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Your North Korea missile fix, in case you care:
You’ll be shocked to learn that judging from statements by North Korea’s No. 2 at the UN and the pro-Pyongyang Choson Sinbo in Japan, North Korea appears to be perfectly willing to have direct talks with Washington to resolve this little issue.
A White House official actually said [...]
NOTE: This post is by new guest blogger Hyun.
“Fast kicking, low scoring, and TIES?? You BET!!”
The World Cup is here, and team USA, having qualified easily through the CONCACAF preliminaries, is ready to make history! But what exactly is the expectation? How can the players honestly say that the 2006 World Cup was a success?
In [...]
I got this in the mail today:
As North Korea threatens to test nuclear missiles in a move that Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice called “provocative and threatening,” Tae Kwon Do Times Magazine is reaching out to North Korea with a gesture of peace and goodwill. Tae Kwon Do Times Magazine has invited the North Korean [...]
after tonight’s matches, half of the round of 16 will be filled out and tonight’s offerings seem to have as little drama as last night’s did.
group c: cote d’ivoire v. serbinegro and holland v. argentina
cote d’ivoire and serbinegro are playing for nothing more than pride, especially the serbinegrans, who have massively disappointed in two matches. [...]
So, just how many Korean prostitutes are plying their trade in the United States?
Well, according to one Korean government official cited by the JoongAng Ilbo, the Los Angeles Police Department suspects some 8,000 Korean women have entered the United States to practice the World’s Oldest Profession since 2004. In particular, since Korea’s Special Law [...]
well, one-quarter of the round of 16 is set: germany v. sweden on saturday at 11:59pm and england v. ecuador on sunday night at 11:59pm.
germany, roared on by an intimidating sell-out crowd in berlin, looked back to being well in-form in their 0-3 rout of ecuador last night. two miroslav klose goals before intermission combined with a third by [...]
Yes, the team formerly known as the Hartford Whalers have won Lord Stanley’s Cup.
That’s all I’m going to say about that.
Washington Post international media blogger Jefferson Morley learns what readers of The Marmot’s Hole have known since this whole North Korean missile thing started—South Korea tends to react to bad news about North Korea a bit differently:
While the rest of the worlds sounds very worried, the South Korean government is downplaying reports that North Korea [...]
From the Ceeb:
The RCMP say they’ve stopped a group of 10 Koreans who were being smuggled into the U.S. near Osoyoos last week — including six women who police believe were victims of human trafficking.
The Koreans had paid between $3,000 and $5,000 each to be smuggled across the border from the Okanagan community.
Yeah, but was [...]
UPDATE: And in a related post, JoyNews 24 reports that the Japanese press is, and this is the headline, “excessively disparaging Korea,” namely because the Nikkan Sports had the audacity to suggest that Korea earned a tie against France through a bad call. The Japanese sports daily also quoted a nameless Korean Football Association [...]
Mickey Spiegel of Human Right Watch writes to the Korea Times to slam Seoul for denying a visa to the Dalai Lama so that he could attend last week’s meeting of Nobel Peace Prize laureates in Gwangju.
It is too late for South Korea to reverse its stand. But it is not too late for those [...]
Well, you gotta give this to the Red Devils—they’re tidy. At least when they’re overseas.
the all-lower case assault continues. avert your eyes if too weak to endure.
well, yesterday’s comments were lively, venomous, racist, xenophobic, sad, entertaining, and way off-subject. what is today’s encore?
yesterday’s play in the world cup went pretty much according to plan. switzerland took care of togo, 0-2, but not without some anxious moments (i know some [...]
Three of North Korea’s Asia-Pacific neighbors have joined Washington in warning North Korea not to test an ICBM that is apparently fueled and ready for launch, reports the NYT. Those neighbors would be Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
What about South Korea?
Well, to their credit, they have been warning the North not to do it. [...]
the worst possible result, from a korean perspective, in this match has happened.
switzerland have just beaten togo, 0-2, which now puts the swiss on top of the table because of a greater goal difference than korea, +2 to +1. korea were hoping to face a switzerland squad with near-zero chance to advance, but, alas, that’s [...]
New Chairman Kim Geun-tae is trying to solidify his status as the last man standing among the Uri Party leadership. What is the best way to do that? Bash President Roh:
Asked in a press conference why he thought former supporters in the [Honam/Jeolla] region turned a cold shoulder to his party, Kim first cited Roh’s [...]
while sitting under some steps next to the cheonggye stream that meanders through the jongno district of seoul in hopes of catching a glimpse of the meaning of the universe from under a short skirt, here are some thoughts on last night’s this morning’s one and only match of consequence here on the peninsula:
on these world cup [...]
As if it weren’t silly enough that we’ve made the Word’s Oldest Profession illegal in our own country, now we’re leaning on foreign governments to ban it in their countries, too.
while koreans this morning (and all day, for sure) are celebrating their 1-1 “win” over france (any time a team scores a late equaliser, as korea did, doesn’t it always seem like that team “won” the game?), i’m going to continue my dogged pursuit of updating everyone on the world cup, so those of you [...]
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