The implementation of Korea’s “Hub” plan sometimes reminds me of a Santa Claus in a department store. A parent gets their kid all gussied up for Santa, hair neat, clothes straight, and socks so white you need sunglasses. They go and Santa puts the tyke on his lap. The kid swears up and down on [...]
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Seattle is the site of the third round of FTA talks between the US and Korea, and what are trade talks involving Korea without the chance of two legged BBQ’s? That’s right the farmers are set to go to Seattle:
More than 100 South Korean farmers and activists will go to Seattle next week to stage [...]
Chosun Ilbo columnist/chief ideologue Kim Dae-joong is concerned. With the prospect of transferring wartime operation command from the U.S.-led Combined Forces Command to the ROK military looming ever greater, Kim apparently doesn’t like the way Korea is preparing for its “independent” future:
A full withdrawal of U.S. troops from Korea is now a foregone conclusion. [...]
Screwing high school girls ain’t just an English teacher thing, apparently.
Police in Jeju Island have arrested 30 men on charges of violating youth protection laws. The men are accused of engaging in underage prostitution with three young ladies, one of whom was 15.
It appears the men learned of the girls through an Internet chat [...]
Discussing his film “The Host,” director Bong Jun-ho recalled that even the American special effects staff enjoyed the anti-American aspect of the film. He noted how they liked the partly anti-American scenario and how they joked around about how stupid U.S. President George Bush was. He was impressed by how they enjoyed the [...]
Check out this headline from the front page of today’s Hankyoreh.
The English translation really doesn’t do it justice, but it’s hard to convey the tone of something like that.
How’s this line, by the way:
A Korean delegate to the FTA talks said, “These institutions play the role of a kind of public safeguard and support small [...]
When I hear accordion music in Korea, I think of the traveling troups of performers that used to move around in Korea, setting up shop where ever they could find an audience. I also think of North Korea where the accordion is still the one-man band of choice there. It reminds me of [...]
Sarah Michelle Gellar will reportedly star in a Hollywood remake of the 2002 Korean film “Jungdok.”
Haven’t seen the original, but if any of you have, feel free to comment.
(HT to my brother)
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From the WSJ:
The most devoted uploader [to YouTube] is Christy Leigh Stewart, a 21-year-old college student who lives near Modesto, Calif., and who has so far uploaded nearly 2,000 videos. Nearly all involve Korean pop music, a passion of Ms. Stewart. Indeed, she says the main reason she spends too much time with YouTube is [...]
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il might be in China. Or he might not be. Who knows.
Updated: Look, ma, no picture in the post!
Now, for a limited time only, you too can give me money to write for your organization! Woot!
That’s right, your favorite knuckle headed blogging lightning rod needs to bring in the moola for his various and sundry projects and he’s willing to write for you, that’s right, YOU, [...]
There seemed to be a problem with my old template that was leading to a ton of CPU overload errors. Anyway, I’ve switched to this one (Sandbox, by Scott Allan Wallick), which is actually quite beautiful in a minimalist sort of way.
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Commenter “littlebrownasian” was kind enough to mention Francine Prieto, the lovely Filipina-Italian actress whose nude photo/video shoot in Seoul proved a boon to this humble blog.
Anyway, to take you back down memory lane, and because so many of you are down on Lee Pani, I link to this video (NOT work safe) from the Prieto [...]
With complaints coming from some quarters that the Marmot’s Hole (and more specifically, me) has been posting too much “trash,” the website administrator would like to announce that we will be diligently working to improve the “quality” of posts in our never-ending quest to provide you, the reader, with only the best news, information and [...]
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