Applicable?
“We need very strong ears to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure frank criticism without being stung by it, those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act of friendship, for to undertake to wound offend a man for his own good is to have a healthy love [...]
Archive > March 2009
So What ARE the Ten Things, Then?
Upon Leaving Your Culture, Sometimes Your Culture Leaves You, or, EXPATS GONE WILD!
I’ve been turning over in my head why it is I encounter behavior from foreigners that I suspect those foreigners would not display in their home countries, and I also have encountered behavior from Koreans that I know those Koreans would not display towards other Koreans. I’ve arrived at some tentative conclusions.
First, societies are normative. [...]
Google and Youtube Korea moving to Real Name systems
Chris in SK has written a must-read article about Google and Youtube Korea requiring Koreans to enter their ID numbers to post comments or content. Best line:
If you’re serious about stamping out ‘piracy’, why not catch the guys OPENLY SELLING PIRATED DVD’S on the sidewalks or in the subway stations?
Brian chimes in.
In the comments, [...]
“A Thing of Beauty”
This performance is indeed something to behold— All Hail Queen Yuna!
“Every female figure skater in the United States who has Olympic aspirations and did not see Kim Yu-Na win the world championship Saturday night at Staples Center should be required to watch Kim’s ‘Sheherazade’ routine before taking to the ice again,” says the LA Times‘ [...]
Korean Movies Subtitled in English 2009/03/30-2009/04/01
There was good news this week for those of us who long to see Korean films with subtitles, as the Seoul Metropolitan Government officially launched its subtitled screening plan. The Myeong-dong Cinus Theater and the Gangnam Cinus Theater will be home to English subtitled screenings, so film fans on both sides of the Han river [...]
Roboseyo’s K-Blog of the Month: On My Way To Korea
So there’s a dude called Matt Strum, who is
just one American white-guy who loves everything about Korea. . . I’ve never been to Korea, but that just makes me try to learn and understand harder (as Koreans would day, with a heart of passion – 열심).
And he runs this blog called “On My Way To [...]
Hub of Sparkle has been unable to determine whether her ethical qualifications were verified, however.
Korea Times reports that an American extended her E2 Visa without submitting a health check, offering instead a letter explaining that she believed the health check was discriminatory.
The letter read,
“Unfortunately, I will not be submitting the HIV/ AIDS test results or the tuberculosis drug test results that you have requested. These tests unreasonably discriminate [...]
Want to be in a Korean music video?
If you are in Seoul this weekend (March 29th) and would like to be in a Korean music video, check the following information.
[Wanted] Volunteer Extras for Korean music M/V
When: 14:30 March 29(sun).2009 – this weekend!!!
Where: Near Chungdam Station (on the street)
Who: Holladang’ s 2nd single, smile M/V’
It’ll take 1-2 hours, and 10-15 [...]
News Roundup
Some fun places to direct your attention:
Editorial on Jang Ja-yeon.
“the systematic exploitation of people who want to work in the entertainment industry robs them of their human rights. The society can no longer pretend that these abuses do not happen”
Next: “What Kim Jong-il can do for Korea’s National Image”
Chosun Ilbo editorial: of course North Korea’s [...]
How trustworthy is the law – or lawmakers?
From the Chosun Ilbo:
Koreans consider the National Assembly the least law-abiding organization. In a telephone survey of 800 adults across the country by the East Asia Institute and Hankook Research last Saturday, a mere 5.3 percent of respondents said parliament abides by the law.
Civic groups topped the list of upstanding organizations with 35 percent, followed [...]
Two links.
Living in Korea? Looking for something to do?
Stop complaining that there’s nothing to do but drink on the weekend: Korea Herald’s Expat Living just published a huge list of stuff to do in Korea: contact numbers and e-mail addresses, where and how to get in touch.
Go forth and connect!
Next: Brian linked a really bad list [...]
Korean Movies Subtitled in English 2009/03/26-2009/03/29
슬픔보다 더슬픈 이야기 (More Than Blue) continues it’s run across Korea and those lucky people in Myeong-dong get a choice of two different cinemas to see it at….
More than Blue is showing at the Myeong-dong Cinus Cinema:
Thursday (26th) – 1010, 1410, 1815 and 2220
Friday (27th) – 0900, 1305, 1710 and 2120
Saturday (28th) – 1240, 1645 [...]
