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By Jumong The drama was filmed in South Korea and Manchuria and is filled with fantastic scenery, superb combat scenes and glamorous pops. The soundtrack is worth a collection too with soothing love ballads like Windflower, Dreams and Bijiran.   아이유 ─ Araro 아라로 (To the Ocean)   To reach the ocean, the will to reach the ocean To reach the ocean, the will to reach the ocean To reach the ocean, the will to reach the ocean To reach the ocean, the will to reach the ocean The wind blowing along the road into the train carriages in the way to the ocean The wind waves across the road through the sky follow the road like a breath To reach the ocean, the will to reach the ocean To reach the ocean, the will to reach the ocean To reach the ocean, the will to reach the ocean To the ocean The wind blowing along the road into the train carriages in the way to the ocean The wind waves across the road through the sky follow the road like a breath To reach the ocean, the will to reach the ocean To reach the ocean, the will to reach the ocean To reach the ocean, the will to reach the ocean To the ocean To reach the ocean, the will to reach the ocean To reach the ocean, the will to reach the ocean To reach the ocean, the will to reach the ocean To reach the ocean, the will to reach the ocean To reach the ocean, the will to reach the ocean To reach the ocean, the will to reach the ocean To reach the ocean, the will to reach the ocean To reach the ocean, the will to reach the ocean   Yesong (Windflower) If like this I turned my back on I disappeared I wouldn’t come into bloom If like this I gave a gasp while seeing you It might be good to live with closing my eyes Even I don’t see you, I’m saw you Even I don’t hear you, I’m heard you Like a wind flower which revived by your breathing I wish to reach you, but I can’t I wish to hug you, but I can’t Your fingertips reach my heart Will you know, after long long night? The love smiling in tears I wish to catch you, but I can’t I wish to reach you, but I can’t Like a wind flower which revived in your heart Even I don’t see you, I’m saw you Even I don’t hear you, I’m heard you Getting scattered in the wind Getting scattered into your heart   Come, People of God Come, people of God We are here for the love of truth Winter may conquer us, but we stand still Until the spring comes to this land Come, children of God We believe in the love of truth Darkness may rule of night but we stand tall Until the sunrise is high Silence may be our voices within our hearts But we know God is on our side This is the land God promised for us So we must be the light of this world We know this is our destiny Children of god follow our star Silence may be our voices within our hearts But we know God is on our side This is the land God promised for us So we must be the light of this world  Read More →

Written by Our Correspondent Almost a year after the AWARE saga which rocked the entire nation, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong finally realized that his administration was "duped" by "astroturfers" into making hasty decisions about the sexual education programme conducted by AWARE. “Astroturfing” refers to the creation of a fake grassroots or “people power” movement. The term for fake “grassroots” organising originates from a product called Astroturf, which is a plastic fake grass carpet-like product commonly used in baseball and football. In the aftermath of the divisive AWARE EGM on 2 May 2009, an online petition started by a C F Khoo garnered over 7,000 signatures in less than a week, forcing MOE to suspend Aware’s Comprehensive Sex Education (CSE) indefinitely. Speaking at a REACH forum yesterday, PM Lee said he received many emails from opposing camps during the AWARE saga which were identical and obviously cut and pasted from a template. He added that "the government cannot make decisions simply based on the volume of emails supporting or opposing a particular situation" and must also be cautious of such "Astroturfing" campaigns. PM Lee used another example to illustrate his point that not all online feedback are "authentic"  - the names and phone numbers attached to recent emails criticizing the government on property prices all turned out to be fake. The latest attempt by PM Lee to cast aspersions on the credibility of the New Media comes in a time when there is a rising number of online petitions and Facebook groups set up by Singaporeans to express their unhappiness over some government policies. For example, an online petition was started two weeks ago by a Singaporean Gilbert Goh calling on Singapore employers to hire Singaporeans first. This was followed a week later by a Facebook group comprising of "virgin" Singapore voters who are clamoring to vote in the next general election. Some opposition politicians have also made use of online campaigns to advocate their political convictions. Singapore People Party's member Alex Tan started a Facebook group to vote out the PAP which has garnered more than 4,200 members so far. Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Secretary-General of the Reform Party jumped in the fray too by setting up a Facebook group to call on the PAP to abolish GRCs. With the rise of the New Media as a popular medium of communication among young Singaporeans, the PAP has been trying desperately hard to dismiss online views as not being "representative" of the majority of Singaporeans. Why should PM Lee care about the "authenticity" of the feedback he received anyway? After all, as his favorite minister Lim Swee Say put it bluntly in Parliament a month ago: "We (PAP) are DEAF to all criticisms."   EDITORS’ NOTE: Please join our Facebook discussion on this article here and invite your friends to do so as well to raise awareness among fellow Singaporeans.   Related articles: >> Astroturfers oppose Siew Kum Hong's re-nomination as NMP >> Astroturfers launch online petition to MOE to remove AWARE as sex education provider  Read More →

作者：中央社  27/03/2010 针对纽约时报公司支付名誉赔偿金给新加坡内阁资政李光耀，总理李显龙父子等人，无国界记者组织（RSF）对其在网站上发表公开信给李显龙，谴责他们的行为迫害新闻自由。 纽约时报公司因旗下“国际前锋论坛报”一篇“都是一家人”的文章，把李光耀父子列入“亚洲政治皇朝”名单，被认为影射李显龙非靠自己实力坐上总理之位，被李光耀，李显龙父子及国务资政吴作栋控告诽谤，支付 16万新元（新台币363万2000元）给李氏父子和吴作栋。 无国界记者组织秘书长朱利亚（Francois Julliard）在网站上发表一封给李显龙的公开信，批评李显龙和父亲只因为不喜欢某篇文章，再度因新加坡本地“顺从的司法体系”总是在李显龙或李家控 告外国媒体的所有案件中，以判决支持李显龙和李显龙的家庭，迫使外国媒体道歉，同时支付一大笔钱给李氏父子，这是一种双重惩罚。 这封公开信细数了李光耀，李显龙等新加坡高层透过诽谤诉讼控告外国媒体，和无理由停止延长居留签证以让外国记者被迫离开新加坡，以及新加坡新闻，通讯及艺术部对当地媒体和影片等艺术品进行审查等诸多损害言论自由的案例。 公开信谴责李光耀父子，多年来从事司法干扰行动，以防止外国媒体太接近而妨害了李光耀父子统治国家的利益，“这种行为严重且长期损害新加坡的新闻自由”。 公开信指李显龙在担任总理的6年来，虽然宣称赞成开放的社会，但却很少看到新加坡言论自由有所改善。 朱利亚在公开信中呼吁李光耀父子等人，停止对媒体和记者采取诽谤诉讼，修改刑法，废除针对媒体的监禁罪刑条文，修改国家安全法，停止让当局可因思想对人进行拘禁，以及修改有关出版限制的新闻法，同时放宽对影片制作的限制，且停止当局对媒体节目单独审查的权力等。 来源：http://iservice.libertytimes.com.tw  Read More →