And on the “Let’s create a positive Internet culture” front, actress Ko So-young plans to sue an additional 102 netizens [Star News, Korean] for posting malicious rumors about her on bulletin boards, cafe sites and blogs. She’s already suing 35 netizens for libel [Chosun Ilbo, English]. In an effort to get on the [...]
Edward has set up a blog to record his thoughts on “life, business, the Korean American and Asian American community as well as various musings, intellectual, social, religious, etc.” It looks cool, so be sure to check it out.
An English teacher at a [pro-Pyongyang] Chongryun-affiliated school in Japan would like us to know that such schools play a valuable role in Japanese society. [Japan Times, HT to reader]
Japanese Government officials found White Wagtail (bird) eggs in the well of a spare tire on a government vehicle. Did cut them off from the sea and starve them to death as the Korean Government might do? No, read more.
A crusade to built a positive online culture? Good luck.
Sometimes, these posts write themselves:
Cummings wins award: Bruce Cummings, left, professor of history at the University of Chicago, shakes hands with former President Kim Dae-jung at Kim’s residence in Donggyo-dong, Seoul, Tuesday. Cummings, a world -renowned Korean specialist, won the Kim Dae-jung Academic Award on Monday. The award was designated in honor of Kim’s contribution [...]
I got the following via someone at LiNK (although 444 is not affiliated with LiNK):
I would like to introduce you a new NKHRs organization, “Justice for North Korea (hereafter JFNK) that I will actively be serving to see the great improvement of China’s attitude towards NK refugees as well as of general NKHRs situation.
“JFNK” (www.justice4nk.org) will [...]
The U.S. Civil War in four minutes. Very cool. Nice redesign at Coming Anarchy, BTW.
Choe Sang-Hun has written an article about the high suicide rate in Korea and how the internet culture helps this trend. Naturally, it is easier to find fault with “the internet” than to talk about the real, chronic problems in Korea that make people want to kill themselves in the first place.
Starcraft II is coming [The Age]. Not that I’ll be playing it. BTW, I picked up Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars this weekend, and I must say, it seems pretty righteous.
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ron Paul says that without US troops in Korea, Korea would be unified just like Vietnam. Hey, I support pulling U.S. forces out of Korea as much as the next guy (and I understand how as a libertarian, he might feel that it makes no difference to the U.S. whether South [...]
U.S. lawmakers are generally optimistic about the Korea-U.S. alliance… but they don’t really know anything about Korea [Yonhap News, English]. Here’s the full report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies. I found this part cute:
Despite a concerted effort to bring greater attention to this issue on Capitol Hill, including the creation [...]
Welfare Minister Rhyu Si-min tendered his resignation today [Yonhap News, English]. I’m starting to have difficulty naming people who haven’t served as a minister in Roh Moo-hyun’s government. I guess that’s why they call it the Participatory Government — everyone’s participated!
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Overwhelmed by the lack of any meaningful truth or human values, some people seem to have resorted to using movies and fiction to explain and explore the strange place that is North Korea and its capital, Pyongyang. Here is a video of the real Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang. I suppose this is not [...]
Katrin Fraser, who is set to become the new director for Asian affairs at the U.S. National Security Council, apparently feels the Bush administration’s “lack of understanding of Korean culture” has fanned anti-American sentiment in Korea. According to Ye Olde Chosun, she particularly criticized Bush’s labeling of North Korea as “evil” as running counter to [...]
Korea Information Society Development Institute chief Suk Ho-ick has an odd way of thinking about women in the workplace, rather he feels “Women are more developed creatures than men since they have one more hole.”
Also how about the comment:
“When I visited Washington D.C., I saw niggers swarm all around the city; how can you live [...]
The Pyongyang Roller Coaster — no, we’re not talking about how negotiators feel when talking with North Korea. We’re talking about a real live roller coaster. In Pyongyang. Watch the video. (HT to reader)
I have complex feelings about Bruce Cumings’ work, to say the least, but his interview in OhMyNews International is an interesting one. Go read it.
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