkAsia Bulletin: December 22, 2011) Hahm Chaibong of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies speaks to LinkAsia by Skype on the question of whether the government of South Korea should...

(LinkAsia Bulletin: December 21, 2011) South Koreans took to Twitter to express their worry about stability on the Korean peninsula. Contributer Yoo Eun Lee takes a look at social media...

(LinkAsia Bulletin: December 20, 2011) The South Korean government has extended consolation to the people of North Korea, a decision that came about after much internal debate and that is...

(LinkAsia: December 16, 2011) The South Korean Coast Guard officer killed last week by a Chinese fisherman in the Yellow Sea was mourned by friends and family at an emotional...