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The Korean language has diverged between North and South Korea due to the length of time that the two states have been separated. [1]The Korean Language Society in 1933 made the "Proposal for Unified Korean Orthography" (Korean: 한글 맞춤법 통일안; Hanja: 한글맞춤法統一案; RR: Hangeul Matchumbeop Tong-iran).
The Korea Journal is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering Korean studies. It was established in 1961 and is published by the Academy of Korean Studies. The editor-in-chief is Myoun-hoi Do (Daejeon University). The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Arts and Humanities Citation Index. [1]
North Korea's approach to vocabulary management, consisting of maintenance, distribution, and control, is executed based on a centralized, top-down policy, which fundamentally differs from South Korea's approach. [6] Vocabulary maintenance in North Korea principally targets words of foreign origin, classified into Sino-Korean words and loan words.
The OpenNet Initiative classifies Internet censorship in South Korea as pervasive in the conflict/security area, as selective in the social area, with fewer evidence of filtering in the political and Internet tools areas. [7] In 2011 South Korea was included on Reporters Without Borders list of countries Under Surveillance. [8]
Source: [2] Chapter 1 - Sin. Article 1 - A person who actively cooperates in the Korea-Japan annexation in conspiracy with the Japanese government, or a person who signs a treaty or document that infringes on the sovereignty of Korea or conspiracy to conspire, shall be punished by death or life imprisonment, and all or half of his or her property and inheritance shall be confiscated.
The Government of South Korea set December 31, 2012 as the deadline for digital conversion in South Korea. From 2013, South Korea will convert from the analogue broadcasting to the digital broadcasting.(This date coincides with the United Kingdom conversion date.) According to DTV Korea, the rate of digital TV sets in use is about 60% (2010). [15]
Voice of Korea (Korean: 조선의 소리) is the international broadcasting service of North Korea. It broadcasts primarily information in Chinese, Spanish, German, English, French, Russian, Japanese and Arabic. [1] Until 2002 it was known as Radio Pyongyang. The interval signal is identical to that of Korean Central Television.
In South Korea, a variety of different Asian people had migrated to the Korean Peninsula in past centuries, however few have remained permanently. South Korea is a highly homogenous nation, but has in recent decades become home to a number of foreign residents (4.37%), whereas North Korea has not experienced this trend.