After returning the taxi back to a friend and playing with being anonymous, Lee was back into his real life, starring in hugely popular South Korean TV series and making a name for himself in Hollywood.

CNN: Lee Byung-hun: Korea's leading man

South Korea has accused North Korean spies of masterminding a series of high-profile cyber-attacks last month.

BBC: Cyber researcher in Seoul

In the previous blog post I mentioned how the global media had a series of stories on North Korean World Cup soccer team striker Jong Tae-Se, a North Korean passport-holder born and raised in Nagoya, Japan.

FORBES: Creating Bridges Into North Korea

Samsung's Nexus Prime is the latest in a series of smartphones produced by the Korean company, running Google's Android operating system.

BBC: Samsung Nexus Prime smartphone delay is 'Jobs tribute'

Actors Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Claire Danes, who play government characters on series, were among the attendees, as was Korean entertainer Psy.

NPR: Obama Jokes About Radical 2nd Term Changes

This one involves not just North Korea and America, but also South Korea and China, and is the fourth in a series of meetings designed to bring peace to the Korean peninsula (the Korean war ended with an armistice in 1953 but no formal peace treaty).

ECONOMIST: The Koreas

Elected in 1993 he embarked on a series of reforms to try to clean up the political system and undermine the long South Korean tradition of close links between businessmen and politicians.

BBC: No tears for outgoing President

Kim is the Korean pitcher who gave up game-losing home runs to the Yankees in two games of the 2001 World Series while he was an Arizona Diamondback.

FORBES: Remaking The Red Sox