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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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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