Yongtae Kim Articles
  • Korean Reality Show “Infinite Challenge” Donates 27 Million Dollars To Charity

    OSEN reported that “Infinite Challenge” (MBC), one of Korea’s oldest and still one of the most popular variety shows has donated around 27 million dollars to charity and many different non-profit organizations. The production crew and lead producers have told OSEN that all the participants of ...
  • Brazil Quarantines Its First Ebola Patient

    Brazil’s Ministry of Public Health has announced that it has contained its first patient that is suspected to have Ebola. According to the Korean Herald, the Brazilian government had quarantined a man who was born in Guinea, Africa.
  • Chinese Captain Shot By Korean Maritime Police While Resisting Arrest

    Today, 45-year-old Sung Huo Muo, a captain of a fishing boat was shot by a Korean maritime police officer. It is reported that Sung was killed while his boat illegally entered South Korea’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EZZ). 5 Korean police officers were also wounded in the process. The Chinese ...
  • MLB Scouts in Korea Found The Next Ryu?

    Ever since Hyun-Jin Ryu joined the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2012 becoming the first KBO (Korean Baseball Organization) player to play for a Major League ball club, many Korean sports fans have been expressing great hope and curiosity over who will be the next Ryu. According to Korea’s OSEN, the ...
  • North Korea Fires Anti-aircraft Gun At Flyers From Korean Missionary Organization

    Today, Yonhap News reported that the North Korean military personnel who were stationed near the DMZ had fired antiaircraft guns to target a fleet of balloons that were carrying thousands of flyers from a South Korean Christian missionary organization. South Korean military and police reported ...
  • North and South Korean Navies Exchange Fire Near Maritime Border

    On the 7th, Yonhap News reported that a North Korean naval patrol vessel had crossed the NLL (Northern Limit Line), the Korean maritime border. It is reported that though the vessel retreated after a number of warning shots were fired from a South Korean missile patrol boat, the two vessels were ...
  • US And Chinese Summit Meeting To Be Held In November To Discuss ISIS

    Barrack Obama, the president of the United States and Xi Jinping, the chairman of the People’s Republic of China are planning to meet in Beijing to discuss strategies to tackle the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Sunni Muslim terrorist organization that has the entire international ...
  • Yeon-Jae Son Becomes First Korean To Win Gold Medal for Rhythmic Gymnastics

    Yeon-Jae Son, who is often referred to as the Korean “Fairy of Rhythmic Gymnastics” was recently crowned the queen during the 2014 Incheon Asian Games (Asiad). Son became the first Korean gymnast to win the gold medal for women’s single rhythmic gymnastics for the Asian Games.
  • Fear of Ebola Virus Spreads Throughout America

    After the first case of the Ebola Virus recently occurred within the United States, all of America is under constant fear of the epidemic spreading even further. While President Obama ordered 4,000 U.S. troops to go to West Africa and help battle the disease other cases of Ebola patients have been ...
  • Japanese Volcano Takes 47 Lives

    On the 27th of September, Mount Ontake in Japan erupted resulting in the loss of 47 deaths and 19 other victims were reported to be missing. The Japanese government has dispatched fire fighters and Self Defense Forces to rescue civilians and evacuate the wounded to hospitals. It is expected that ...
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