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Monthly Archives: February 2007
Happy Seol/Tsagaan Tsar
February 18, 2007 – 12:09 pm
We’re all gettin’ Snuffed, and not by nork-nukes
February 17, 2007 – 10:19 pm
Yow, check out today’s scary KH story on this spring’s prospects for the goddamn Yellow Dust. It certainly has started much earlier than previous years, and has already been severe twice that I noticed. I have really come to hate it, and wonder how much time outdoors during an attack is the equivalent is smoking up a carton [...]
Of Norks and Neurons
February 17, 2007 – 1:49 pm
Skeptics justifiably doubt the prospects for success of the recent nuclear deal hatched in Beijing. Others are more sanguine. Our Marmot just doesn’t care.
Any assessment of negotiations with the Norks must pit lessons of the past (”They’ll renege in T-10, 9, 8,…”) against hopes for the future (”Maybe this time…”). What gets [...]
Photos from Mongolia
February 17, 2007 – 12:19 am
My wife recently returned to Korea from Mongolia, where she took a couple of photographs. Not many, granted, but here are some of Gandan Xiid Monastery, the only Buddhist temple in Ulan Bator to survive the communist era:
Greetings from the Metropolitician
February 16, 2007 – 2:43 pm
Greetings, Marmot’s Hole readers!
This is Michael Hurt, also known as the “Metropolitician,” writing in for the first time here as a guest blogger. It’s quite an honor to be able to guest blog and collaborate with the Main Mammal himself, and I’ll strive to do this site the justice it deserves.
To that end, for those [...]
An offer you can’t refuse
February 15, 2007 – 11:53 am
A KT headline that would even make Tony Soprano chuckle: “Roh Sends Message to IOC Visiting Officials” Seriously, do they actualy edit that paper?
(Absolutely MUST SEE) Color photos of Daegu, 1954
February 14, 2007 – 3:19 pm
A Korean blogger living in Texas has posted a collection of COLOR photographs of Daegu taken by an American doctor who lived in the city in 1954 and 1955. These rare photos are absolutely jaw-dropping, and much thanks should go to both the blogger for sharing them with the world and the American for [...]
OhMyNews on expat blogs
February 14, 2007 – 2:34 pm
Song Yul writes on foreigner blogs about Korea (including this one) in OhMyNews. Nice little piece, actually—if you can read Korean, take a look at it. Thanks go out to Song for giving some of us orangkae bloggers some exposure.
Korean Trasparency Watch
February 14, 2007 – 2:18 pm
Note: Sorry for problems in the orginal post my WiFi cut out and I could not correct in ti-
The past year or so I have been watching with a mixture of interest and amusement at the various anti-corruption drives and the growth of “transparency” as a Konglish word meaning…well nobody really knows it what it [...]
Marmot’s brother reviews ‘Jesus Camp’
February 14, 2007 – 12:12 pm
Kevin reviews the documentary film “Jesus Camp.” He says, “If you believe our children should be indoctrinated to a theological fatalism mirroring suicide bombers and death cults, then I imagine Pastor Becky talks a whole lot of sense. For the rest of us, she makes the documentary Jesus Camp one of the most frightening [...]
Light blogging alert
February 14, 2007 – 10:30 am
Due to my busy work schedule ahead of the Lunar New Year, I might be posting less than usual over the next few days.
BTW, just a reminder, if anyone would like to become a contributor at the Marmot’s Hole, feel free to drop me an email at marmotshole@gmail.com introducing yourself and what you’d like to [...]
(Breaking News) N. Korea nuke deal reached
February 13, 2007 – 11:20 am
Reports out of Beijing suggest the six-party talks have finally lead to a deal of some sort. Said the South Korean envoy:
“There was an agreement on the key differences of North Korea’s actions for denuclearisation, their scope and how far they’ll go, and the other countries’ corresponding measures and the scale of assistance,” South Korean [...]
Score one for “the Hub”
February 12, 2007 – 4:42 pm
Given all the derision we heap on “the Hub” plan, lets give some credit to encouraging DHL in investing a further $75 million into its Asian hub operations in Incheon.
The lamb and the copyright
February 12, 2007 – 2:57 pm
A quick piece to point out Mr. Jang W. Choi, a christian musician who is apparently trying to educate the world on copyrights and how they fit into the christian world view.
So, does this mean no more Saddam-like election results in Jeolla-do?
February 12, 2007 – 1:20 pm
According to a recent poll taken by KSOI at the behest of the Kyunghyang Shinmun, some 70.6 percent of eligible voters in the southwestern Honam region (i.e., the Jeolla provinces) disagreed with the statement, “I will never vote for the Grand National Party’s candidate.”
Or, in other words, 70 percent of Honam voters said they could, [...]
Six-party talks reaching end
February 12, 2007 – 12:45 pm
Chris Hill is telling the North Koreans it’s time to “make a decision.” Personally, I couldn’t give a rat’s ass either way.