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Monthly Archives: April 2006
If you’re going to hurl ethnic slurs…
April 24, 2006 – 12:01 pm
And the sun rose the next morning…
April 24, 2006 – 11:10 am
Thanks to some Kennedy-esque diplomacy on the part of Roh administration, mankind was narrowly saved from imminent disaster when Japan withdrew its plan to conduct a seabed survey in the waters around Dokdo:
Japan has dropped its maritime survey plan in South Korean economic waters under an agreement to defuse a tense standoff with South Korea [...]
Confessions of a Blogging ‘Lightning Rod’
April 23, 2006 – 6:50 pm
By SHELTON BUMGARNER
Marmot’s Hole Guest Blogger
“You mean you’re Shelton Bumgarner?” Meredith said, her eyes all but bugging out of her head.
“Yeah. That’s me,” I said with a shrug and a wry grin.
Is the US changing its policy on North Korean defectors?
April 23, 2006 – 3:57 pm
(by guest blogger, Andy Jackson)
Two years after the North Korean Human Rights Act was passed, is US government policy towards North Korean defectors and refugees changing? Suzanne Scholte, an advocate for North Korean human rights, thinks it is (Yonhap):
Scholte noted the shift in the U.S. administration’s attitude about North Korean refugees, said to number [...]
‘Only thing American about Michelle Wie is her passport’
April 22, 2006 – 12:50 am
You’ll be relieved to know that according to her dad, Michelle Wie is completely Korean:
Michelle Wie’s father Wie Byung-wook, a professor of transportation at the University of Hawaii, agreed to a telephone interview with the Chosun Ilbo on Thursday.
“I’m well aware there that some say, since Michelle Wie is an American why is she making [...]
ROC? PRC? What’s the difference?
April 21, 2006 – 10:07 pm
Sometimes, you gotta wonder when you spend all that time preparing for a summit and mistakes like this get made.
Koji Wakamatsu retrospective
April 21, 2006 – 3:39 pm
Cinemateque Seoul is holding next month a retrospective on Japanese director Koji Wakamatsu, considered the master of the Pink Film (or Pinku eiga). The director will also be coming to Korea to give a master class. I’m really keen to see how this goes over with Korean audiences.
And just in case you wanted [...]
China’s J-14 fighter
April 21, 2006 – 1:37 pm
Mingi Hyun links to some pics and drawings of the J-14, China’s sexy next-generation jetfighter currently under development.
V for Victory?
April 21, 2006 – 1:07 pm
UPDATE 4: Meetings between Vice Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan met with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi have so far been inconclusive, which means the Japanese boats might set sail afterall. We’ll have to wait and see.
UPDATE 3: The Independent Defense Network’s Shin In Gyun attempts to answer the question about which we all [...]
What you can do about North Korean human rights
April 20, 2006 – 9:19 pm
(by Guest Blogger, Andy Jackson)
(UPDATE: Here are some two more events going on in the States. For folks on the west coast of the USA, there is a series of events on the campus of UC Berkeley between April 24 and May 1. There will be a fundraiser in Duluth, Georgia for underground orphanages in China [...]
Changing times
April 20, 2006 – 12:32 am
In some happy news, Korea has its first female prime minister.
Flashpoint Dokdo
April 20, 2006 – 12:07 am
UPDATE 3: Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi will visit Seoul today to conduct negotiations. Watch for smoke from the embassy’s chimney. No word on whether the Korean Foreign Ministry has contacted Pearl Harbor about borrowing the USS Missouri for a talks venue.
UPDATE 2: The Mainichi Shimbun (via the Hanguk Ilbo) is reporting [...]
Nothing says spring fashion better than kimchi
April 19, 2006 – 8:28 am
Must be part of the Korean Wave.
Dokdo alert! Dokdo alert!
April 19, 2006 – 8:08 am
UPDATE 6: The most looked-at piece over at Naver.com? Actress Kang Hye-jeong and actor Jo Seung-woo are apparently considering marriage.
UPDATE 5: The Chosun Ilbo runs through all the possible scenarios that could take place at this point. Will probably be translated into English later.
UPDATE 4: The JoongAng Ilbo looks at Japanese strategy. [...]
Oh, those mischievous Canadians
April 18, 2006 – 2:24 pm
In a piece of hard-hitting investigative journalism, Brian of Cathartidae REVEALS THE TRUTH behind the “Canucks need not apply” ad.
3-column layout
April 18, 2006 – 1:54 am
Feedback appreciated
Bowing to consensus, I’ve reverted to the 2-column layout.
As you can tell, I’m trying out Bharath Kumar’s three-column layout for K2. I’ve got a ton of shit on my sidebar (recent comments, asides, Flickr, blog lists, etc.), and this makes it a lot less crowded. Or at least so it seems.
In the wake of Korean reunification
April 17, 2006 – 1:32 pm
MUST READ!!!
Over at Coming Anarchy, Lirelou gives some MUST READ commentary on long-term peace in East Asia, especially after Korean re-unification. Read the whole thing on your own; here’s is just the intro:
My personal assessment about the chances of long term peace in East Asia are pessimistic. The “pax Americana” is coming to an [...]
Krispy Kreme goes to Japan
April 17, 2006 – 11:15 am
Nearly one year after opening up shop in Korea–the Donut Hub of Northeast Asia–Lotte is bringing Krispy Kreme to Japan.
And as Edaily graphically pointed out in a January piece on the firm’s legal fight with Great Circle Family Foods, that Krispy Kreme is a might fine donut.
AP on Korea’s male plastic surgery boom
April 17, 2006 – 9:44 am
Why do I have a feeling the Party Pooper is going to have a field-day with this:
It started with doctors sculpting his nose, then an operation to cut his eyelids to create folds and make his eyes appear bigger. Next came Botox injections in his forehead, followed by the fat being sucked out of his [...]