Monthly Archives: December 2010

North Korean Fallacies

By Henry M. Seggerman South Korea’s response to North Korean aggression was inept: The real reason the South’s responses to the Cheonan sinking and the Yeonpyeong shelling were so tame is Seoul. North Korea has 11,000 heavy artillery pieces pointed … Continue reading

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Seminar DVDs available now (GM Kim, Suk-jun)

Click here to view more details Learn the history of martial arts and Taekwon-Do from Grandmaster Suk Jun Kim.  Watch as he instructs black belt representatives from the Taekwon-Do International schools in the proper techniques of patterns Chon-Ji through Choong-Moo. … Continue reading

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Korean war and Taekwondo

Of Korean war and taekwondo LAST SHOT By TITO S. TALAO December 11, 2010, 7:42pm MANILA, Philippines — Sung Chon Hong was five when the Korean War broke out in June of 1950. And despite warning signals brought on by … Continue reading

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A step toward restoring Korea’s lost legacy

By Kim Yoon-mi In November the French and the Japanese governments announced they would return the Joseon-period royal books on court rites and ceremonies that had been taken by force from Korea in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. … Continue reading

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