Remember all those times when you heard that missile defense was just a right-wing American boondoggle?
Apparently not (from the Hanky):
South Korea plans to create an Army missile defense command later this year as part of its efforts to counter threats from North Korea’s missiles and long-range artillery, a government source said Sunday.
The move comes after [...]
Why post meaningless political drivel and cheap boobie pics when you can link to something useful? Take, for instance, the Academy of Korean Studies’ Glossary of Korean Studies. Wanna know how to say the Manbosan Sageon in English? Wanna romanize the word 거북선, but don’t know how? Well, fret no more, [...]
The Hanguk Ilbo, quoting an unnamed Korea Football Association official, is reporting that it appears FIFA has once again blocked access to its website from Korea, this time in response to angry netizens protesting their team’s admittedly hard-to-understand drop to 56 in the world rankings.
Actually, I’m not sure whether they’ve blocked access or so many [...]
USFK plans to create its own independent force command to provide “air- and naval-centric support” to the South Korean military, which will apparently exercise independent wartime command of its forces, reports the Korea Times.
So, does this mean we can FINALLY pull our ground troops out of here?
The latest issue of Tongil Shinbo, North Korea’s weekly magazine for overseas Koreans, claimed that since the June 15, 2000 intra-Korean summit, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s influence has been causing great transformations in South Korea, reports the North Korean website Urimizokkkiri (via the Joongang Ilbo).
The magazine said that since the summit, Kim Jong-il has [...]
Mr. Breen looks at Cheong Wa Dae’s recent outbursts against Japan and explains how many South Koreans look at North Korea:
Japan may be a rival team, but we’re playing the same beautiful game of free market democracy. But North Korea hates the game and, most of all, South Koreans.
So what is this presidential _ to [...]
The U.S. has rejected a South Korean purchase request for four Global Hawk UAVs, reports the Dong-A Ilbo. Why would Washington refuse to sell its “ally” such a weapon system:
The U.S. is thought to have rejected the request for fear that the core technology might be leaked. Some are known to be worried that [...]
Need more wonk stuff? Then read Esther Pan’s background report on the China-North Korea relationship. SPOILER ALERT: Here’s the conclusion:
Despite the tensions caused by the recent missile tests, the relationship will likely continue to be close. Each side has too much invested in the other to drastically change the situation, experts say. If North [...]
Just wanted to say I really liked these photos from Mt. Koya, Japan.
The North Koreans are feeling the pinch of those Macao bank sanctions, with the KPA now forced to use Hyundais as mobile missile platforms.
NOTE: Just in case you’re completely clueless, no, those aren’t real missiles, and no, the Hyundais aren’t KPA issue. Those would belong to one of South Korea’s far-right groups who, like [...]
I’m still trying to figure out how paralyzing the entire downtown area will earn these guys any friends. It took my an entire hour last night to get from Anguk-dong to my home in Itaewon. Between the traffic and the typhoon rains, it was almost surreal.
Looks like the North and South Korean delegations in Busan have very little to discuss, so the North Koreans are taking their ball and bat (or Rodongs and Taepodongs, be it as it may) and heading home a day early.
To which, I say DON’T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU IN THE ASS ON THE WAY [...]
In these times of tension and righteous anger, we understand it will take more than a bandage to repair ties between Seoul and Tokyo. Nevertheless, I link to this Budaechigae serving in the hopes that through the celebration of the natural (?) splendor of both nations, we can put behind us centuries of pain [...]
I’ll tell you, these North Koreans are a piece of work. At yesterday’s intra-Korean ministerial meetings in Busan, the North Koreans actually claimed that Pyongyang’s military-first “Songun policy” was helping protect the security of South Korea and that the majority of South Koreans have benefited from said policy.
To which, South Korean Unification Minister Lee [...]
The World Cup is over and, as I struggle to resume a “normal” sleeping pattern again, here are one man’s subjective thoughts about the month-long footie-fest:
the winners: Italy may be antagonistic, diving, whingeing jackasses, but I honestly feel they are worthy victors. They survived what turned out to be the Group of Death (each of the [...]
Over at Psychedelic Kimchi, Sparkles*_* asked—and got!—an interview with super-fly Korean pop artist Nancy Lang. So if you like intriguing conversations with interesting people interspersed with pictures of cute chicks, check it out now.
As stated at the Korea Liberator last night, Park Geun-hye’s man won the election to replace her as Grand National Party chairman at the GNP convention yesterday:
In what had been seen ― or manipulated to be seen ― as a proxy contest between two party presidential contenders, Kang Jae-sup was elected the new chairman of [...]
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