Photos: Protest of murdered serviceman rages in South Korea
Fierce protesting raged outside Seoul's Chinese embassy yesterday in response to the Dec 12 killing of a South Korean serviceman by the Chinese captain of a mainland fishing vessel. The coastguard officer, Lee Cheong-ho, was allegedly stabbed repeatedly during a tussle with Chinese crew members while on a mission to end an illicit fishing operation in South Korean waters.
Seoul shrouded in radioactive dust from China
On Saturday, Seoul was covered in a blanket of yellow dust for more than two hours, and the whole nation put under the first yellow dust alert of the year. The dust has been found to be radioactive, but it isn't coming from Fukushima, it's coming from China.
Open Web Asia: Asian technology firms can show the way forward
Shanghaiist has just returned home from the power-packed Open Web Asia conference in Seoul, Korea which bills itself — and is — the "first truly pan-Asia web technology event". We rubbed shoulders with some movers and shakers in the industry and came away from their presentations impressed with the amount of innovation originating out of Asia. While some international heavyweights like Jason Calacanis of Mahalo and Loic Le Meur of Seesmic fame spoke at the conference, it was really the lesser-known Asia-based folks that blew our minds away with their insight.
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