While people have been sorting through candidates in America, Americans have had much consideration of where they went dead wrong during the last eight years. Amongst the dialog, there is one blog comment that caught my attention because one commenter made a comparison between Roh Mu-Hyan and Barack Obama that caught my eye:
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The NY Times blog has a little video of an empty North Korean Banquet hall, from a VBS documentary called, “The Vice Guide to North Korea”.
There is more on the VBS documentary here.
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February 29, 2008 – 2:06 pm
artwork: plundered booty
There is a theme at work herein, from today’s media:
The Search for Hidden Money ExpandsMore Land to be Seized from Heirs of CollaboratorsShould People Be Ashamed of Their Wealth?
There is nothing about parrots however.
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February 29, 2008 – 9:55 am
First Birthday - photo: Lee SeoKyong for IHT
Lee Su Hyun has a charming article in the IHT (International Herald Tribune) on the practice of giving gold rings on one’s first birthday and how gold prices affect this tradition.
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February 28, 2008 – 10:08 am
Other than the Daewoo/Burma affair, which was quietly allowed to slip away by Roh’s team, now it seems the NIS probably had a hand in fanning the BBK scandal.
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February 27, 2008 – 12:42 pm
An interesting editorial in the IHT, regarding Russia’s hoarding of 10–15 billion dollars worth of art, taken from the Nazis during WWII, reminds one of other situations, such taken from Korea, by Japan, now a part of China and Russia. If one craves legitimacy, pass a law (Russia) or create a “NorthEast Project“.
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February 23, 2008 – 2:09 pm
A 600-year-old pine tree in Mount Songni, North Chuncheong, national treasure no. 103, photo: JoongAng Ilbo
The JoongAng Ilbo recently ran an article that discusses how “Another National Treasure Is Decaying” — in light of what has happened recently with the burning down on one of the best-loved Korean cultural treasures. Perhaps there is more to [...]
February 23, 2008 – 12:45 am
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Kids are pretty people and there are some cute and talented ones like Ha He-ro singing “Hey Jude”. I’m not sure but I think he said to “rub her into your heart . . . “
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February 22, 2008 – 1:23 pm
According to the World Intellectual Property Organization, inventors from China and South Korea are filing more patents for inventions than ever before (AP). “South Korea overtook France to come fourth behind Germany (27,731) and Japan (18,134) on the patent ladder.” Per the WIPO:
“The growth in patent filings by a number of countries in north [...]
February 21, 2008 – 9:23 am
Kim Suneé, Korean-born orphan, traveler, gourmand, magazine editor and now author has a memoir/travel log Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home. One plug for her new book reads:
Kim Sunée’s mysterious origins have given her both the exile’s curse and the exile’s charmed life. This coming of age memoir is brave, [...]
February 20, 2008 – 6:52 pm
The amusing title is from a quote by Huh Jeung-soo, head of the team’s Task Force for Climate Change and Energy Policy, regarding the global reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and other concerns regarding alternative energy development in South Korea.
Huh’s team will focus on one area of major importance for Korea (and the world) [...]
February 19, 2008 – 10:20 am
Lisa of Tokyomango hooks us up with a poster from a bar bathroom in Okinawa, which is the perfect place for this picture. Target practice . . .
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February 17, 2008 – 3:50 pm
According to a Reuters report, the dogs have gone to North Korea. For reasons best unexplained, after years of planning, dog sled races have come to the Kumgang-san resort.
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February 16, 2008 – 1:59 pm
A group of Japanese lawmakers are interested in building a railway tunnel from Japan to South Korea. The could connect Tokyo to London by rail, some time in the future.
This might actually be more feasible and useful than a canal that uses currently non-existent ship elevators and imposes unwanted hardships upon the local ecology.
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February 16, 2008 – 11:24 am
Maybe the “grand canal” really is a big theme park ride after all.
February 15, 2008 – 1:02 pm
KTF is offering a special hand-phone service (Love Detector Service) that can analyze one’s voice to see how the other person on the line feels about them.
February 13, 2008 – 8:36 pm
South Korea held its first trial by jury. It worked out well, according to reports.
February 13, 2008 – 1:42 pm
This Lunar New Year took me back to Kangjin City, in Kangjin County, which is the home of the poet Kim Yun-sik “Young Rang” and the place of exile for Jeong Yak-Yong, aka “Dasan” (Tea Mountain), who was one of the most prolific writers and scholars of the Chosun Dynasty. The above picture is of [...]
February 12, 2008 – 5:10 pm
Pyongyang enjoyed a slightly different Lunar New Year with a rousing rendition of “We Envy Nothing in the World” (video) — except your oil . . .
February 12, 2008 – 7:49 am
BlackBerry service experienced disruptions in North America and other parts of the world, affecting all of North America and some of the company’s 12 million world-wide subscribers (link updated).
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