Author Archives: oranckay

Egyptian company invests in DPRK cement

July 17, 2007 – 1:57 pm

Orascom Construction Industries, a massive Egypt-based company that is 60 percent family owned, has decided to invest US$115 million to buy 50 percent of the Sangwon Cement Complex in North Korea’s North Pyongan Province, according to the WSJ, KCNA, and an Orascom press release [pdf]. Sangwon Cement reportedly began production in 1989 and is therefore [...]

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NK’s “Burma bomber” may go free

April 26, 2007 – 1:36 pm

The last surviving member of the North Korean trio that attempted to assasinate South Korean president/dictator Chun Doo-hwan while he was in Burma in 1983 could go free if Myanmar establishes relations with Pyongyang again.

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Bobby Lee, Asian gone bad

April 12, 2007 – 6:03 am

Korean-American comedian Bobby Lee gets a fun review in SFGate, which says among other things that it’s “Lee’s Koreanness” that “powers some of his most brilliant sketches.” The Korean soap parody the article refers to is on Youtube.

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Comment & Moderation Policy Update #1

March 7, 2007 – 9:41 pm

Greetings you many kind readers of the Marmot’s Hole. A few words about moderation policy.

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New comment-section sheriff in town

March 5, 2007 – 2:40 pm

OK, I’ve finally had it with my comment section. Frankly, it’s a disgrace.
From now on, Oranckay from Oranckay.net will be policing the comment section. He will no doubt be laying down the law sometime later today.
It’s hoped that with Oranckay enforcing some actual decorum in the comment section, it will once again be [...]

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