December 20, 2005 – 1:44 pm
Another Mungyeong Pride moment, brought to you via Yonhap.
December 20, 2005 – 1:37 pm
UPDATE 1: Quadriplegic Steven Edwards wishes Hwang good luck in Wired (hat tip to the Chosun Ilbo).
ORIGINAL POST: Prof. Gerald Schatten might have been a rat trying to scurry off a sinking ship, but it may be too late–the Hankyoreh, quoting a University of Pittsburgh official, is reporting that the U.S. scientist will likely be [...]
December 20, 2005 – 9:35 am
In case you haven’t seen it yet, the NYT’s Norimitsu Onishi wrote a very interesting piece on the relationship between North Korean defectors and South Korean Christian missionaries, especially after they arrive in Seoul. Read the piece in its entirety–here’s just a sampling:
Behind these movements, though, are personal ties between defector and missionary, complicated by [...]
December 19, 2005 – 1:08 pm
Just added The Beiderbecke Affair, Yankee Aneiyo!, and Wild Korea (be sure to check out its pics from Mungyeong Saejae) to my blog list on the left.
December 19, 2005 – 12:44 pm
More evidence why comparisons between Jeju Island and Hawaii should be taken with a grain of salt.
Poor bastards have turned blue!
December 19, 2005 – 2:30 am
It might not include Mina’s boobs, but Andrei Lankov’s piece in the Asia Times on rising Chinese influence in Pyongyang is an absolute must read.
December 19, 2005 – 2:20 am
Don’t know how I missed these shots from "Miss World Cup" Mina’s recent photo spread:
Christ almighty…
P.S.: Well, I’m glad you liked them, Kevin.
December 19, 2005 – 1:58 am
Niall Kennedy interviewed Six Apart VP Nial Dash about Typepad’s weekend problems. If you’re a Typepad user, you might want to give the MP3 a listen.
December 19, 2005 – 1:42 am
UPDATE: Gypsy Scholar has a ton of commentary about the Hwang controversy. Including this:
If I let my imagination run wild, then I can imagine an outlandish scenario. Suppose that some collaborator wants more glory, unshared with Hwang. Solution? Destroy Hwang’s reputation and use Hwang’s "efficient" technique to develop patient-specific stem cells of one’s own.
Such a [...]
December 19, 2005 – 12:20 am
Can’t you just let Hong Kong keep ‘em?
December 19, 2005 – 12:07 am
Granted, I know North Korean officials must feel pretty uncomfortable when they visit the South, being surrounded by incontrovertible evidence of their massive failings and all, but still, you’d think they’d be able to refrain from taking cheap shots at their southern brothers’ "cultural impurity" while they’re here:
When Kwon Ho-ung, senior North Korean Cabinet Councilor, [...]
December 15, 2005 – 9:59 pm
TYPEPAD NOTE: Typepad apparently experienced an issue while conducting maintenance yesterday–the photos are currently being restored, and from what I can tell, the comments are not working. Hopefully, everything will be resolved sometime this weekend, although when exactly is anyone’s guess.
UPDATE 11: Just about every paper on the planet has stories on the controversy over [...]
December 15, 2005 – 5:48 pm
Well, this would certainly teach Mr. Vershbow:
North Korea’s state news agency recently proposed a novel punishment for the new United States ambassador here, Alexander Vershbow: South Koreans should force him to stand in the midst of Seoul’s notorious downtown traffic, and then "punish him in the name of the nation and immediately expel him from [...]
December 15, 2005 – 4:18 pm
Unification Minister Chung Dong-young, fresh from blowing off U.S. special envoy for North Korea Jay Lefkowitz and calling phantom press conferences to sabatoge North Korean human rights conferences, met with North Korean representatives in Jeju Island for the 17th round of intra-Korean ministerial talks. Chung has sparked discussion, however, by wearing his South Korean flag [...]
December 15, 2005 – 1:14 pm
It has been belatedly learned (thanks to KBS) that five North Koreans armed with rifles crossed the Tumen River into China’s Yonbyon region in the early morning hours of Oct. 16 and attempted to burglarize a mountainside resort villa. The manager of the resort quietly notified the authorities, who responded by sending six of the [...]
December 15, 2005 – 8:52 am
First it was "Winter Sonata." Now it’s Lineage 2:
The Korea Culture & Content Agency on Monday announced that it selected the online multiplayer game "Lineage2" as the winner of its annual award, which is given to an entertainment and culture product which recorded the largest export volume over the year.
The games’s developer NCsoft said it [...]
December 15, 2005 – 12:33 am
By SHELTON BUMGARNERMarmot’s Hole Guest Blogger
While not every foreign expat in Korea must go through that rite of passage known as the "visa run," enough do have to go to warrant a review of my most recent run. Maybe it might help you.
The Korean Consulate
For me, the key to a successful visa run to Japan [...]
December 14, 2005 – 2:00 pm
Dr. Gerald Schatten of the University of Pittsburgh has apparently asked Science to retract his name from a June paper he co-authored with Prof. Hwang Woo-suk, and advised Hwang and other co-authors to retract the paper, according to Pressian. The original English version of the letter, released by the University of Pittsburgh, is reprinted at [...]
December 14, 2005 – 1:21 pm
Actress/model Jun Ji-hyun has selected as the first Korean to appear on the cover of the Asian edition of French fashion magazine Elle.
She should appear on the cover of the magazine’s March edition.
