Tag Archives: korea

Marketing Mad Cow to the Masses

May 14, 2008 – 7:17 pm

Check out the collection of parodies of movie posters designed to popularize the anti-US beef movement at Gusts of Popular Feeling.

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Special School IDs for Korean Kids with Naturally Brown or Curly Hair

March 30, 2008 – 9:29 am

Commenter Brian on the Open Thread posted a link to Korea Beat translation of a story from the Hankyorehon some schools requiring students with naturally brown or curly hair to show proof that these features are natural and carry special IDs, called 자연머리 확인증, or Confirmation of Natural Hair.
Recently schools have been requiring students with [...]

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Photos of Korea from the mid-1960s

March 16, 2008 – 9:15 pm

Thanks to reader Gillian, who posted a link to a Flick collection of beautiful photos of Korea from the mid-1960s.  Most pictures were taken in Seoul or Gyeonggi-do.

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More Sungnyemun Comparisons

March 3, 2008 – 4:18 am

This time it’s the burning of Sungnyemun and Naksansa versus the Sampoong Department Store collapse, the Seongsu Bridge collapse, and the Daegu subway fire:
Korea is still in shock after seeing live pictures of Sungnyemun, widely known as Namdaemun, burning to the ground.
We have had our fair share of tragedy: the collapse of the Sampoong Department [...]

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It’s March and the Yellow Dust is Back

March 3, 2008 – 3:16 am

Yesterday’s flurries in western and southern Korea were a mix of snow and yellow dust.  Particle levels were high enough in Gwangju, North Chungchung, and South Jeolla to trigger warnings from the Korea Meteorological Association to stay indoors.  The KMA expects this year to be a bad one for dust storms, so keep those masks [...]

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Shin Ae-ra and Cha In-pyo Welcome Another Daughter

February 25, 2008 – 9:27 am

Update:  Looks like a middle school student updated Shin Ae-ra’s Wikipedia entry:
She and her husband has gotten wide popularity and repect from Korean public by adopting babies. In Korea, adoptation is nearly existed because of strong recognition only for bloody children. They also have donated several children in other nations.
 Actors Shin Ae-ra and Cha In-pyo, [...]

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Circumcision Has a Short History in Korea

February 24, 2008 – 9:56 am

Over at the Coming Anarchy, Curzon has posted on the history of circumcision around the world. Introduced to Korea after WWII apparently by Americans, circumcision has become the norm with over 90% of high school boys having undergone the procedure as children, not infants. Find out why here at this most definitely NSFW link. [...]

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