Korea’s rape rate is the highest in the world. And because of jealousy and delusions about Japan, they are making up history
(introduction to Korea at linkflash.hp.infoseek.co.jp)
Korea. Land of the Morning Calm, and Land of the Nightime Ecstasy. Land of the yobo.* Where women really know how to fuck. Plain and simple, these girls are the [...]
Everyone’s favorite newspaper (and no, it ain’t the Hanky) has a piece on the sudden rise of a new Korea-town:
Atlanta, the home of CNN, Coca-Cola and Delta Airlines, is quickly emerging as a new Korean stronghold in the southern U.S. Following L.A., New York, Miami, and Virginia, Atlanta is becoming home to the next biggest [...]
In the Korea Times, Mike Breen takes the Truth Commission on Forced Mobilization under the Japanese Imperialism to task for its recent absolving of 83 convicted Korean Class B and Class C war criminals. Read it in its entirety; this is just a sample:
They [the war criminals] were not tried as soldiers or POW camp [...]
You’ll be missed.
Great Friedman anecdote here.
A women’s group has issued a report on the “sexist” dubbing of foreign films and dramas, reports women’s newspaper Ilda The group took a look at some 27 English-language dramas shown on terrestrial broadcasting in September and October. It found that most of them employed sexist sexist practices when dubbed into Korean. Namely, male characters [...]
One might ask what does Jeong Yag-Yong (1762-1836) — who is more commonly known by his pen name “Dasan” have to do with Korea University and its faculty’s decision to turn its back on the innovations of its current president Dr. Euh Yoon-dae, whose efforts have recently placed Korea University ahead of other Korean colleges [...]
Yonhap is reporting that the government has decided to vote in favor of an upcoming EU-sponsored UN resolution censoring North Korea for its human rights situation.
I am sure that many of you have had similar experiences in Korea and Japan. I remember when I first arrived in Korea - one of the KATUSAs took me off post and asked me if I wanted to eat some lice. Now I was more than aware that Koreans ate river snails, silk worm [...]
It seems Da’ Netizens have tattled on Gerry, who as you know writes quite a bit on Dokdo over at Occidentalism. In his last post, Gerry says the president of the university at which he works has asked him to stop posting on Dokdo on the Internet:
I had planned to write two more pieces for [...]
The new Unification Minister speaks!
And it ain’t pretty.
Lecturing at a forum at the Tower Hotel today, unification minister-designate Lee Jae-joung called on the United States to step back from its “unilateral North Korea policies”—unilateral defined here apparently as multilateral negotiations and working through the UN Security Council—and talk directly with Pyongyang (English version here).
He said, [...]
And for some heartwarming news…
Transgender entertainer Harisu (31) will marry her boyfriend early next year, reports NoCut News.
Harisu broke up with her boyfriend, a clothing salesman six years her junior, earlier this year, but they’ve recently gotten back together.
The Kyunghyang Shinmun recently sparked a shit storm by reporting that Yonsei University professor and former presidential committee chairman Moon Chung-in claiming during a 2004 lecture that the Bush administration broke a promise to offer North Korea written, multilateral security guarantees in return for South Korea sending troops to Iraq. The lecture, attended by [...]
Remember when John Bolton came out so strongly in favor of Ban Ki-moon for UN Secretary General? Unlike Bolton, many of us in the IKK worried that Ban would stick with President Roh’s ’see no evil’ policy on North Korea.
Maybe Bolton knew something we didn’t.
From the Chosun:
UN secretary-general-designate Ban Ki-moon on Sunday called for a “more [...]
Posting may or may not be somewhat light over the next couple of days thanks to busy work schedule.
Since we here at the Marmot’s Hole occasionally like to break up our offensive and generally mind-numbing content with posts that are actually informative and insightful, I link to the International Crisis Group’s report on the fallout, er, repercussions of North Korea’s nuclear test. Just so you know what to expect, here is what the [...]
Korea’s Paper of Record teaches us how to get girls.
Female readers, on the other hand, might enjoy former GNP chairwoman Park Geun-hye’s beauty tips.
What punitive measures will Seoul take in accordance with UNSC sanctions on North Korea?
None!
The [South Korean] officials claimed that Seoul did not add anything new to the list because the country has already been fully cooperating with international society in preventing the Stalinist state from trading in weapons-related items.”Some will say the government has not [...]
Korea’s Rocket battery company has announced the development of eco-friendly batteries made of paper.
And better yet, the battery is apparently well suited for “whitening, anti-aging, wrinkle care and moisturizing” devices.
(Hat tip to reader)
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