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    Feb 12

    I would say the better option won. I explained here:

    We debated between calling the lunar new year holiday “gujeong” (구정) or “seollal” (설날). Seollal - “new year’s day” - won out. Agreed on one thing: Don’t call it Chinese New Year. , help me out with this debate.
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    Feb 12

    Why is there "new new year" and "old new year"? Because Japan did not (and still does not) celebrate lunar new year and tried to eradicate the lunar new year in Korea during the colonial times as a part of the forcible assimilation campaign.

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    Feb 12

    "Seollal" is the better option IMO because "gujeong" is used mostly (I'd say almost exclusively) in a situation when there is a need to distinguish lunar new year from solar new year. As in: "does your family celebrate gujeong or sinjeong?"

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    Feb 12

    "Gujeong" means "old new year", which Koreans often use to indicate the lunar new year. "Sinjeong", the "new new year", is the solar new year (Jan 1). But "seollal" just means "new year's day."

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  5. Feb 12

    Premiere of 's newest documentary just happens to be airing on Kim Jong Il's birthday (Feb. 15 ET/Feb. 16 in Pyongyang).. what a gift for Day of the Shining Star!

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    North Korea: Inside the Mind of a Dictator and The New Air Force One: The Flying Fortress air Monday at 8/7c and 10/9c.
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  6. Feb 12

    We debated between calling the lunar new year holiday “gujeong” (구정) or “seollal” (설날). Seollal - “new year’s day” - won out. Agreed on one thing: Don’t call it Chinese New Year. , help me out with this debate.

    Happy new year! It's the first day of the new year, seollal (설날), on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, according to the lunar calendar. . Traditionally, the holiday is a time for Koreans to return to their hometowns to reunite with extended family. But with the…
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    Feb 3

    TOMORROW 9 am EST: Join Korea Center director, , for the webcast, "The North Korea Issue in U.S.-China Relations: New Directions under the Biden Administration?", hosted by Georgetown University and the Project on Strategic Dialogue in the Asia-…

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    Jan 26

    ICYMI: gives her thoughts on the latest high level North Korean defection in the . "Another factor could be Mr. Tae's success in South Korea, which may have inspired other senior diplomats to defect, said Jean H. Lee." Read more:

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    Jan 25

    Today we release “Malign Creativity: How Gender, Sex, and Lies are Weaponized Against Women Online.” Yes, we're breaking glass ceilings, but our study shows how far we have to go before women have a truly equal voice, online or off. Top lines follow:

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    Jan 14

    Thread of the 100 photos of the DPRK military parade in Pyongyang today

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    Jan 11

    on 's recent statement that he intends to continue amassing an advanced nuclear and missile arsenal: "... His plans for a nuclear buildup serve as a potent warning." Read more in the -

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    Jan 9

    North Korea's Kim Jong Un says the country's approach to the U.S. wouldn't change no matter the president, promising to advance its nuclear weapon program

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  13. Jan 8

    I'm afraid we are in an exponentially more dangerous & difficult situation with than we were four years ago, when President Trump took office. And life for ordinary North Koreans is tougher than ever before.

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  14. Jan 8

    Given advanced state of 's program, any testing is dangerous & potentially destabilizing for the region. Kim's declarations are potent warning. That also means there’s time to ward him off. Big challenge ahead for Biden-Harris Administration.

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  15. Jan 8

    While we’ve been distracted, Kim Jong Un has quietly been expanding his arsenal. And now he’s throwing down the gauntlet: Failed nuclear negotiations w Trump showed him he needs an even more threatening arsenal in order to improve his position. God help us.

    (LEAD) Kim calls U.S. 'biggest enemy,' vows to continue nuclear development
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    Jan 8

    Worth reading Twitter’s full statement on why Trump has been permanently banned

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  17. Jan 7

    Heart just skipped a beat.

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  18. Jan 5

    Analysis of this Party Congress in will have to wait. Watching ! From Sang-hun Choe

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  19. Jan 5

    On another note: If only we could turn the clock back to Jan. 5, 2020, and do things differently...

    2020 was last year.
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    Jan 5

    All eyes on Georgia, but... This is a day of *dramatic and sweeping escalation* under the National Security Law here in on so many levels...

    Jonathan Man tells CNN that Clancey is a US citizen, which would make him by my measure the first foreign citizen (who does not also hold a Hong Kong passport) to be arrested under the national security law. Others have been arrested who may hold dual citizenship.
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