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Monthly Archives: May 2008
GE Appliance to be Sold. LG and Haier Circling the Water, Licking Their Chops…
May 28, 2008 – 5:12 am
Taking a bit of a break from questionable caricatures and beef mudslinging, General Electric Company has put GE Appliance on the block. The American Chaebol (although without the mafia style management) is trying to streamline their operations so to look more “sexier” to Wall Street. The feeling on the street is that GE Appliance is [...]
Wanted: Cartoonists to Take Piss Out of Korean Netizens
May 27, 2008 – 6:34 pm
The Metropolitician failed to see the humor in a cartoon to which I linked earlier. Anyway, he’s looking to illustrate — literally, in this case — a point, but needs the help of a cartoonist to do it:
I wrote a comment on his blog asking how Koreans would feel if American newspapers and bloggers started [...]
Korean Supermarkets Won’t Sell US Beef. Time To Be a Dick.
May 27, 2008 – 2:05 pm
The Seoul Shinmun reports that for the time being, major Korean supermarkets have decided NOT to sell US beef.
This stands in contrast to what they were saying at the beginning at the month, when they were saying they had no choice but to sell it because of consumer demand.
Importers, however, said they would sell US [...]
Cute. Very Cute.
May 27, 2008 – 9:20 am
A Korean blogger and online artist has created some characters to represent “the outrages committed by foreign teachers in Korea after they’ve smoked pot and drank.”
Well, surely, you’d have to admit a couple of bottles of soju or a fat Phillie blunt (no offense to Vancouverites) would make class go much easier.
A Disturbing Beating Death of an Infant
May 26, 2008 – 10:55 pm
This appalling story comes from the Chosun Ilbo:
“시끄럽게 운다” 엄마가 영아 때려 숨지게해
Mother Beats to Death Infant Crying Loudly
경기도 수원서부경찰서는 태어난 지 70여일된 아들을 때려 숨지게 한 혐의(폭행치사)로 A(30.여)씨에 대해 구속영장을 신청했다고 26일 밝혔다.
The Suwon police announced on May 26 that they petitioned to keep in custody a 30-year-old woman, A, for beating to death [...]
Murders in New Jersey Brings Unwanted Attention to Korean Americans
May 26, 2008 – 6:25 pm
A little late reporting this, but last week three Korean Americans were discovered stabbed to death in their Tenafly, NJ home. The brutality of the crime has shocked many in the quiet, suburban, upper middle class neighborhood (median household income $91k). Choi Kang-Hyuk was apprehended in Los Angeles later in the week and [...]
Wanted: Writers in Busan
May 26, 2008 – 2:14 pm
I’m looking for writers/bloggers in Busan (or near Busan) who might be interested in writing a 1,300-1,500 word travel piece about the city for the July issue of SEOUL magazine.
I’d prefer someone with a few years experience in the city. If you’re interested, send a resume (with contact information!) and a writing sample (if you [...]
Korea Must Overcome Passion and Emotionalism: Jeffrey Jones
May 26, 2008 – 1:50 pm
Former AMCHAM boss and now Korean citizen Jeffrey Jones cited US beef and Lone Star as examples of Koreans letting passion and emotionalism get the best of them:
A noted American lawyer said Korea needs to create a country ruled by law and rationality, not by passion and emotionalism, if it wants to join the league [...]
Beware the Virus of American Culture!
May 26, 2008 – 1:18 pm
In the KT, sociologist Jon Huer wonders why Koreans are protesting US beef when they should be protesting America’s cultural invasion:
What baffles me in the whole mad cow disease-inspired anti-Americanism is that, compared to the “cultural” way America has invaded Korea and jarred loose its social-moral fabric, mad cow is wholly insignificant.
Koreans ought to protest [...]
Test Drive: Hyundai Genesis Sedan
May 26, 2008 – 9:06 am
Here’s one of the first test drives of the all new Hyundai Genesis sedan by a Westerner, a writer from Automobile News for all you guys that just might have an extra $30k to $40k (or million won) lying around. Joe DeMatio spent a few days at Hyundai’s test track in Namyang putting the [...]
The Story of the Bianca Pertica - An Early Italian-Korean Encounter
May 25, 2008 – 3:52 pm
In honor of the approaching Italian National Day. One of Korea’s earliest encounters with Italy also became the excuse that a visiting Italian nobleman used to try and open Korea to the West before the Americans did. The story is often mentioned as a mere footnote in historical texts - bare of anything but the [...]
The Son of “Hello Mr. Monkey” Will Attract the World Deeply
May 25, 2008 – 2:16 pm
Just when you thought ESL could not get more funny, Mike Meyer (NY Times) has a funny tale of learning English in Beijing and how it is part of a drive for English literacy for the Olympics.
MUST READ post on Increased Military at Sino-NK Border
May 25, 2008 – 3:59 am
Joshua at One Free Korea has put up a very detailed post on the recent strengthened military presence on both sides of the Chinese-North Korean border. One the North Korean side, snipers and nighttime floodlights are aimed at deterring the growing numbers of desperately hungry North Koreans from crossing the border safely. On [...]
A Couple of Shoutouts
May 24, 2008 – 1:23 pm
Andrew Douch, one of the two Kiwis who hiked the Baekdudaegan last year, is now hiking the Nakdong-Jeongmaek trail from Busan to Mt. Taebaeksan. And he’s blogging it.
One blog I’ve been meaning to mention for a week now is Mr. Lee Looking at the World (Korean), a man with a camera and a mission to [...]
The Politics of Business
May 24, 2008 – 12:53 pm
The South Korean Government is interested in simplifying the regulations regarding joint-ventures and other business arrangements between South Korean businesses and North Korean partners (note: partners, not businesses). SK is moving to reduce the requirements for SK citizens in reporting their contact with NK citizens as well. All this should be before the [...]
