December 27, 2007 – 9:12 am
In his blog at the WaPo, Amar Bakshi shares some holiday cheer — or misery — with US GIs in Itaewon:
I turn to my American companions and say half-jokingly, “You’ve got everything from America here.”
“No, man,” comes the response, drunkenly serious. “You’ve got what we all want: freedom.” A young soldier grasps my shoulder for [...]
December 27, 2007 – 8:50 am
A very, very brutal week is about to end. Regular posting to resume from today.
December 25, 2007 – 1:53 pm
Two foreigner English teachers will NOT be having a very merry Christmas as they’ve been busted for using drugs, reports Yonhap.
Incheon prosecutors announced today that a 25-year-old Canadian, Mr. A, teaching at an Incheon elementary school had been arrested on charges of not only smoking hash, but smuggling it into the country.
According to prosecutors, Mr. [...]
December 25, 2007 – 1:10 pm
I’d like to wish everyone here a merry Christmas and a happy and healthy holiday season.
December 25, 2007 – 12:42 am
A little bit of slightly good news for Xmas Eve — Feuding Korean clans end 400-year fight over graves – this is resulting from Korea’s longstanding Pungsu-jiriseol beliefs… other relevant links are at the bottom of that page.
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December 24, 2007 – 3:00 pm
Once again Christmas is upon us. As most of you are well aware, Christmas is a relatively new event in Korea. It is next to impossible to say when it first arrived - maybe with the early missionaries, or perhaps with Lucius Foote the first American Minister to Korea. We do, however, know when the first [...]
December 24, 2007 – 12:50 pm
Since the Marmot nicely gives me a bigger megaphone than the comment line, I thought I would breathlessly give my thoughts on recent election as the rest of the contributors have done, or will do.
First, I really got to say something about the campaigns. If I needed any more reason and a vote, Chung Dong-young [...]
December 24, 2007 – 11:32 am
This ain’t no politics; it’s poetry and translated too.
December 24, 2007 – 11:28 am
AFKN will no longer be broadcast by local cable companies in Korea in the near future. I guess getting a dish is a priority now.
December 24, 2007 – 8:23 am
The Korea Institute for Sexology examines the issue of some Korean men who feel they have to end their drinking binges with sex, in order to feel “relieved”. It cites the cases of two Korean men, who are married BTW, going to massage parlors, in order to fulfill their “urges.” In the case of one Korean man, he [...]
December 23, 2007 – 1:11 pm
“The Man Who Was Once Superman” scheduled to premiere on Jan. 31st of the new year. She even changed her hairstyle and learned how to smoke for this movie. Oh Goodie!!!
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December 23, 2007 – 12:51 pm
“The Good, The Bad, The Weird”, starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hyun, and Jung Woo-sung, and directed by Kim Jee-woon. It’s scheduled to premiere sometime next year. Since the title is based on “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” one of the well known “Spaghetti Westerns“, one wonders whether this movie is the beginning for [...]
December 22, 2007 – 6:22 pm
I finally got the photos of the latter three Baekdu-daegan Expedition activities (that i participated in) put up on my site, to complement Roger and Andrew’s blog (they’re both back in New Zealand now; Andy will return in Jan to re-base himself in Pohang). Take a look at our beautiful Worak-san meet-up experience in early October (including [...]
December 22, 2007 – 3:30 pm
And I thought this guy will fade away and keep his peace until the next presidential elections. Huh is claiming that ballot boxes with fake ballots were “manufactured” in order to ensure LMB’s victory. His so called “evidence” are supposed pictures showing ballot boxes stuffed with LMB ballots that were not folded. Huh says that [...]
December 22, 2007 – 12:36 pm
According to the Washington Post(sorry I’m not a subscriber, so I’m linking a Korean news article), U.S. scientists have found traces of enriched uranium in North Korean aluminum tubing.
December 22, 2007 – 12:20 pm
The Council on Foreign Relations has a neat Flash guide that gives one background on the current state of affairs on the Korean Peninsula. Flash is required to view this.
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December 22, 2007 – 11:32 am
Another weekend, another day at work for Uncle Marmot.
On a positive note, I’ve finally switched my office computer to Ubuntu.
Anyway, discuss amongst yourselves.
December 22, 2007 – 11:14 am
It seems that a presidential amnesty is coming soon. All beneficial-to-the-country-crooks welcomed.
December 21, 2007 – 9:58 am
Applications for arrest warrants have been filed for the captains of the crane barge, two tugs, and the tanker in connection with the oil spill in the West Sea. The crane barge and the tugs’ captains are being charged for “operations in bad weather” while the tanker captain(who BTW is Indian) is being charged for “not [...]
December 21, 2007 – 9:29 am
He earned 0.4% of the votes(about 96,000 votes) during the elections. Not bad considering his candidacy. Had he won 0.8%(which some people thought was a real possibility), he would have surpassed Rhee In-jae and most probably made him the butt of jokes. (Imagine people snickering that a certain well known career politician has been surpassed by [...]
