If the michincow idiots ever get one of these cheap remote drones that invaded Gary Kasparov’s press conference, LMB might have a real PR problem since I do not think Han-nara knows how to handle such a weapon (NSFW - not safe for women).
Interestingly enough, a subcontracted enforcer (?), “hired by a private company under contract with the city”, was caught on video getting rough with an elderly street vendor. What happened to using the police to enforce the law? The Joongang article is here.
According to this JoongAng article, foreigners can now register to get the infamous residence registration number which most Korean portals require for one to use their site. This might have helped for getting an exclusively Korean Cyworld account years ago, when it was cool.
Update:
As per another JoongAng article, NK defectors are now demanding new residence [...]
Choe Sang-hun posted an interesting article on a new propaganda museum (Remembrance Museum), located in Chongson, about 90 miles east of Seoul.
Though the mad cow/idiot vigils downtown may be of recent vintage, this museum takes one back through time with North/South propaganda found in dropped leaflets — many that are rare and difficult to find [...]
Choe Sang-Hun has posted a good article on this issue, featuring Ok So-Ri.
The National Assembly and Lee Administration has failed to pass a bill that would create a national teacher evaluation system. Considering the history of this bill and its background, one must wonder what is going on with the politics of this issue.
Happy Buddha’s Birthday to all. Here is a link to a few pictures taken on the way to the little temple on top of Kwanak-san in Seoul.
John Kennedy of Globalvoicesonline.org has posted interesting look at a Chinese exchange troll, allegedly living here in Korea, who claims that Koreans are now persecuting Chinese students — the same ones who were only trying to protect the “sacred flame” (sure). While this poster’s grasp on reality is blatantly distorted, some of the Chinese [...]
Park Kyung-ni(ree), one of the most important Korean novelists has passed. Her masterwork entitled “The Land” (toji) is believed to be the summation of modern Korean literature. The first two sections have been translated into English and can be found here.
As this is of current interest, this is an interesting article from the NY Times on the thoughts and views of Chinese students abroad.
photo: Yonhap News Agency
The Olympic torch has come and gone through South Korea but not without surprises. The trip through Japan was marked with some outcry from groups that are critical of China’s policies in Tibet but Seoul was an entirely different matter since the most criticism against China’s human rights violations stems from [...]
Photo: Seokyong Lee for The New York Times
Sam Dillon of the NY Times posts a portrait of two of the most demanding schools in Korea for those students seeking entrance to an Ivy League school in the U.S. and it is all work, with some play. Read the article and see the slide show [...]
It seems that the Olympic Torch will be coming to South Korea on or around April 26 but the odd thing is that the only mention of this is by the JoongAng Ilbo article on “Athletes selected to carry the torch in North Korea“. Naturally the North Koreans will cheer for the torch (which [...]
So not only was Kim DJ in the US during LMB’s visit but now it seems that “A former South Korean intelligence agent granted asylum in the United States said Monday he will disclose what he knows about the suspicions surrounding former President Kim Dae-jung’s Nobel Peace Prize at a news conference this weekend.” — [...]
There is an interesting interview with Global Voices contributor, Kim Hye-Jin, a Korean contributor to Global Voices, who has written a novel called Jia — A Novel of North Korea. The interview is here.
Kim Hye-Jin also “works as a development adviser for the Singapore Korean School and as a technical interpreter facilitating [...]
Orchestras in the EU now need to consider how loud their orchestras are and if orchestra members should wear earplugs . . . believe it or not.
The NYTimes has an timely article on China’s construction of a new museum dedicated to the official history of Tibet™. As per the article:
History is often interpreted to meet the political objectives of whichever government is doing the interpreting. The historical relationship between Tibet and China is replete with claims, disputes and caveats. But [...]
The special prosecutor has indicted Lee Kun-hee for tax evasion and breach of trust. The Bloomberg link is here.
Chris DeWolfe of MySpace was just in Korea (Yonsei U.) to announce the Korean version of MySpace.com and it is already looking better than Cyworld since U.S. Cyworld users can not send messages to Cyworld users in Korea or access their account through the Korean portal (infranet!?).
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