INTRO: Kuki News, the online edition of the Kukmin Ilbo, ran a five-part special feature Friday on what it considers the “unfair” process Koreans must undergo to get a U.S. visa. Some of the criticism leveled appears completely reasonable; some of it less so. Regardless, the Kuki pieces might reflect how a great [...]
Jeff in Busan has switched to Wordpress–his new blog can be found here.
Update your links accordingly.
The Korea Times‘ headline reads, ‘Korea Needs US Forces After Unification,’ but in actual fact, it appears Unification Minister Lee Jong-seok’s comments were not quite as direct. What he actually said (and take a look at the Korean version here) is that the North mustn’t raise the issue of USFK during the process of [...]
Going to a tiger’s cave to catch a tiger.
So explained President Roh Moo-hyun, who reportedly has offered to visit the Yushukan War Museum, located within Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine, if the Japanese government were to invite him. The Yushukan has been criticized as a place where Japan’s wartime history is whitewashed and glorified–see here.
Cheong [...]
To mark St. Patrick’s Day, Jodi light-heartedly compares the Irish and Koreans:
Put a male Korean (more specifically a Busanite) and an Irish man in the same room and I bet it’d be hard to tell the difference between the two of them: They’ll both make a bee-line for the alcohol, swear their heads off, all [...]
UPDATE 4: It’s official. The U.S. sucks. Donkey dick. On a bright note, we’ll get to see a third battle between Korea and Japan. Which should be much more watchable that the lifeless stiffs otherwise known as Team USA.
UPDATE 3: Japanese netizens are apparently pissed about the whole “planting the Korean flag on the [...]
A 57-year-old Korean woman, peeved at “U.S. terrorism,” apparently sneaked onto the Yongsan Garrison (through Gate 22, which was reportedly unguarded) and used a cigarette lighter to start a blaze that ended up injuring three Korean civilian base employees.
The woman will undergo psychiatric tests.
Meanwhile, the Munhwa Ilbo reports that there are questions whether the woman [...]
As you can tell by the header, I’ve gone back to The Marmot’s Hole. Seems a lot of folk liked (or at least preferred) the old name, which, after three-four years of blogging, had acquired some degree of “brand” value. Even my wife asked me to switch it back. So, I guess [...]
I’m going to relay a proposal by dda for those of you out there who have a blog and think that it belongs to the Korean Blogosphere. There is currently an effort in the *Swiss* blogosphere to build an aggregator of [multilingual by essence] Swiss blogs, based on data provided by the ubiquitous Technorati. The [...]
And G’town got a No. 7 seed and a date against Northern Iowa in Minneapolis.
North Korea, apparently miffed by joint exercises between U.S. and South Korean forces, warned the United States that Washington does not have a monopoly on the right to launch pre-emptive strikes:
“The KPA side is of the view that a pre-emptive attack is not (the) monopoly of the U.S. and the DPRK, too, has the [...]
Nathan reminds us of John Wayne’s Genghis Khan movie and points us in the direction of this classic film poster.
According to the Herald Gyeongje, Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi, fresh off pissing off her countrymen by starring in “Memoirs of a Geisha,” has managed to infuriate Chinese netizens once again by appearing on the cover of the April issue of the Japanese edition of Playboy. Zhang earned the honor by being selected No. 1 [...]
KOREA WINS 7-3!!!
RJKoehler.com Declares Day of National Shame
Care that Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan has offered to resign?
Neither do I.
It’s the bottom of the fourth, and Korea is up 6 to 1.
- Top of the sixth, and Korea is still of 6 to 1. On a related note, Isaac Hayes announced he’ll quite “South [...]
Is there a rational explanation why donations to American and European schools in Japan get preferential tax treatment, but donations to Korean and Chinese schools do not?
And while we’re on the subject, does anyone know if Korea gives tax breaks for donations to international schools, including hwagyo hakkyo for ethnic Chinese?
Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak, who’s currently visiting the United States, was invited to share breakfast with U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who is reportedly notorious for turning down audience requests by high-ranking figures like the Korean foreign minister. Naturally enough, some Koreans are wondering why Rummy would not only grant an audience to Lee, [...]
UPDATE: And speaking of the sweetest of meats, Nathan reports that dog meat is so popular (and expensive!) in Uzbekistan that its leading to a spate of dog thefts. Why is it so popular? Well, besides tasting good, locals believe it’s good for preventing TB.
ORIGINAL POST: Korean netizens are irate following an MBC [...]
One wonders how the Japanese city of Iwakuni’s rejection–in a non-binding resolution–of an increased U.S. military presence in their town will influence the Pyeongtaek base expansion issue. At any rate, this certainly sounds familiar:
Opposition from local communities concerned about noise, accidents and crime associated with U.S. bases has hindered efforts to finalize the overall [...]
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