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Sex slavery victim's death attracts despicable cyber bullies

A funeral service for the comfort women victim Hwang Geum-ja was held at Ewha Womans University Medical Center on Tuesday. / Courtesy of NewsIs  By Ko Dong-hwan News of a comfort women victim’s recent death drew some shameless cyber bullying comments, stirring more ethically-moderate netizens with anger, sources said Tuesday.The comments followed news that Hwang Geum-ja, a 90-year-old victim of Japanese military’s sexual slavery during World War II, died of natural causes at 1:30 a.m. on Sunday.As the news report was publicized around 10:30 a.m. the same day, controversial comments began to stud the online news webpage.From around noon, cyber bullies made comments like “I give her respect as she made her profession at the age of 12,” and “I want to apologize to the Japanese for our constant noise-making with emotional outburst.”Other cyber bullies made comments based on unconfirmed facts. One bully wrote, “Her lucky son will inherit tens of billions of won.” And another wrote, “The victims of sex slavery are no

Jan 28, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
Sex slavery victim's death attracts despicable cyber bullies

Grave of NK leader's maternal grandfather discovered in Jeju

Grave of Ko Yong-ok, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's maternal great grandfather, was discovered on Jeju Island. By Ko Dong-hwan North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s maternal grandfather and great-grandfather have been sharing soil with the Republic of Korea all along, Chosun Ilbo said Tuesday.It’s been discovered that graves of Ko Kyeong-taek, father of the leader’s mother Ko Yong-hui, and her grandfather Ko Yong-ok are located in Bonggae-dong, Jeju City on Jeju Island.It is unprecedented that any verifiable whereabouts of the leader’s grandfather has been spotted since his mother was identified.The sources also said that Ko Kyeong-taek lived in Bukchon-ri, Jocheon-eup in the same city before his departure for Japan in 1913.  

Jan 28, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
Grave of NK leader's maternal grandfather discovered in Jeju

Voluptuous girl group videotaped during filming

Making-film footages of Rainbow Blaxx's Cha Cha / Courtesy of Sports DongABy Ko Dong-hwan A film footage for hallyu girl group Rainbow Blaxx’s new song Cha Cha showed close-up shots on the members, including zoomed-in busts and legs, sources said Tuesday.Captured in a video-spoof fashion using an 8-millimeter camera, the footage’s filmmaker takes up-close venture on the girls’ curvature body parts, adding provocative reality to it.The film abruptly ends as the group’s leader Jaekyung discovering they’ve been filmed, causing the filmmaker to halt.The footage was released on YouTube by the group promoter DSP Media on Tuesday.The agency had promised to release the film footage if music video Cha Cha draws one million views. In three days it did, reaching 1.5 million after four more days.  

Jan 28, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
Voluptuous girl group videotaped during filming

Man fined W1 mil. for moseying about women's washroom

A man faced criminla charge as he attempted to enter lady's room out of sexual desire. By Ko Dong-hwan A court slapped a hefty fine on a man on charges of attempting to sneak into women’s washroom to quench his sexual desire, sources said Friday.The Ulsan District Court on Friday imposed on the accused one million won in fine with 40 hours of sex crime therapy.Last year, the office worker found himself in the men’s washroom on the fourth floor of a high-rise residential building allegedly with his libido on the verge of exploding.  As the man was about to get across to the entrance of the feminine sanctuary, a woman inside the washroom noticed his presence and alarmed the security.The man, pulled aback by the woman, fled the scene instantly but ended up in court.The court overruled the man’s plea that he never entered the premise, acknowledging the witness’s testimony that she saw part of his body passing across the entrance.It rejected the man’s assertion that that he wasn’t entering the premise to get on with his libido.The court w

Jan 24, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
Man fined W1 mil. for moseying about women's washroom
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