About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Bonn, GermanyTwitter
South Korea Archive
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AFP: Koreas to meet in charged match
Posted on April 1, 2009 | 1 CommentJust in case North Korea wasn’t in the news enough for its recent capture of two American journalists and its new threat of a missile launch, the country has just sent its soccer team to Seoul to take on South Korea in a qualifying match... -
Cyrus on Global Voices
Posted on May 20, 2008 | 1 CommentHamid Tehrani of Global Voices conducted an email interview with me about my forthcoming book, tentatively titled The Internet of Elsewhere. Cyrus Farivar is a USA-based blogger, journalist and writer. He is currently working on a book about the impact of the internet on society.... -
Fridge for sale & Looking for a Korean translator
Posted on May 25, 2007 | No CommentsMy current Craigslist listings: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/hsh/338239882.html http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/wet/338252040.html -
First train in over 50 years crosses Korean DMZ
Posted on May 17, 2007 | No CommentsI’d heard some people talk about train links between North and South Korea when I was there last month, and now, it’s finally happened. For the first time since the Korean War that a train has crossed the DMZ. Yes, it’s historic and emotional and... -
Farewell, Korea
Posted on April 28, 2007 | 1 CommentWell, my three weeks in South Korea has come to an end. I tried (seriously) to make it up to North Korea, but it was going to cost me too much money and there was a 50/50 shot that the paperwork wouldn’t come through anyway.... -
Korean Unification Commercial
Posted on April 28, 2007 | 1 CommentAaron‘s wife, Soo Jin, first showed me this commercial in Busan last weekend. IHT, February 9 2006: SAN FRANCISCO – The Bush administration is drawing up plans to further tighten the noose around North Korea by barring financial firms investing in Pyongyang from conducting business... -
Standing on Freedom’s Frontier
Posted on April 27, 2007 | 9 CommentsI’m not really sure what to make of my trip to the Korean DMZ (De-militarized Zone), and actually standing a few feet inside of North Korea for a few minutes. The best analogy that I can come up with is being taken to a zoo,... -
Photos from Korea, Round 5 (DMZ Edition)
Posted on April 27, 2007 | 2 Comments -
Photos from Korea, Round 4
Posted on April 25, 2007 | No Comments -
Live octopus tentacles!
Posted on April 25, 2007 | 98 CommentsRemember those octopus tentacles I mentioned earlier? I wasn’t kidding.
