- The GNP took something of a beating in yesterday’s by-elections. Yawn. Of interest, though, is the victory of Kim Young-whan in Ansan, if only because — in addition to being a poet, dissident and Kim Dae-jung’s science minister — he also founded the hanok e-Mideum Dentistry in Bukchon, which is a remarkable utilization of Korean traditional architecture for modern aims.
- Seoul Central District Court didn’t go easy on the squatters on trial for the tragic Yongsan fire.
- I guess if there’s one place you want to make sure the English is correct, it’s the airport.
- Korea is looking to treble overseas aid by 2015, according to Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan.
- Shutting down schools? For two weeks? For H1N1?
- The military is under fire for letting a man through the DMZ on his way to defect to North Korea. Of course, this isn’t the first time something similar to this has happened.
- Well, at least the First Lady isn’t hand feeding any of the stuff to anyone here.
- You know, I like Lee Pani and all, but why can’t she just go back to taking her clothes off?
- Speaking of, Korea’s film censors are allowing “Today and the Other Days” to be shown, despite showing both male and female naughty bits.
- One Korean blogger lists the 10 best films featuring nuclear explosions.
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Didn’t know the hangeul textbooks were so pricey.
The Foreign Ministry would also like the American Peace Corps volunteers to return to Korea to take care of the old folks on the farm.
Speaking of English at the airport, I took a flight in July and saw the following sign. “This exit is under renovation. We are sorry to make you incovenient.”
At Itaewon station, there is this rather amazing example.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/signlanguage/6405714/Sign-Language-week-71.html?image=14
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