December 31, 2010

Is the European Union a democracy?

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  • Bukovsky's warning - Vladimir Bukovsky, a former Soviet dissident who has lived in England since 1976, compares the European Union with the Soviet Union (4:37 min)

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  • Fukushima Forces Europe to Rethink Nuclear Energy - "The unfolding catastrophe at the Japanese nuclear power plant Fukushima has forced a number of European countries to radically rethink their energy policies and eventually renounce nuclear power." - IPS - April 1, 2011
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  • How Severe Is Europe's Intertwined Debt Crisis? - "Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on the ongoing fallout from Europe's debt crisis, which has led to political woes and bank bailouts among other problems." - PBS Newshour - 9:04 - Jan 24, 2011

China's threat to the world

China's 60th Anniversary ParadeChina's 60th birthday parade - Image by @ alex via Flickr



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  • Chinese intelligence operations in the US - "The People's Republic of China (PRC) has and is currently using a widespread effort to acquire U.S. military technology and classified information. To fulfill its long-term military development goals, the PRC uses a variety of methods to obtain U.S. technology; including espionage, the exploitation of commercial entities, and a network of scientific, academic, and business contacts." - Wikipedia
  • Military budget of the People's Republic of China - Wikipedia
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  • Chinese military song - 2:50 min

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  • What is The China Threat? - Bill Gertz, the leading national security journalist in the United States, and the author of "The China Threat" discusses how the Pentagon decided China is no threat entirely from China's public statements. (conservative viewpoint, interview conducted in 2,000 - 27 min)


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Neanderthals

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  • Neanderthal - "The Neanderthal is an extinct member of the Homo genus that is known from Pleistocene specimens found in Europe and parts of western and central Asia." - Wikipedia
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  • * Dr. Jean-Jacques Hublin: Neanderthals Deciphered - The latest information about Neanderthals in this 1 1/2 hour video - Scientists are using new techniques such as plotting skulls and measuring the difference between one hominin and another in order to discover how far species are apart. They also use a technique similar to dendrochronology, which is to find information based on tree-rings, but now for teeth. Add to that the study of DNA and we're in for an exciting new discoveries. - Jan 2011


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Human races

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  • Heidelberg Man Links Humans, Neanderthals - "What was thought to be a cousin turns out to be parent on the human evolutionary family tree. The last common ancestor of humans and Neanderthals was a tall, well-traveled species called Heidelberg Man, according to a new PLoS One study." - Discovery News - May 4, 2011
  • Fire did not spark human colonisation of cold Europe - "Humans may have been much later to master fire than we thought. A review of supposed archaeological hearths in Europe suggests that the oldest date to just 400,000 years ago." - New Scientist - March 14, 2011
  • When Earth's Human Population Was 18,500! - "Scientists have calculated that for a period lasting one million years and beginning 1.2 million years ago, at a time when our ancestors were spreading through Africa, Europe and Asia, there were probably between 18,500 to 26,000 individuals capable of breeding (and no more than 26,000)." - The Daily Galaxy - March 1, 2011
  • Ancient Tools May Mark Earlier Path Out of Africa - "On the basis of tools [found in the United Arab Emirates], [researchers] propose that humans crossed from eastern Africa to Arabia around 130,000 years ago." - Wired Science - Jan 27, 2011
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  • The Genographic Project - Wikipedia: "The Genographic Project, launched on April 13, 2005 by the National Geographic Society and IBM, is a multi-year genetic anthropology study that aims to map historical human migration patterns by collecting and analyzing DNA samples from hundreds of thousands of people from around the world."
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Korea North-South relations

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  • Korean War - The Korean War (1950–armistice, 1953) was a military conflict between the Republic of Korea, supported by the UN, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which was supported by People's Republic of China (PRC), with military material aid from the Soviet Union. - Wikipedia
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  • Born and raised in a concentration camp - The story of a refugee born in a North Korean concentration camp and his experiences in freedom (1 hr 6 min)

  • Interview - History of North & South Korea - Dr. Rainer Werning on some of the history of North and South Korea, June 2003 in Seoul, South Korea - critical of South Korea and the USA (43 min)



  • Korea war documentary(20 min)

South Korea's high-tech society

A giant display and solar panel lamp at Nuritkum Square, Digital Media City, Seoul, South Korea (Wikipedia)

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  • Digital Media City or DMC is the first high-tech complex in the world for digital technologies, housing ubiquitous networked offices, apartments, exhibitions, conference halls and cultural centers in Seoul, South Korea (Wikipedia)
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  • How your high-tech Korean apartment takes care of you


December 30, 2010

Struggle for indigenous autonomy

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  • Origins of autonomy- "The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples does not support indigenous nationalist autonomy, but rather supports rights to internal self-determination" - Indian Country Today - December 30, 2010

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  • Native American Music Video - 3:45 min



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Main Korean historic locations

Gyeongbok-gung palace, SeoulGyeongbok-Gung Seoul - Image via Wikipedia





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  • Journey to Baekdu Mountain 2010/08/05 FTV News (4:42 min) - the Heaven Lake at the border between North Korea and China is the legendary birthplace of Korea's founding ancestors





History of Korea

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  • Historical records bound for ‘World Memory’ list - "... Ilsungrok,” a diary-style log of Joseon-era kings’ daily lives, and collections of documents on the Gwangju Democratization Movement of 1980..." - Korea Joongang Daily - May 26, 2011
  • Where did Asians migrate from? - "A new study shows all Asians probably originated from Southeast Asia and migrated northward, indicating Japanese landed in their present location via the Korean peninsula." - The Korea Herald - March 30, 2010
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  • Korea Today - US Army film made after the Korean War, a study of American soldiers helping a nation to help itself - with historical footage - download site - 28:41 min





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China

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  • Chinese music - 6:20 min



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  • "The Chinese Model" - Orville Schell about capitalism Chinese style - The Real News Network video - May 13, 2011

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  • Growing Number of Koreans Deciding to Become Farmers - "A growing number of people are returning to the countryside to become farmers, seeking to get back in touch with their roots and to have a more relaxing lifestyle, statistics show" - The Chosun Ilbo - April 19, 2011
  • Chosun-Era Medical Text to Be Published in English - "A Korean medical encyclopedia dating from the Chosun Dynasty is set to be published in English in time to celebrate its 400th anniversary in 2013. The Dongui Bogam, or Principles and Practice of Eastern Medicine, was compiled by royal physician Heo Jun in 1613. It served as a key reference book in many Asian countries at the time, including China and Japan." - Chosun Ilbo - March 12, 2011
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  • Korean Traditional Music (Arirang) - 3:02 min




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