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Monthly Archives: January 2006
Spot a fake, make some won
January 3, 2006 – 5:37 pm
(By guest blogger, Andy Jackson)
If you are a businessperson or copyright attorney in Korea and you don’t have a link to Dram Man, what’s wrong with you? He has a new site and is posting more than he had been in the past, including a couple of good ones he put up today.
First, he [...]
Lee Jong-seok to replace Comrade Chung
January 3, 2006 – 4:24 pm
As expected, deputy NSC chief Lee Jong-seok has been tabbed to replace Comrade Chung Dong-young as Minister of Unification.
Korean culture’s growing influence in China: NYT
January 3, 2006 – 8:44 am
The NYT’s Korea Booster Club president Norimitsu Onishi discusses the influence of Korean pop culture (and beyond) in the Middle Kingdom:
From clothes to hairstyle, music to television dramas, South Korea has been defining the tastes of many Chinese and other Asians for the past half decade. As part of what the Chinese call the Korean [...]
It’s only a matter of time, I guess
January 2, 2006 – 6:19 pm
At this point, self-nuking would just about be the only way for Pyongyang to get some attention.
(Hat tip to reader)
How NOT to win fights in K1
January 2, 2006 – 3:06 pm
This (.wmv file) was probably not Nakao Yoshihiro’s finest moment.
