INTERNATIONAL, July 2000; Internet Prospector

July 2000
Internet Prospector

INTERNATIONAL

LET FREEDOM RING

The USA remembers its separation from England with picnics, parades and fireworks. As American flags and barbecues were readied this year, South Korea's president, Kim Dae- jung, met with North Korea's Kim Jong-il to gently forge a trailhead to reunification for their long-divided countries. The door to prospect information is about to open, so it's a fitting time to visit the Koreas. Let's begin with the CIA's World Factbook profiles for North and South Korea:

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/country.html#k

Next stop, the U.S. Embassy in Seoul . . .

http://usembassy.state.gov/seoul/wwwheng2.html

Review a bit of history and the latest news and developments there. If you can't find all that you need, two newspapers that will give you more (in English) are:

The Korea Herald -- http://www.koreaherald.co.kr Korea Times -- http://www.koreatimes.co.kr

There is still plenty of searching to do, isn't there? Lycos, Yahoo and AltaVista offer searching in Korea. Did I mention that it's searching in Korean? Yahoo links visitors to downloads that will enable you to view Korean language.

In the meantime, let's look elsewhere. Asiaco bills itself as "the Asia search engine," but the FAQ reveals that it's searching in a pond of about one million sites. The happy news is that Asiaco has constructed interesting country pages. Access pages for both North and South Korea from Asiaco's homepage. The country pages organize all the subsequent links into categories, including government, news, business, education and more.

http://search.asiaco.com/

Another site, Asian American Net, offers pages covering North and South Korea (as well as other locales). First, choose East Asia for links to overview and comprehensive Web sites (including university-based country pages):

http://www.asianamerican.net/eastasia.html

Next, visit both North and South Korea's Asian American Net pages at

http://www.asianamerican.net/nkorea.html

http://www.asianamerican.net/skorea.html

Watch for the collections of information at the North Korean branch of these pages to grow. In the meantime, light a sparkler for a new era that may be dawning in the Koreas.

Cecilia Hogan

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