The LA Times claims that Australia’s heartbreaking loss to Italy was essentially a makeup call for 2002:
The Aussies should have known it would end this way. It was inevitable.
The seed for Australia’s 1-0 World Cup defeat by Italy on Monday on a blatantly incorrect penalty kick awarded by Spanish referee Luis Medina Cantalejo in the [...]
it’s been well-documented here at the marmot’s hole how so obvious it is that FIFA are waging its conspiracy campaign against korea, koreans, korean culture, the korean language, korean way of life, kimchee, soju, scientist woo-suk hwang, and, soon, long-time national hero, admiral sun-shin yi. however, before FIFA get their chance to smear admiral yi, they have [...]
Korea? NATO? Are you smoking crack, Marmot?
No, but don’t expect to see Korea intervening in the Balkans anytime soon, either. According to the JoongAng Ilbo, the United States and Great Britain have invited South Korea, Japan and Australia to associate with the alliance as “global partners.” While this does not mean NATO would go [...]
Coming Anarchy’s Curzon has completed work on his latest, and certainly his most ambitious travelogue to date, covering his winter 2005-2006 travels through Vietnam, China and Japan. Check it out NOW! Lots of great footage and commentary, and is you’ve got speakers or headphones, ambient sounds as well.
Thanks a lot, Curzon, for putting [...]
The July issue of SEOUL magazine is now in bookstores. Get your copy now while the new-magazine-smell lasts.
This issue features a rather interesting interview with Korean-American poet and writer Ed Bok Lee, a chat with Korean Music Promotional Organizing Committee chairman Hahn Myung Hee, a review of the Han River night cruise, a look [...]
A professor at Pohang University of Science and Technology has produced a Chinese diplomatic document that indicates the Soviets considered Gando to be North Korean territory.
Professor Park Seon-yeong held a press conference today in which he revealed the July 10, 1948 document, which was apparently sent by the PRC’s 2nd defense ministry. The document [...]
Or perhaps Disneyland’s coming to us. During a radio interview today, outgoing Seoul mayor and big-time presidential contender Lee Myung-bak said negotiations were underway with Disney to build a Disneyland in or around Seoul, and that it might be possible to start work on the theme park after a year. He also noted [...]
What I want to know about new Korean field general Pim Verbeek is this—is he related to former Whaler left wing Pat Verbeek? Because I don’t know about Pim, but Pat was one hell of a winger—not everyone can score 40 goals with 200+ penalty minutes a season, after all, even with Ronnie Francis [...]
My latest TCS Daily piece is up. It is on the proposed ROK-USA free trade agreement and why I think negotiations will ultimately fail.
I gave a lot of background (having decided to do a linkless post) and then got to this:
The political and economic calculus is inescapable. Roh’s engagement policy with North Korea is based [...]
The Kukmin Ilbo’s Internet edition is reporting on the ongoing strife between FIFA’s homepage administrators and the unstoppable force that is Korea’s netizen community.
As reported earlier, FIFA has blocked access to its homepage from Korea. This has sparked outrage among many Korean netizens, who accuse FIFA of dissing Korea. Some of the more radical quarters [...]
For the first time in a very long time, the most looked-at piece at Naver.com is not, I repeat, NOT a football story.
In fact, as of 1:00 p.m., the No. 1 most-viewed story at Korea’s leading Internet portal was…
(drum roll)
“Civil Servant Pension Reform Begins in Earnest” by Yonhap News.
Thrilling stuff, brought to you courtesy The [...]
In these turbulent times when communities seem to be deteriorating amidst rampant individualism, it’s nice to see such a moving display of social unity, and can only hope Korea might learn from and emulate the Japanese example.
It seems that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez “El Shiz Nic” has become enamored with North Korea, though, judging from his activities regarding Iran and Libya, Chavez would be friends with anyone that did not like America. Apparently Chavez is due to meet with Kim Jong Il (poor Kim DJ!) and there is [...]
Iraqi lawmaker Amar al-Hakim, son of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq and a high-ranking member of the Iraqi National Assembly, visited the family of the late Kim Sun-il, the Korean who was slain by Iraqi militants in 2004. Al-Hakim apologized to Kim’s family on [...]
UPDATE 5: You know, I think the Japanese are handling their early exit from the World Cup in a much healthier fashion.
Oh, and in the Wiki theater of operations (see below), the frontlines appear to be quite fluid at the moment. And I’ve been linked as a source. Great.
UPDATE 4: You could always join the [...]
The Kimchi GI posts some of Jack James’ first reports of June 25, 1950.
GI Korea links to a recent South Korean study that concludes that the Korean War did actually begin with a Stalin-directed North Korean invasion across the 38th parallel.
I will be marking the 56th anniversary of the Korean War by watching OCN’s 24-hour [...]
well, some of you readers here at the marmot’s hole may be surprised that there is still football being played, but, since it’s called the world cup, and there are still 16 nations represented in the tournament, FIFA voted not to discontinue the world cup when korea crashed out early yesterday, although it would surely [...]
My photo album plugin, the Flickr Photo Album for Wordpress, is integrated into Lightbox JS, which I have now activated. Lightbox overlays images on the current page without having to reload—see it in action with my photo album.
I’m not sure if there are more pics to come, but Playboy UK has some of Lee Pani’s photos up (NOT work safe).
Never imagined I get linked to Slate and Cursor.org.
Well, I’m glad someone liked this post.
