# \#south-korea **URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tag/south-korea/1991.md [Latest](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md) · [Categories](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/categories.md) · [Tags](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tags.md) --- ## [November 1984—The Forty-Minute Korean War](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/november-1984-the-forty-minute-korean-war/1408)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [12 February 2026 07:56 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/november-1984-the-forty-minute-korean-war/1408 "2026-02-12T07:56:38Z")
For additional detail, see U.S. Army Col. Thomas Hanson’a article, “A Forty-Minute Korean War: The Soviet Defector Firefight in the Joint Security Area, Panmunjom, Korea, 23 November 1984”. The incident de… --- ## [A Modest (if Politically Incorrect) Proposal](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/a-modest-if-politically-incorrect-proposal/4908)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [7 January 2026 01:31 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/a-modest-if-politically-incorrect-proposal/4908 "2026-01-07T01:31:26Z")
The Usual Suspects love to talk about “sustainability” – but they ignore the most basic aspect of actual societal sustainability: unless each woman has 2.1 children, any society will blow away. What brought this to min… --- ## [Why South Koreans Aren't Having Kids](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/why-south-koreans-arent-having-kids/3559)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [10 July 2025 01:02 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/why-south-koreans-arent-having-kids/3559 "2025-07-10T01:02:08Z")
South Korea has one of the lowest birthrate (total fertility rate) figures in the world. The 2023 statistics from the United Nations Population Fund estimates a rate of 0.9 births per woman, with only Hong Kong lower at… --- ## [Justice versus the Law, Gangnam Style](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/justice-versus-the-law-gangnam-style/5863)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [27 March 2025 22:20 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/justice-versus-the-law-gangnam-style/5863 "2025-03-27T22:20:58Z")
We live in a world in which the Biden Administration used the Law to abuse Jan 6 protestors; in which English judges are using the Law to crush an inconvenient individual like Tommy Robinson; in which mere judges in Rom… --- ## [A Compelling South Korean Revenge Drama](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/a-compelling-south-korean-revenge-drama/5844)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [16 March 2025 14:18 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/a-compelling-south-korean-revenge-drama/5844 "2025-03-16T14:18:08Z")
There is the law. And then there is justice. A common theme in many Korean dramas is that the upper layers of their democratic society are sordidly rotten – tainted by corrupt politicians, corrupt prosecutors, corrupt … --- ## [SpaceX Korea 425 Project Flight 1 Launch](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/spacex-korea-425-project-flight-1-launch/4046)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [2 December 2023 14:22 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/spacex-korea-425-project-flight-1-launch/4046 "2023-12-02T14:22:29Z")
SpaceX plans to launch South Korea’s 425 Project satellite, the first in a series of five planned synthetic aperture radar reconnaissance satellites, from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space For… --- ## [Making Steel Reinforcing Bars in a South Korea Factory](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/making-steel-reinforcing-bars-in-a-south-korea-factory/2457)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [20 December 2022 02:39 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/making-steel-reinforcing-bars-in-a-south-korea-factory/2457 "2022-12-20T02:39:28Z")
--- ## [The Rise and Fall of South Korea's Daewoo Group](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-rise-and-fall-of-south-koreas-daewoo-group/2083)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [30 September 2022 12:42 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-rise-and-fall-of-south-koreas-daewoo-group/2083 "2022-09-30T12:42:51Z")
“Let’s compete with the Chinese by reducing quality, cutting price, loading up on debt, and buying factories all over the world.”