January 28, 2008 – 7:56 pm
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I take it her press conference was at the Dragon Hill Spa in Yongsan.
(HT to Wonderful)
UPDATE: Click the links to see the videos — I hate the ads perpetually loading in my status bar.
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January 28, 2008 – 6:08 pm
The Chosun Ilbo reports that both of the leading parties are looking to replace their incumbents with younger blood in their respective regional bases.
Because the seats in those regions (Honam for the United New Democratic Party and Yeongnam for the Grand National Party) are pretty safe, they are highly coveted by politicians looking for a guaranteed spot [...]
January 28, 2008 – 2:24 pm
Uzbek “Misuda” girl Djamilya — who’s rumored to be something of a wangtta over there — has released a photo series (see also here), which you can see via SKT and, soon, LGT and KTF.
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January 28, 2008 – 2:13 pm
The Dong-A, meanwhile, reports that drug smuggling via international parcel has skyrocketed.
January 28, 2008 – 2:05 pm
Just in case you didn’t know, Kathleen Stephens — the next US ambassador to Korea — was an English teacher at Yesan Middle School some 33 years ago with the Peace Corps. Yonhap has some warm and fuzzy stuff about that.
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January 28, 2008 – 1:52 pm
I guess we shouldn’t be surprised that some 60% of teachers oppose the incoming administration’s plans to conduct high school English classes in English from 2010.
Not when less than half of English teachers in Korea can conduct classes for a full hour in English. And not when over half of foreign teachers in Korean schools [...]
January 28, 2008 – 9:34 am
If you’d like to install Hangul 2005 (or a 60-day trial version thereof) in Ubuntu — and if you’re an Ubuntu user in Korea, I’ll assume you do — here’s how to do it.
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January 28, 2008 – 7:28 am
Apparently Korean banks play all sorts of games in either giving or denying ATM/Credit cards to foreigners in Korea. Some banks even go as far as to claim they can not issue one due to a law or regulation — which apparently does not exist — even though one may have all of their money [...]
January 27, 2008 – 5:33 pm
On the heels of the “Seoul Global Center”, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has designated six districts as “Global Villages.”
The Seoul metropolitan government Friday designated six “Global Villages” to provide various tailor-made services to foreigners living in the capital.
The villages are “Americatowns” in Itaewon-dong, Hannam-dong and Yeoksam-dong; a Chinatown in Yeonnam-dong; a “Francetown” in Seocho-dong; and “Japantown” [...]
January 27, 2008 – 4:18 pm
Upcoming Royal Asiatic Society–Korea activities of interest to M-holers:
Sat February 2nd: Sobaek-San National Park Tour with Huibang-Sa and Guin-Sa Temples After a bus-ride down thru the scenic Jecheon / Danyang region, we’ll take a pleasant hike through the scenic Sobaek-san National Park, visiting the historic temples Huibang-sa (with lovely icy water-fall) and Guin-sa (Cheontae Order; biggest non-Jogye temple in [...]
January 27, 2008 – 2:45 pm
Oddly enough, a related article has appeared in the NY Times regarding the relationship between commercialized food processing and its impact upon American society. As the author points out, meat is subsidized by the government — like oil – and:
Global demand for meat has multiplied in recent years, encouraged by growing affluence and nourished by [...]
January 25, 2008 – 4:28 pm
UPDATE: After months of not being accessible by KT, and this having worsened over the last two weeks, readers are reporting being able to suddenly get back in from the day this post went up. Something must have worked!
To those of you this may concern, no, Scribblings of the Metropolitician is not offline, but rather [...]
January 25, 2008 – 1:08 pm
The former chairman of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce thinks Korea’s policies regarding Canadian-made Blackberries, Canadian beef and access to the auto sector are major barriers to the conclusion of a Korea-Canada FTA and hurting bilateral ties.
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January 25, 2008 – 1:00 pm
LMB’s transition team has revealed that it plans to get high schools to teach classes in English, starting with math, science and art. And in related news, the US Department of Education announced today that American high schools will start conducting classes in Wolof.
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January 25, 2008 – 12:37 pm
Trot singer Na Hoon-a — who, as you all know, is the shit — says he’s got nothing to explain, all the rumors are bullshit, and the press should learn to do its job.
Which is to say, no, he wasn’t assaulted by a yakuza boss for banging the gangster’s mistress, who — as the rumor [...]
January 25, 2008 – 9:40 am
The NYT’s Seth Kegel brings his video camera along to Korea Way and Flushing in New York — very cool stuff.
Be sure to check out the accompanying article, too.
(HT to readers)
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January 25, 2008 – 6:54 am
China seems to be feeling a bit guilty over its faults, thus is lashing out at the Dalai Lama — again — claiming that criticizing China is “inconsistent with the Olympics spirit”. That guilt might explain the renewed interested in propagandizing everything and anything by China.
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January 24, 2008 – 2:58 pm
The Seoul Metropolitan Government opened the “Seoul Global Center” at the 3rd floor of the Seoul Press Center. The center aims to be a “one stop total service center” for expats and foreign investors. Among the services that will be provided are; issuing of certificates, tourist information, immigration related services, and investment consultation. And what [...]
January 24, 2008 – 2:50 pm
There’s a point somewhere in this article, but, frankly, I’m hard-pressed to find it. Cell phones are not all that hard to come by in Korea. Period. As for having to be issued a new number when you replace your lost or damaged phone, it’s an issue faced by both Koreans and foreigners alike. I just signed [...]
