Korea has fallen to 108 out of 130 in the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index, reports Yonhap.
Last year, it placed 97th out of 128.
If it makes anyone feel better, Japan placed 98th this year. China finished at 57.
(HT to reader)
Japanese lawmakers are concerned about creeping Korean imperialism on Tsushima Island… in the form of Korean investment:
In the latest territorial flap between South Korea and Japan, a bipartisan group of lawmakers voiced concern Wednesday over growing South Korean capital investment in Nagasaki Prefecture’s Tsushima, an island city only 50 km from the Korean Peninsula.
“Numerous numbers [...]
The Kyunghyang Shinmun reports that civic groups are upset that the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) has selected Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to launch the Arirang 3 satellite into space, accusing the state of giving a pass to a corporation with a war criminal past.
The civic groups, which include Korean survivors of the atomic bombs [...]
From the Korea Times:
According to Mapo Police Station, Rep. Kang Sung-chun of the ruling Grand National Party reported a burglary at his house in Seogyo-dong in Seoul on Oct. 17. He was robbed of 160 million won ($120,000) in checks and 1.5 million won in cash as well as a diamond ring and watches.
Upon the [...]
Many of you recently have been subjected to me flogging what is perhaps a dead horse. As you can read here, here, and here. Some in their comments seem to be asking me why I am passionate about it, wonder about my motives, and hint at exasperation on why I bring it up. I usually [...]
Stafford gives us the breakdown in tomorrow’s New Zealand election.
This possibility caught my eye:
1) National led Centre-Right coalition involving ACT party and possibly United Future.
Pretty much as the poll above has it. However I doubt it would last the whole term. The Act party will return it’s leader Rodney Hide to parliament along with the [...]
A court in Busan overturned a previous decision against a joseon-jok woman who came to Korea in a sham marriage to find employment, noting that the couple — despite meeting through a sham marriage broker — have stayed together for four years, with the husband looking after his wife as she was treated for breast [...]
I know I talk about this too much for some, but this is really beginning to bother me with its implications. Once again the paper complains about food prices:
Prices of everyday food products such as ham and cooking oil have increased by between 10 and 20 percent, mainly driven by the weak local currency against other foreign [...]
I was amused by this juxtaposition of headlines this morning:
Women captains get wings - Joongang Daily, November 5, 2008
Air Force jets collide, no one injured - Joongang Daily, November 5, 2008
What got me to post today however was this curiously worded paragraph in the former:
To be a captain at Korean Air, one must have at least five [...]
Prognosticating, shit-talking, links and other election-day (or, as I prefer to think of it, the National Day of Shame, regardless of who wins) crap can go here.
UPDATE: Reports have Obama taking Pennsylvania AND Ohio. In the words of Pvt. Hudson:
UPDATE: Game, set and match — McCain concedes.
Yet ANOTHER F-5 has crashed, this time following an in-air collision with another F-5 during a training mission.
The more heavily damaged fighter crashed into a rice paddy in Pocheon, Gyeonggi-do. Not that far from some houses, actually. The pilot ejected safely, while the other aircraft managed to make it back to its base in Wonju.
Oh, [...]
As chronicled here, the Korean government got hot under the collar about a textbook in Singapore using a seemingly stock image of a homeless guy who coincidentally was taken in Seoul. Well the South Korean foreign ministry racks a win:
“We received an answer from Singapore’s Ministry of Education that it will substitute the picture with another one in [...]
Nice Muffins
(Via the Joongang)
PS Sorry for the accidental delete before
The NY Times has a really nice article on what it is like for the Korean women who go with the L.P.G.A. Tour. As per the article, there is more than survival English to worry about:
(Jang Je-ong)spoke of the pressures that come with being her family’s Chosen One. “I really appreciate what my dad is [...]
Jeong Jae-beom’s Cartrider project is the shizzlistic answer for high gas prices and boredom from bridges that spew water. Get one now! (Thanks freshome)
I bet your first thought was something along the line - oh great, another group of teachers caught with fake diplomas, but surprisingly not - these culprits are INSURANCE MANAGERS and CONSULTANTS.
The Joongang Daily reported:
“According to police, the 120 managers possessed a total of 270 fake diploma templates from local four-year universities. They provided the forged [...]
Rob beat me to most of these on the news. However I want to give my spin, and seeing I have the power to post, you’re at my mercy until Rob puts a stop to it.
Shot 1:
Per Korea Times:
On Monday, Hanwha’s shares plummeted by its daily limit down to 14,450 won, suffering a 15-percent fall [...]
In a hospital, according to the Dong-A Ilbo, quoting the ubiquitous unnamed official (via AP):
South Korean intelligence indicates that ailing North Korean leader Kim Jong Il suffered a serious health setback and has been hospitalized, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
The report in the Dong-a Ilbo newspaper cited an unnamed government official in saying intelligence obtained Sunday [...]
Korea News via Google