Amnesty International urges Taliban to free the ho...

Amnesty International urges Taliban to free the ho... Amnesty International (AI) has made direct contact with a Taliban spokesman to demand the immediate and unconditional release of Korean hostages, rebuking the Afghan rebels for failure to fulfill their earlier commitments to comply with internat...

	Hundreds attend funeral for hostage victim Wiping away tears that dripped down their cheeks, about 300 friends and relatives said goodbye Saturday (August 4) to Shim Sung-min, the second Korean captive killed by Taliban militants last month.

	Korean literature promotion should start at home: ... "Koreans tend to complain that there is not enough Korean literature introduced abroad. -- Well, let me surprise you.” “From 2000- 2007 we had 83 books --I know of alone -- translated into English, that's 10 books a year. That's not bad at all, ...