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Wednesday, August 19th - Female South Korean students are scoring higher than males in all subjects on the country’s college entrance exam, Korean women's rights groups are protesting Amnesty International's recent decision to advocate for the decriminalization of sex, and experts will gather next week to discuss the long-running dispute of what to call the body of water between South Korea and Japan. For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, subscribe in the iTunes Store, with your favorite Android application, or visit KoreaFM.net.

Tuesday, August 18th - A South Korean professor has reportedly committed suicide over a policy change at his university, Veteran South Korean soccer administrator Jeong Mong Joon has announced his intentions for the FIFA presidency, and Pyongyang has matched last week’s move by South Korea by restarting its own DMZ loudspeaker campaign. For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, subscribe in the iTunes Store, with your favorite Android application, or visit KoreaFM.net.

Monday, August 17th - Two Chinese salvage ships have arrived at the site of the Sewol, a nighttime internet curfew at some South Korean university dormitories isn’t going as well as planned, and The ROK has condemned North Korea for using President Park Geun-hye's picture for target practice. For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, subscribe in the iTunes Store, with your favorite Android application, or visit KoreaFM.net.

Friday, August 14th - South Korean President Park Geun-hye has granted special pardons to thousands of convicted criminals ahead of the Liberation Day Weekend, obesity has emerged has a major health threat in Korea, and the perception of public safety in South Korea has fallen following the country's MERS outbreak.For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, subscribe in the iTunes Store, with your favorite Android application, or visit KoreaFM.net.

Thursday, August 13th Korean News Update Podcast:An elderly Korean man has set himself on fire near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, 14 descendants of Koreans who collaborated during Japanese occupation have won lawsuits against the government for land that was illegally seized, and a South Korean hospital network has been hacked by North Korea. For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, subscribe in the iTunes Store, with your favorite Android application, or visit KoreaFM.net.

Korean News Update Podcast For Wednesday, August 12thChinese state media says South Korea “will suffer” if its president does not attend next month’s military parade commemorating the end of WWII, Hyundai & Samsung workers have the highest salaries among Korea’s top 10 conglomerates, and South Korea’s top mobile messenger company has named a 35 year old as its new CEO. For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, subscribe in the iTunes Store, with your favorite Android application, or visit KoreaFM.net.

Tuesday, August 11th - South Korea has resumed psychological warfare against North Korea in retaliation for last week’s land mine explosion, Lotte Engineering & Construction has been indicted for poor management of its accident prone, 123-story Lotte World Tower skyscraper, and South Korea may soon lose its UN designation as a “drug-free” nation. For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, subscribe in the iTunes Store, with your favorite Android application, or visit KoreaFM.net.

Monday, August 10th - South Korean president Park Geun-hye’s approval rating has hit 40%, the South Korea military says North Korea is to blame for a recent land mine explosion in the DMZ, and an appeals court has ruled that a Korean man can be legally fired for downloading pornographic videos at work. For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, subscribe in the iTunes Store, with your favorite Android application, or visit KoreaFM.net.

"This Week Korea" is an anything goes panel discussion program featuring the opinions of expats and Korean nationals on some of the biggest yet often underreported stories from the last week. On today's show, "The Korea File Podcast" host André Goulet (facebook.com/TheKoreaFile), Seoul National University PhD student Daniel Lee, and aspiring radio broadcaster Minkyo Park discuss 1) the end of Korea's paper bank books 2) protests over Jeju's upcoming naval base and 3) the 70th anniversary of the Korean peninsula's liberation from Japanese colonial rule."This Week Korea" is an original program produced by KoreaFM.net, an online radio station featuring independent musicians and podcasters from the Korean peninsula. Subscribe to our daily "Korean News Update Podcast" or weekly "This Week Korea Podcast" at http://feeds.feedburner.com/koreafm . The music for today's program is provided by Korea FM artist "Dead Buttons" - https://www.facebook.com/Deadbuttons

Saturday, August 8th - A former major in the Korean military has been convicted of smuggling arms to Lebanon, a new poll says late South Korean President Park Jeong-hee was the greatest leader in ROK history, and North Korea will soon have its own time zone. For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, subscribe in the iTunes Store, with your favorite Android application, or visit KoreaFM.net.

Friday, August 7th - North Korea says any future nuclear tests depend on U.S. attitude, Seoul will soon implement a zero tolerance sex offender policy for its teachers, and the government has unveiled a new plan that would give companies tax credits for employing young Koreans. For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, subscribe in the iTunes Store, with your favorite Android application, or visit KoreaFM.net.

A former South Korean first lady is in Pyongyang on a 4 day trip to strengthen inter-Korean dialogue, the US Navy says it would like to use a new naval base on Jeju island for training, and despite high prices at the store, South Korea is seeing a large rise in fruit imports. For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, subscribe in the iTunes Store, with your favorite Android application, or visit KoreaFM.net.

August 5th, 2015 - 7 South Koreans have died due to heat stroke, men and women in Seoul are taller and heavier than ever before, and fear over MERS has pushed online shopping in Korea to the highest numbers ever recorded.For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, subscribe in the iTunes Store, with your favorite Android application, or visit KoreaFM.net.

2 soldiers have been wounded in an explosion on southern side of DMZ, South Korea has the highest ratio of underpaid workers in the OECD, and a Sewol activist has been charged with defaming President Park Geun-hye over her whereabouts during last year’s ferry sinking. For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, subscribe in the iTunes Store, with your favorite Android application, or visit KoreaFM.net.

"This Week Korea" is an anything goes panel discussion program featuring the opinions of expats and Korean nationals on some of the biggest yet often underreported stories from the last week. On today's show, "Marmot's Hole" power blogger and magazine professional Robert Koehler, English teacher and indie rocker Stephanie Bankston and "Cafe Seoul Podcast" host Eugene Hwang discuss 1) the end of MERS in Korea 2) glass ceiling for female executives and 3) the worst job market for young adults in Korea in the last 15 years."This Week Korea" is an original program produced by KoreaFM.net, an online radio station that features independent musicians and podcasters from the Korean peninsula. The music for today's program is provided by Korea FM artist "Dead Buttons" - https://www.facebook.com/Deadbuttons

Spain’s antitrust watchdog has fined Korea’s top automaker, Samsung is still number 1 in global smartphone sales, and you may get an extra day off this month to celebrate South Korea’s liberation from Japan. Subscribe to Korean News Update through the Itunes Store or Android podcasting applications. For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, visit http://KoreaFM.net

"This Week Korea" is an anything goes panel discussion program featuring the opinions of expats and Korean nationals on some of the biggest yet often underreported stories from the last week. On today's show, Seoul-based Irish journalist John Power, NSFW 'Korea Underground Podcast' host Stephen Leavy, HUFS PhD student Matthew Hinshaw, and American radio journalist Chance Dorland discuss 1) the surge in driving-related Korean fatalities 2) Kpop singer sentenced to 18 months in prison for smoking marijuana and 3) Donald Trump says Korea is a freeloader for not paying for its defense."This Week Korea" is an original program produced by KoreaFM.net, an online radio station that features independent musicians and podcasters from the Korean peninsula. The music for today's program is provided by Korea FM artist "Dead Buttons" - https://www.facebook.com/Deadbuttons

"This Week Korea" is an anything goes panel discussion program featuring the opinions of expats and Korean nationals on some of the biggest yet often underreported stories from the last week. On today's show, syndicated Asia News Weekly podcast host Steve Miller, "The Korean Foreigner" blogger John Lee, NSFW 'Korea Underground Podcast' co-host Teresa Chen, and American radio journalist Chance Dorland discuss 1) Recent charges for Sewol protest organizers 2) The National Intelligence Services's hacking controversy 3) Korea's fear of Lotte Tower 4) and the request to move the 'Nut Rage' trial to South Korea."This Week Korea" is an original program produced by KoreaFM.net, an online radio station that features independent musicians and podcasters from the Korean peninsula. The music for today's program is provided by Korea FM artist "Dead Buttons" - https://www.facebook.com/Deadbuttons