Note to Chosun Ilbo: I guess it’s easy to patriotically anti-Japanese when it doesn’t count. (HT to GI Korea)
No Rising Sun for the Chosun Ilbo
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Korea… in Blog Format
by Robert Koehler on July 21, 2007
in Asides, East and Central Asia, Japan, Korean Tabloid Crap
Note to Chosun Ilbo: I guess it’s easy to patriotically anti-Japanese when it doesn’t count. (HT to GI Korea)
Previous post: Marmot’s Open Thread #13
Next post: Neighborhood Project: Koreatown
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[above: The camera, spikes Lee.] It seems that IOC head honcho Jacques Rogge thinks there's nothing wrong with former Samsung head honcho — who was convicted of tax evasion and then pardoned — regaining his seat on the IOC board. ... [Link]
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And this is the how-many-times-th time? Anyway, this is from Reuters: While Kim Jong-il has made, and broken, similar pledges before, analysts said pressure has been mounting through U.N. sanctions imposed after its nuclear test last year, as well as ... [Link]
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Man. It seems you just can't trust anyone these days - hidden cameras with earphones were used to scam othello players out of their money in Busan.... [Link]
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If there's anything that Kang Shin Who's recent pieces have demonstrated, it's that the market forces of supply and demand trumps the law, whether well-intentioned or not. Whether illegal or not, there are more than enough bootleg DVD sellers to ... [Link]
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Here is an update on the North Korean arms shipment that was detained in Thailand: Nearly two months after the seizure here of a charter plane carrying 35 tons of weapons shipped from North Korea, the mystery remains as to ... [Link]
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Be Like Reagan, says Kaplan. More specifically: Iran is the new Eastern Europe during the last phase of the Cold War. Like Poland during the heady days of Solidarity in the early 1980s, the protestors in the streets of Iranian ... [Link]
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I’m always on the look out for new Korean food blogs, especially ones with unique angles. A Frog in the Kitchen takes a French approach to Korean cuisine. Written by French expat Tiffany Bernard in both English and Korean, the ... [Link]
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Economic news The Wall Street Journal notes that the sins of the past (i.e., 1997 and 1998) have guided Asian banks to a safer place right now. The Washington Post has an op-ed saying it's time to get going on ... [Link]
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Thanks for the AsianOffbeat site–looks like a good time waster
Over at Japan Probe, a commenter clarified that the photoshopped image was submitted to the Chosun Ilbo by a fan club, who have since apologized.
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