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Guarding the frontier of a frozen war

Elizabeth Sullivan | Korea | November 11, 2007

Panmunjom, South Korea - There will be no Veterans Day parades for Sgt. Frank Tony Saccomen. No graveyard visits or ceremonies with older veterans describing their wars. That's ...
The two Koreas: Repairing relations

Michael Mosettig | Korea | November 07, 2007

In October 2007, the leaders of North and South Korea agreed to declare a formal end to their 1950-53 war and work on improving relations. A month ...
Dogs fight for their rights in Reykjavik

Libby Casey | Iceland | November 05, 2007

Gunnhildur Thordardottir and her son Olafur marched with their dogs Skuggi and Bjartur in Reykjavik’s pro-dog rally. Photo courtesy of Fall 2007 IRP Fellow Libby Casey. ...
Korea Journal

Randall Smith | Korea | November 04, 2007

For two weeks, Kansas City Star Editor Randy Smith traveled to North Korea and South Korea with a dozen U.S. journalists. Click here to read more about Smith's ...
2007 Gatekeeper Trip to Korea

Matthew O'Neill | Korea | November 01, 2007

In Fall 2007 IRP Gatekeepers traveled to the Korean Peninsula, where they spent most of their trip in South Korea interviewing a wide cross-section of leaders in government, ...
Their Turn

Steve Kiehl | Mexico | October 31, 2007

Cerro de las Tablas, MEXICO - The dance to honor the dead begins in the cemetery, where the souls of the departed are collected and taken into the dirt roads and the concrete ...
African fishermen find way of conservation in the Koran

Eliza Barclay | Zanzibar | October 31, 2007

Pemba, Zanzibar - For years, Salim Haji was told by government officials and international groups that his methods of fishing were destroying the coral and weren't sustainable. ...
Advancing the national myth of unity

Michael Mosettig | Korea | October 30, 2007

Nearing 84, his gait has slowed and he walks with a cane. But former South Korean president and Nobel laureate Kim Dae Jung still delivers with quiet intensity his message that ...
Iceland shows Alaska the ways of geothermal

Libby Casey | Iceland | October 18, 2007

Reykjavik, ICELAND - Chena Hot Springs Resort near Fairbanks is the first place in Alaska where geothermal energy is being used for everything from heating swimming pools and ...
Imagine Peace Tower

Libby Casey | Iceland | October 09, 2007

Today's Geo Quiz sent us to an island near Reykjavik, Iceland. Videy Island: Videy Island (Viðey Island) is the tip of a long extinct volcano.There are no trees just grasses ...

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Fellows 2007 Fellow Directory

Eliza Barclay

Affiliation:

Freelance Print, Mexico City

Country:

Tanzania & Kenya
Libby Casey

Affiliation:

KUAC-FM, Fairbanks, AK

Country:

Iceland
Vanessa Gezari

Affiliation:

St. Petersburg Times

Country:

Liberia
Krista Kapralos

Affiliation:

The Herald, Everett, WA

Country:

Venezuela
Steve Kiehl

Affiliation:

Baltimore Sun

Country:

Mexico
Nikole Killion

Affiliation:

WJLA NewsChannel 8, Arlington, VA

Country:

South Africa
Christina Larson

Affiliation:

The Washington Monthly

Country:

China
Shereen Meraji

Affiliation:

National Public Radio, Los Angeles

Country:

Lebanon
Jessica Reaves

Affiliation:

Chicago Tribune

Country:

Senegal
Greg Warner

Affiliation:

Freelance reporter, WHYY-FM, Philadelphia

Country:

Afghanistan