Yonhap is reporting that a Korean female university student working as a volunteer at a music festival in Tsushima Island was beaten and sexually assaulted by a male Japanese student/part-time employee at the festival venue.
Now, aside from the fact that this was one of the most-looked at pieces over at Naver.com, it’s also the first [...]
Proving the amazing power of Robert Koehler’s Marmot’s Hole, today’s Sakkeon-eui Nae-Mak (사건의 내막 — “Inside Story”?) one of the sleazy tabloid newspapers I like to read on the subway coming home after work (my chauffeur is on holiday), has as its front-page feature (including photos lifted from his site) the scandal of ruggedly-handsome serial-killer [...]
In the IHT, veteran journalist Choe Sang-hun discusses Korea’s unfortunately notorious netizen community and the government’s moves to limit cyberviolence:
In South Korea, which has one of the world’s most developed Internet communities, the problem known as “cyberviolence” has reached frightening proportions, officials say.
Complaints filed with the government’s Korea Internet Safety Commission more than doubled to [...]
Sometimes, it’s easy to see how North Korean rhetorical style might speak to certain people.
The beta version of SK Communication’s Cyworld USA is open for business, so don’t just read about it—run on over now and get your minihompi.
(HT to Younghusband)
A very creative Photoshop artist has given the MBC historical drama “Jumong” a Hollywood touch.
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