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Posted 41 minutes ago

2010년 7월 31일 브라질 브라질리아에서 우리나라의 10번째 세계유산으로 하회와 양동마을이 등재되었습니다. 「한국의 역사마을 : 하회와 양동 (Historic Villages of Korea : Hahoe and Yangdong)」 이라는 이름으로 등재된 유산에는 하회마을(중요민속자료 122호), 병산서원(사전 260호) 양동마을(중요민속자료 189호), 독.....tag : 경주, 보물, 유네스코, 안동, 하회마을, 양동마을, 사적, 세계유산, ICOMOS [Link]

ROK Drop » North Korean Business Ventures Face Economic Problems

Posted 54 minutes ago

Via a reader tip comes this story about the hardships North Korean businesses are having lately due to the economic climate and financial sanctions: Bureau 39 has been dubbed Kim’s own slush fund. A chain of eateries offers a glimpse into how the North Korean body makes cash. Bureau 39. It’s the shady, money-making arm of the North Korean government ... [Link]

The Western Confucian » W.A. Mozart's Requiem Mass Performed by Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya and Cor Madrigal, Directed by Víctor Pablo Pérez

Posted 3 hours ago

"Everything is in perfect harmony in Mozart, every note, every musical phrase is as it is and could not be otherwise; even those opposed are reconciled; it is called 'Mozart'sche Heiterkeit' (Mozart's serenity), which envelops everything, every moment" — Mozart's Requiem Expresses Faith, Says Pontiff. "It is a gift of the grace of God, but it is also the fruit ... [Link]

Monster Island (actually a peninsula)* » KT to offer unlimited data service to iPhone users (and others)

Posted 4 hours ago

In honor of tomorrow's release of the iPhone 4, Korea Telecom has announced unlimited data plans for some smartphones, including the iPhone: The unlimited data services will begin Friday, when KT plans to launch Apple's iPhone 4 in Korea to compete with Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S, provided by SK Telecom. KT will join SK Telecom in providing unlimited data services ... [Link]

The Western Confucian » On God

Posted 4 hours ago

James Matthew Wilson's latest — Stephen Hawking Proves the Existence of God. "Self-created law operating spontaneously and so absolutely un-beholden to any prior necessity: this sounds familiar indeed, having found divinely-inspired expression some years ago," he writes, quoting the first five verses of Gospel According to Saint John."The 'undergraduate atheists' have had their day," writes John Cottingham, suggesting, "The spiritually ... [Link]

One Free Korea » Light Blogging for a While

Posted 4 hours ago

This month, a few professional and personal projects are converging, and I won’t have much time for anything else. Here are some links of interest (to me) in the meantime. __________________________ Evan Ramstad of the Wall Street Journal talks to North Koreans in China about their morale. __________________________ The Heritage Foundation criticizes U.N. programs in North Korea. __________________________ The Christian ... [Link]

The Western Confucian » Reading Pravda and Al-Jazeera

Posted 4 hours ago

"Sometimes your enemies can teach you more than your friends are ever willing to disclose," writes Jim Goad — Insight from the Outside: Seeing the USA from Pravda and Al-Jazeera’s Eyes. Of the former, he says, "I tend to agree with most of Pravda’s dire prognostications regarding the US, but I’m not so sure they needed to be such dicks ... [Link]

The Western Confucian » The Church in Africa

Posted 4 hours ago

Arturo Vasquez concludes that "there is no reason to expect Christianity in Africa to produce Southern Hemisphere neo-cons who read First Things and have impeccable front lawns" — Our disfigured image. Subscribe in a reader [Link]

The Western Confucian » Atrazine and the Crisis of Manhood

Posted 5 hours ago

Terry Nelson reports that the "[g]ender bender chemical atrazine widely contaminates U.S. public water supply" — Something in the War. A study "found that small amounts of atrazine lowered testosterone levels and fertility in male frogs" and "[m]any of the frogs were chemically castrated or even turned into females." Subscribe in a reader [Link]

Ask a Korean! » No title

Posted 5 hours ago

Absolutely, absolutely FASCINATING racial data crunching from Gizmodo. Just go read it.The Real 'Stuff White People Like’ [Gizmodo] [Link]

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