Set up a direct airline route between Seoul and Abu Dhabi. That’s what the government of the UAE has added as a condition for ”purchasing” 40 T-50 trainers. According to an exclusive report by mbn, the ROK government has indicated that it will agree to the condition. However considering that the competition, according to mbn, had already set [...]
That’s what Esquire is calling the uncompleted Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang.
A picture doesn’t lie — the one-hundred-and-five-story Ryugyong Hotel is hideous, dominating the Pyongyang skyline like some twisted North Korean version of Cinderella’s castle. Not that you would be able to tell from the official government photos of the North Korean capital — the hotel [...]
The Hankook Ilbo is reporting that a Misuda panelist named “A” allegedly worked as a hostess in a Kangnam “sexy bar” called “S”. According to the Hankook, tvN, a cable channel, ran a story called “Misuda’s Shocking Past” as part of its entertainment news show called “Entertainment E News.” It showed “A” serving [...]
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” [...]
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 [...]
Boeing plans to throw in a F-15K for free, as part of the deal that will see 20 more F-15Ks inducted into the ROKAF. This will replace the F-15K that crashed into the East Sea, a few years ago. Not so fast, says the Seoul Shinmun. According to it, there is a very big chance that the plane will not [...]
The Transition Committee has hinted that subjects other than English, such as math and science might be taught in English. So does this mean that we’ll see a market for non-Korean, English-speaking science, math, social studies, etc. teachers?
Google Earth is getting some media attention here in Korea, after a netizen discovered that some S. Korean locations were marked as N. Korean. The locations cited are Ongjin, Baegryeong-do, Daecheong-do, and Socheong-do. Google Korea responded by stating that “it had not been able to update Google Earth, since it had not received map data from the Korean [...]
The Commissioner of the Korea Immigration Service, during an interview with the KT, said that Seoul plans to issue E-2 visas to “foreigners whose countries adopt English as an official language.” However, he didn’t give any specifics on when this plan will be implemented.
Outgoing Pres. Roh has indicated that he might veto LMB’s proposed plan for restructuring of the government ministries, which was submitted to the National Assembly. Roh described the plan as “unfair, undemocratic, and rushed” and added that “as a President who has to sign the law and take responsibility for it, I have to worry about it, since it is [...]
Prosecutors have applied for an arrest warrant against Huh Kyung-young for supposedly violating the election law and defamation of character.
The Joongang is reporting that the Japanese government had made detailed maps of Dodko(pic below), and that the Korean government isn’t doing anything about the matter.
According to the Joongnag, the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport used the ALOS(Advanced Land Observation Satellite) and American satellite data to survey Dokdo and produce detailed 1/25,000 scale maps of [...]
Music video of SES’s single “U” released way back in 2000, with scenes showing the members tormenting white guys. Now that I think about it I remember reading an editorial in the Korea Times or Herald, where the non-Korean contributor stated that he (she?) was disturbed when he (she?) watched the video.
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I guess this was going to happen sooner or later. The Korean National Police is looking into using Tasers to subdue violent demonstrators.
The Korean National Bobsleigh Team has won the bronze medal during the 2008 American Cup competition held at Salt Lake City. But like the Jamaican team at the 88 Winter Olympics, the Korean team had had its share of hardships. First it had only three members including the coach, but because of “budgetary problems” only [...]
Photos taken during the 2008 Detroit Motor Show.
LMB has stated that the Canal will be built “with 100% private funding and will not involve government funds.” Because of this he stressed that “it cannot be done unilaterally and that there is no government schedule for its completion.” Put it simply, according to LMB, the project is “in private hands.”
OK, does this mean [...]
A simple demonstration on how a 3G phone can be used to teach English. The phone bill will be a killer though.
Son Yae-jin appears in a commercial for Cuckoo rice cookers. With images of various rice dishes from around the world, the commercial states that the rice cookers are “heating up China, covering up Thailand, kneading the United States, pressing down on Japan, melting Italy, and making Spain restless.” After that Son gives out bowls of rice to [...]
The Transition Committee has stated its intentions to reopen talks with the U.S. in order to “renegotiate” the schedule for the transfer of wartime command to the ROK. It cited the need to take into account the security situation of the Korean peninsula and Korea’s defense capabilities. And I thought the 2012 transfer was a [...]
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