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Monthly Archives: May 2007
Jeon Do-yeon takes Cannes award
May 28, 2007 – 11:16 am
Hold Your Breath and Pass the Bus Schedual Please
May 28, 2007 – 11:04 am
A friend mentioned several news articles on SBS, about asbestos contamination in the Seoul subway system when I had asked them about the large air monitoring machine that I recently saw sitting inside the subway (Seoul Station on the blue line). While I had heard of this in the last few years, I checked [...]
The Two Towers
May 27, 2007 – 10:44 am
It is the title to one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s books in the trilogy “Lord of the Rings” but it is not the subject of this post - the subject of this post is power.
Despite the friendly relations between the North and South we are once again seeing one-uppisms, but this time not between the two [...]
Tom Clancy’s EndWar
May 26, 2007 – 12:03 am
Tom Clancy’s last couple of novels may have left something to be desired (well, at least The Bear and the Dragon sucked), but damn, Ubisoft has been producing some kickass games, and this looks flat-out awesome [IGN]. Makes me want to pick up a PS3.
Caging and Stealing Votes
May 25, 2007 – 8:48 pm
The next times someone tells me of how corrupt Korean politicians and media are, I will make it a point to show them this and this. Geez, this is not good.
Stanford Imposter
May 25, 2007 – 4:01 pm
Yeah, well, who doesn’t want to go to Stanford? (HT to reader)
More protesting at the Chinese Embassy
May 25, 2007 – 1:51 pm
A few days ago, I posted on a group protesting China’s policy towards North Korean refugees.
They have made the news (Yonhap):
A civic group dedicated to promoting the human rights of North Korean defectors started a protest outside the Chinese embassy in Seoul Wednesday, demanding that China halt its forced repatriations of North Korean defectors.
Justice for [...]
Ohno takes Dancing with the Stars
May 25, 2007 – 1:36 pm
Oh no! Looks like Public Enemy No. 1 won Dancing with the Stars!
Grandfather in a wheelchair does more than a wheelie
May 25, 2007 – 12:40 pm
While reading the link to the bird story (eggs found in the spare tire) I noticed another article which I found to be highly amusing…..
It appears that former photographer Bunji Kobayashi, a resident of Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, and 90 years old, has found a use for his wheelchair that hasn’t exactly impressed the Japanese authorities.
Apparently Kobayashi has been wheeling [...]
‘Secret Sunshine’ lighting up Cannes
May 25, 2007 – 11:53 am
Looks like Lee Chang-dong’s “Secret Sunshine” is getting good reviews at Cannes [Korea Pop Wars]. Might a best actress award be in Jeon Do-yeon’s future?
Korea launches first Aegis warship
May 25, 2007 – 11:46 am
Korea launches today its first Aegis warship [Chosun Ilbo, Korean], the King Sejong the Great. Korea becomes the fifth nation in the world to possess an Aegis-equipped warship, behind the US, Japan, Spain and Norway. Norway’s Aegis ship doesn’t really count, however, because it’s ugly. Armed with 32 “Cheonnyong” cruise missiles capable [...]
Yanks 2nd best tourists
May 25, 2007 – 10:30 am
Hey, maybe Americans aren’t such shitty tourists after all… [Reuters, HT to reader]
Climate change and NE Asia’s force structure
May 25, 2007 – 10:26 am
Be sure to check out Mingi Hyun’s post on climate change and Northeast Asia’s force structure. Definitely some stuff in there we’ll want to consider.
Hyundai helped exec flee after fatal crash: report
May 25, 2007 – 10:21 am
Hey, and Hyundai doesn’t even have a SOFA! [IHT, HT to reader]
Dokdo crisis at Wikipedia
May 25, 2007 – 8:19 am
The Chosun Ilbo (Korean) reports that for its entry on everyone’s two favorite rocks in the East Sea, Wikipedia is on the verge of switching their name from “Dokdo” to the “Liancourt Rocks.”
The Liancourt Rocks come from the name of a French whaling ship that “discovered” the islets in 1849, and has since been used [...]
Control Headquarters in Korea
May 24, 2007 – 3:07 pm
As part of the ongoing drive by Roh’s administration to control the media, the current administration has begun a new system of briefing reporters and controlling their access to government offices and employees. Only registered reporters with electronic passes will be allowed into briefing rooms. Though this would hardly stop government employees from talking to [...]
Devils in the Darkness: Korea’s Gray Wolves
May 24, 2007 – 12:30 am
Yes, I know - another shameless plug. Several people expressed interests in these types of stories so I thought that I would add it to the other shameless plugs that I have placed on Marmot’s (hope he forgives me).
I think many people would be interested in knowing that it was not the tiger that was [...]
International Lotus Lantern Festival
May 23, 2007 – 5:16 pm
Spent my Sunday running around Jogyesa Temple and Jongno snapping shots of the International Lotus Lantern Festival. Couldn’t help but notice that the International Lotus Lantern Festival — arguably Seoul’s most popular cultural event with foreigners — has really gotten, well, international, with Korea’s Sri Lankan, Thai and Nepalese communities contributing floats to the [...]