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Monthly Archives: April 2008
An Ecological Riddle
April 20, 2008 – 8:40 am
Yi So-yeon has returned to Earth
April 19, 2008 – 6:48 pm
She landed safely about half-an-hour ago. Congratulations, Miss Yi.
(I stuck this post under “IT Korea” since I couldn’t think of a better place to stick it.)
Don’t You Hate It When Relatives Refuse to Return Your Slush Funds
April 19, 2008 – 3:11 pm
This is why former President Roh Tae-woo is a Class A scumbag:
Former President Roh Tae-woo has filed a lawsuit against his brother and nephew, accusing them of refusing to return a company that they set up with slush funds he entrusted to them two decades ago between 1988 and 1991, during his presidency.
According to the [...]
Don’t Be Too CNN
April 19, 2008 – 11:42 am
The BBC has a write-up about Chinese netizen reactions to the demonstrations in Tibet and during the torch relay. C-blogs like EastSouthWestNorth, Danwei, and Mutant Palm get a shout-out and there’s a link to a music sample of a popular tune called “Don’t Be Too CNN.”
Korean Feels Your Pain
April 19, 2008 – 8:55 am
In the KT, English instruct Lee Ji-young discusses what Koreans must do to make their country a “foreigner-friendly country”:
I have met quite a few foreigners living in Korea and often asked them what their impressions of Koreans were and what it was like to live in this country. I got both good and bad reports [...]
DJ, You’re a Schmuck
April 19, 2008 – 8:50 am
I’m sorry, but it’s really, really bad form for an ex-president to tour the United States while the sitting president is in town for a summit meeting in a bid to undercut his foreign policy initiatives.
Not that I expect much from DJ, of course.
Return of the LA Galbi
April 19, 2008 – 8:46 am
Looks like Korea has agreed to resume imports of US beef from May:
South Korea and the United States agreed on the resumption of U.S. beef imports Friday, removing a major hurdle to the U.S. ratification of the Seoul-Washington free trade agreement (FTA).
The agreement, which was announced hours before President Lee Myung-bak’s summit with U.S. President [...]
Plenty of shame to go around
April 18, 2008 – 5:25 pm
One Free Korea reports that there is a bill in Congress to address to force the deadenders at State to do their legally required jobsstreamline the resettlement process for North Korean refugees to the USA. It is not a moment too soon. I hope it will prevent reoccurence of this.
The bill notes that only 43 [...]
Break time
April 18, 2008 – 4:28 pm
As a break from all the heaviness the Hole has been experiencing lately, I present the lovely (but apparently not so talented) Moon Ji-eun.
“History is linked to legitimacy”
April 17, 2008 – 6:55 pm
The NYTimes has an timely article on China’s construction of a new museum dedicated to the official history of Tibet™. As per the article:
History is often interpreted to meet the political objectives of whichever government is doing the interpreting. The historical relationship between Tibet and China is replete with claims, disputes and caveats. But [...]
Wheel Chair Season . . .
April 17, 2008 – 5:33 pm
The special prosecutor has indicted Lee Kun-hee for tax evasion and breach of trust. The Bloomberg link is here.
So, I Guess She’s Charging More than £130 an Hour Now
April 17, 2008 – 1:13 pm
It seems the very, very cute former Oxford math wiz who was turning tricks for £130 an hour has moved up in the world (perhaps NSFW).
Things to ponder:
“People think escorting is sleazy and terrible but I don’t see it like that,” she says. “I’ve always had a high sex drive—and now I’m getting all the [...]
OK, This is Weird
April 17, 2008 – 12:56 pm
From the Chosun Ilbo:
The suspicious death of a Chinese actress and model has shocked both South Korea and China. Tan Jing (Cyworld blog), 24, was found dead at an apartment building in Guangzhou, China earlier this month. Local police initially believed she was a sex worker. The death has caused a stir among South Korean [...]
Did Virginia Tech Ignore Suicidal KoAm Student?
April 17, 2008 – 10:48 am
CNN ran a report on Daniel Kim, a 21-year-old Korean-American student at Virginia Tech who committed suicide eight months after the Cho Seung-Hui Seung-Hui Cho massacre. His family feels Virginia Tech ignored the warning signs:
William Kim still calls the cell phone of his son, a 21-year-old senior at Virginia Tech, just to hear his voice. [...]
Tis Again the Season to Venerate Mountains
April 16, 2008 – 11:39 pm
As you all know, last Tues April 8th was Lunar 3.3 (third day of the third moon) and so there were Sanshin-je [Mountain-spirit veneration-ceremonies] held in villages and at sacred mountains nationwide. I spent my time at Inwang-san right here in Seoul, where i found a great medium-sized Sanshin-je going on at a relatively-obscure [...]
MySpace in Korea
April 16, 2008 – 11:37 pm
Chris DeWolfe of MySpace was just in Korea (Yonsei U.) to announce the Korean version of MySpace.com and it is already looking better than Cyworld since U.S. Cyworld users can not send messages to Cyworld users in Korea or access their account through the Korean portal (infranet!?).
