So The Korea Herald posts another long opinion piece on the screen quota, once again long on assertions but short on data (but you need not feel required to check it out… ’tis stupid).
Among the idiotic assertions:
- There has been little talk about how the screen quota reduction affects art-house films. (In fact: There has [...]
OK, I think President Roh’s finally lost it.
Reacting to discussion by Japanese officials of preemptive strikes, Cheong Wa Dae absolutely went off on Tokyo, saying the comments revealed Japan’s “aggressive tendencies,” tendencies against which Korea had no choice but to be alarmed.
Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Chung Tae-ho said, “When we reflect on the painful historical [...]
Thinking about war is a lot like finding an apartment. In each case, much of one’s worldview can be boiled down to: “Location, location, location.” If I were in the States, I might read this and say, “How interesting. That would be SO COOL to see on CNN!”
As subscribers to SEOUL magazine know, we have a small section called “Ask the Korean Dude” in which a real live Korean dude answers your questions about Korean culture and life and the Republic of Korea. We could use some questions for our August edition, so if you’ve got any, send them to Hank Kim [...]
South Korea’s military authorities estimate that it cost North Korea about 60 billion won (roughly 63 million US dollars) to fire off seven missiles on July 5, reports the Dong-A Ilbo.
Given North Korea’s dire economic conditions, some believe Pyongyang was able to conduct its tests only because of South Korean aid that has flowed into [...]
RAND has produced a report analyzing South Korea’s Defense Reform Plan:
At the request of Republic of Korea (ROK) Assemblyman Jin-Ha Hwang, a member of the National Assembly’s National Defense Committee, this analysis was performed of the ROK Defense Reform Plan (DRP). It examines the overall nature of the DRP, identifies major risks in the plan, [...]
Well, I guess this is something to keep in mind when reading Eric Alterman discussing Korea:
But first, one person upon whom I frequently rely for my understanding about the Koreas is Bruce Cumings.
Well, alrighty then…
Lot’s of disturbing stuff going on around here.
First, according to Yonhap, the South Korean government has told Tokyo that it would be “undesirable” for Japan to unilaterally push a UN Security Council resolution punishing North Korea for its recent missile tests. A Foreign Ministry official said criticizing North Korea’s missile tests in the Security [...]
“However, I just don’t think Zizou is going to allow France to lose.”
Could I be any worse of a footie writer? Honestly, how did you guys manage to put up with my dross for the past month? I couldn’t have fared worse in analysing and predicting matches if I’d sat out in a pasture, surrounded [...]
A Japanese militarist could be living on your block, and you might not even know it. But that no longer must be the case. With the help of this handy manual, you, too, will be able to spot the Article 9-hating, Yasukuni Shrine-visiting, NK missile launch-overreacting enemy in our midst.
Yonhap (via the Hankyoreh) reports that in their articles on the North Korean missile launches, an overwhelming majority of the world’s media are calling the body of water where the missiles landed the “Sea of Japan” rather than “East Sea.”
This is leading some to question the government’s efforts in promoting the international use of the [...]
Well, if there is one way for Japan to win friends and influence people here in Northeast Asia, doing some creative interpretation of their post-WWII peacenik constitution so they can do a preemptive strike on the DPRK is sure to do the trick.
UPDATE: OK, Now Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe Shinzo is calling Cheong Wa Dae’s comments “regrettable.” But luckily for Northeast Asia, Tokyo has stopped short of declaring Diplomatic War ™ on South Korea.
What I’d be keen to know is whether the Cheong Wa Dae staff consulted the Foreign Ministry prior to posting that statement on [...]
Now that the appetising farce of the 3rd-place game is gone (won by Germany, 3-1, in a fabulous display of entertaining football by both the hosts and Portugal), we can all concentrate on the main course–and you have a choice: Italian cuisine or French cuisine.
Based on the inspired performances of both nations, especially since the elimination rounds [...]
I found some other Korea tech that has nothing to do with Samsung or LG but it certainly has the edge over the chaebols when it comes to style. There are other Korean sites that demonstrate the long-standing tradition of DIY “Do-it-yourself” thinking in Korea that I have found in many places here, from [...]
Jesus, you know things are bad when even South Korea turns down an offer to slip Pyongyang pocket money hold talks with the North:
South Korea rejected dialogue with North Korea on Friday for the first time since they began to reconcile in 2000, shunning talks on easing border tension due to Pyongyang’s missile launches this [...]
On Tuesday, I caught the first preview for Bong Joon-ho’s much-anticipated monster movie THE HOST, and I can safely say it is the best Korean film of the year so far. Probably the best Korean film since THE PRESIDENT’S LAST BANG. It is no MEMORIES OF MURDER (Bong’s previous movie), but it is still very [...]
During a symposium in Seoul yesterday on Korean prostitution overseas, Cal State professor Timothy Lim claimed at least 5,000 Korean women were peddling their wares in the US of A, according to the Munhwa Ilbo.
He noted that prostitution rackets and human smugglers would customarily give U.S. soldiers money in return for entering fake marriages with [...]
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