August 28, 2007 – 11:38 am
The Seoul Shinmun looks at everyone’s favorite topic — interracial couples and why people date outside the tribe.
I don’t have the time to translate them at the moment, although I’m sure commenters will summarize the salient points below. If I were to put it all in one sentence, however, it would go something like this [...]
August 28, 2007 – 10:43 am
According to the Joongang-Ilbo(Korean), Pres. Roh has canceled what may be his last summit with Pres. Bush before he steps down from office. The summit was originally scheduled for late September, but because of the scheduled summit with NK leader Kim Jong-Il, Pres. Roh has apparently decided to forgo the summit with Pres. Bush. Instead, [...]
August 28, 2007 – 9:59 am
Kim “Mouseketeer” Jong-nam has returned from exile in China and appears to be in the running to take over the family business.
Kim Jong-il’s next oldest son is only in his twenties and, with the old man apparently in bad shape, we could be in for an interesting succession struggle.
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August 27, 2007 – 9:54 pm
Tuesday August 28th, 7:30 pm: Lecture by Dr. Yang Sung-chul (distinguished prof at Korea University & etc, ROK’s Ambassador to the United States 2000~2003, Member of the National Assembly from 1996 to 2000 and the author of several noted books on N-S Korean political systems & relations). His topic: “The Future of Korea and [...]
August 27, 2007 – 6:51 pm
My latest K-Times piece is about the upcoming inter-Korean summit and how I hope the National Assembly takes advantage of the summit delay to find out exactly what the administration is up to with regards to North Korea.
Here are a few questions that came to mind:
_ How much money does the administration plan to offer [...]
August 27, 2007 – 6:39 pm
If nothing else, former president Kim Dae-jung still has some chutzpah (Korea Times):
Former President Kim Dae-jung urged President Roh Moo-hyun to apologize for having approved a probe into allegations his 2000 inter-Korean summit was bought, lawmakers from the pro-governing camp said Thursday.
I’m not going to say that DJ is a crook, but the man got [...]
August 27, 2007 – 12:27 pm
Per a Chosun Ilbo article, local banks are charging fees for depositing anything other than Won and U.S. Dollars.
Foreign banks, like HSBC, charge none. I thought Korean banks liked money too but I guess they like getting more money even better.
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August 27, 2007 – 10:50 am
In the eDaily, lawyer and former lawmaker Lee Ki-moon discusses the decision facing the FSS regarding the pending sale of Korea Exchange Bank to HSBC and a possible end to the Lone Star saga. Below is a translation sent by a reader:
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August 26, 2007 – 10:27 pm
The NY Times is featuring a very sobering article on China’s pollution and how it affects the world.
August 26, 2007 – 10:01 pm
Oh my. What would Paul Keating say?
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August 26, 2007 – 6:22 pm
Yes, Julian, Lee Yun-mi does have a nice ass. [OSEN, Korean]
August 26, 2007 – 3:25 pm
Oh, Microsoft WGA servers went down resulting in XP and Vista installs marked as counterfeit. No Starcraft for you.
August 25, 2007 – 10:09 pm
The Kookmin Ilbo (Korean), citing a report in the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP), reports that the Taliban is set to free the remaining 19 Korean hostages being held in Afghanistan.
The AIP report says that the Korean government and Taliban, with Saudi Arabia acting as a mediator, have come to an agreement freeing the hostages.
The report [...]
August 25, 2007 – 9:56 pm
In the WSJ, Max Boot of the Council on Foreign Relations argues that the problem with President Bush’s Vietnam analogy (pertaining to Iraq) is not that it was inaccurate, but that it was incomplete.
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August 25, 2007 – 1:11 pm
S. Korea is currently in the middle of a military buildup, buying or planning to buy F-15Ks, E-737s, Aegis destroyers, XK-2 tanks, XK-21 AIFVs, etc. It has also increased next year’s defense budget by 9.9% to 26.932 trillion Won.
With all the new equipment coming in, the S. Korean armed forces will add new capabilites, but [...]
August 25, 2007 – 11:51 am
OK, I’ll help start you off.
“Shame about that Michael Vick, ain’t it?”
August 25, 2007 – 11:32 am
In the Asahi Shimbun, Hiroki Fukuda reflects on Korea and the First Sino-Japanese War.
I don’t particular agree with all of it, especially some of the cherry-picked quotes (”Japan is a country that “fortifies its internal unity by stressing the threat from its surrounding nations,” “To date, Japan has never come up with a slogan that [...]
August 24, 2007 – 6:35 pm
Quick! Hide the women and children!
Yonhap reports the number of big, stinky foreigners has broken the million mark, including short term sojourners and illegal residents.
Yonhap said this indicates Korea is rapidly developing into a multicultural and multiracial society, but urgent measures must be taken regarding the 220,000 who are here illegally.
The Big 1 Million
According to [...]
August 24, 2007 – 5:18 pm
Some of you may have noticed the blog was down for much of the afternoon. My host is performing some routine maintenance, so some may experience difficulty accessing the site over the next couple of hours. Sorry about that.
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August 24, 2007 – 2:30 pm
If you missed the fairly large anti-American Unification demonstration near Seoul’s city hall on August 15, 2007, I have included these pictures so that you can get a feel for what it was like.
This guy was one of the few leading the parade - he was part of the group armed with Ak-47’s and tormenting [...]
