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And Speaking of US Beef…
July 3, 2008 – 5:02 pm
Mongolia Declares State of Emergency
July 2, 2008 – 10:33 am
Mongolian President Nambariin Enkhbayar has declared a four-day state of emergency following last night’s violent protests in UB that saw demonstrators loot and burn the headquarters of the former communist Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party.
If you want to see what recently toasted Stalinist architecture looks like, AFP got a good photo of the party headquarters building.
Rioters [...]
Post-Election Violence in Mongolia
July 1, 2008 – 9:52 pm
Korea isn’t the only one in the neighborhood dealing with unhappy campers — allegations that the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party (MPRP), the former communist-era ruling party, rigged the recent general election has led to violent protests.
No candles in these protests, unless one counts the headquarters of the MPRP, which was set alight, reportedly with Prime [...]
Called on Account of BS . . .
June 27, 2008 – 6:50 pm
After warning other countries not to politicize the summer
Olympic Games in Beijing, China has come under criticism from the International Olympic Committee for doing just that. About time . . .
Protests Halt Kamikaze Memorial
June 24, 2008 – 2:55 am
As reported here (and here) almost two months ago, the Japanese actress Fukumi Kuroda had worked to get a memorial to a Korean kamikaze pilot set-up in his hometown of Sacheon. The state-run Korea Tourism Organization was even going to promote the memorial to Japanese tourists.
According to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle, protestors have stopped [...]
Mao Zedong was Korean?
June 23, 2008 – 8:21 am
While browsing the international news board at Net Ease, I came across this post, an apparent cut and paste of a January 2008 Hong Kong newspaper story about a Seoul National University vice-president and team of history scholars holding a press conference to showcase three years of historical research proving that Chairman Mao was, in [...]
Questions Surrounding US Beef
June 21, 2008 – 6:22 pm
An article in the IHT, gives a bit of a background on the recent issues surrounding US beef.
About 50 countries, including Korea, Taiwan and Japan the last of which accounted for 36 percent of American beef exports closed their doors to American beef after the first confirmed case mad cow disease was found in Moses [...]
Chinese Admit to Death and Burial of US POW 50 Years Late
June 20, 2008 – 1:25 pm
Captured by Chinese soldiers in North Korea in December 1950, 18-year-old Army Sgt. Richard G. Desautels, of Shoreham, Vt., was taken to China and shuffled around several POW camps, never accounted for by the Chinese at the end of the Korean War. Other returned POWs reported to Army interrogators that they had seen [...]
IHT on Korea’s Troubling Nationalism
June 17, 2008 – 8:13 pm
In the IHT, Philip Bowring writes that while Chinese nationalism gets all the attention, Korean nationalism could prove just as destabilizing:
The two Koreas, even combined, are no match for China’s economic and military might. But the latent intensity of nationalism on both sides of the peninsula’s demilitarized zone is more focused and potent.
For all their [...]
Japanese also get a Kick out of Celebs in Native Garb
June 12, 2008 – 6:51 am
“Global Girl” Reese Witherspoon dons a kimono for her Japanese fans.
(PRNewsFoto/Avon Products, Inc., JUNKO KIMURA)
Drug Lord Country?
June 10, 2008 – 10:53 am
Hi-grade Methamphetamine made in North Korea is flooding the Asia-Pacific region including the Philippines.
Beautiful Photos from Japan
June 9, 2008 – 5:57 pm
iMorpheus in Akishima, Japan does some nice work, especially in black-and-white.
First the Earthquake and Now the Police . . .
June 4, 2008 – 9:46 am
It did not take long for authorities in China to get tough with grieving parents from the earthquake. So “splitism” is also losing your children to poor construction.
Japanese Foreign Ministry Homepage Says Bad Things About Korea, Countermeasures Urgent
June 3, 2008 – 9:59 pm
The JoongAng Ilbo (Korean) reports that authorities need to do something quick about the Japanese Foreign Ministry homepage’s section on Korea. More specifically, the “Safety” section, a travel advisory posted for the benefit of Japanese travelers going to Korea, is overly negative.
It’s so bad, in fact, that it could give Japanese tourists the impression that [...]
Reuters on Overseas Match-making
May 30, 2008 – 9:47 am
Reuters has an article on the problems often facing South Koreans and the foreigners who look to match-making services for brides.
GE Appliance to be Sold. LG and Haier Circling the Water, Licking Their Chops…
May 28, 2008 – 5:12 am
Taking a bit of a break from questionable caricatures and beef mudslinging, General Electric Company has put GE Appliance on the block. The American Chaebol (although without the mafia style management) is trying to streamline their operations so to look more “sexier” to Wall Street. The feeling on the street is that GE Appliance is [...]
The Story of the Bianca Pertica - An Early Italian-Korean Encounter
May 25, 2008 – 3:52 pm
In honor of the approaching Italian National Day. One of Korea’s earliest encounters with Italy also became the excuse that a visiting Italian nobleman used to try and open Korea to the West before the Americans did. The story is often mentioned as a mere footnote in historical texts - bare of anything but the [...]
The Son of “Hello Mr. Monkey” Will Attract the World Deeply
May 25, 2008 – 2:16 pm
Just when you thought ESL could not get more funny, Mike Meyer (NY Times) has a funny tale of learning English in Beijing and how it is part of a drive for English literacy for the Olympics.
MUST READ post on Increased Military at Sino-NK Border
May 25, 2008 – 3:59 am
Joshua at One Free Korea has put up a very detailed post on the recent strengthened military presence on both sides of the Chinese-North Korean border. One the North Korean side, snipers and nighttime floodlights are aimed at deterring the growing numbers of desperately hungry North Koreans from crossing the border safely. On [...]
Korea Still Dependent on Japan
May 20, 2008 – 12:28 pm
Economically. How so?
South Korea has a perpetual trade deficit with Japan. To be sure, Korea has had a trade deficit with Japan for pretty much most (if not all) of the 20th and 21st centuries. As of April 20th, Korea’s trade deficit with Japan stands at about $10.3 billion, a billion more vs. the same [...]