with apologies to ROK Drop’s Weekly links…
Kim Dae-Jung’s funeral was yesterday; it will be a six-day state funeral, thanks to public petitions, and a delegation from North Korea will be meeting President Lee Myung-bak to deliver a message from Kim Jong-il and talk about. . . stuff. Hopefully there are no phrases like “rain of fire” or “wailing of South Korea’s children” in the letter.
Will the Banana Diet catch on in Korea? And will Banana Girl’s popularity increase if it does?
Does the decline of “everybody buys the same handbag” which reached its apex in 2006, when 7 of 12 females in my old workplace owned the exact same Louis Vuitton handbag, herald the beginning of more individuality in other areas of fashion and style?
Why does the Misuda Girl say bad things Korea? If she hate Korea why don’t she go home? The critiques quoted in the article are all. . . true. . . so maybe everybody’s just shocked to find out her comments on Misuda were – gasp – scripted! (I never saw that coming.)
Support the Seoul Fringe Festival.
Atek choosing a president by member voting.
Documentary filmed on the wildlife in The Great Minefield Of Korea
New York Times on the deficit of females in the families of India and China.
K-pop Girl Groups being evaluated by talent instead of just looks?
23/08/2009 at 1:57 pm Permalink
The DMZ being one the world’s greatest ecological treasures will never fail to fascinate me.
24/08/2009 at 11:43 am Permalink
Brian has a story on the Seoul Fringe Festival, and how one troupe used fliers designed to look like KKK hoods (with KKK scrawled across it).
http://briandeutsch.blogspot.com/2009/08/anybody-see-kkk-at-seoul-fringe.html
What is it with some Koreans’ fascination with Nazism, Hitler and the KKK? Or are they deliberately pushing our buttons for the publicity?