Quite a while ago now, I started this post, about the Korean courts’ failure to protect its most vulnerable residents.
With the absolutely disgusting news of this rapist getting only twelve years of prison time for destroying a little girl’s life, it’s time to bring attention back to it. I’ve been steadily adding to it since [...]
Archive > September 2009
Korea Still Failing to Protect its most Vulnerable
Korean Movies Subtitled in English 2009/10/01-2009/10/04
내사랑 내곁에 (My Love Beside Me) continues it’s run in cinemas around Seoul…
My Love Beside Me is on at CGV Yongsan:
Thursday (1st) – 1010, 1245, 1520, 1755, 2030, 2300 and 2530
Friday (2nd) – 0905, 1135, 1410, 1645, 1920, 2150 and 2420
Saturday (3rd) – 0905, 1135, 1410, 1645, 1920, 2150 and 2420
Sunday (4th) – 0940, 1215, [...]
Speaking of that inferiority Crisis…
How is Korea going to stop feeling like they’re in the shadow of other countries when they name the country’s recently opened mega-mall AFTER a more famous location in a different country? Times Square in Yongdeungpo opened two weeks ago. Joonang Daily reports.
More on Korea’s inferiority crisis-cum-equivalency complex (naming things in Korea “Korea’s X” – [...]
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The Best Thing About Korea is Getting Less Best
The best thing about Korea, in my opinion, is the Autumn.
And the best things about Korean autumn are, in no particular order: the awesome weather, the amazing colors, and the festivals all over everywhere.
Bummer being: the festivals in Korea this year have, one by one, fallen to the Swine Flu virus.
You should know that Brian [...]
Korean Movies Subtitled in English 2009/09/28-2009/09/30
내사랑 내곁에 (My Love Beside Me) has taken over the subtitled cinemas of Seoul.
My Love Beside Me is on at CGV Yongsan:
Monday (28th) – 1035, 1310, 1545, 1815, 2945 and 2320
Tuesday (29th) – 1030, 1305, 1535, 1810, 2045 and 2320
Wednesday (30th) – 1030, 1305, 1535, 1810, 2045 and 2320
At CGV Guro:
Monday (28th) – 1105, 1340, [...]
North Korea Makes the Switch
and we’re not talking cellphone service providers:
The parliament changed the word “communism” with “Songun,” military-first ideology, in their constitution in April, sez the English Chosun Ilbo. Meanwhile, Songun is now ranked as highly as Juche (self-sufficiency) in the North Korean constitution.
While ROK Drop’s analysis of this kind of stuff is way better than my own, [...]
Seoul Writers Group Wants to Tell You a Story and Give Back to the Community
Seoul Writers Workshop, an English language writing group, is proud to announce the launch of its second annual anthology, “Every Second Sunday 2009″. To kick off the occasion, the group will host a complimentary Saturday brunch on the sunny terrace of Berlin, Itaewon, featuring modern Asian cuisine, readings by the authors, plenty of prizes – [...]
Korean Movies Subtitled in English 2009/09/24-2009/04/27
국가대표 (Take Off) and 해운대 (Haeundae) seem to have dropped off the board, but it may be that Cinus are late putting up their listings… The good news is that possibly the most depressing film of the year, 내사랑 내곁에 (My Love Beside Me), is coming to CGV Yongsan!
My Love Beside Me is on at [...]
Jen Kwok wants you to Date An Asian…Guy
So this is the latest volley in the “to date or not to date asians” debate. Rather than trot out the old stereotypes again, I’ll just say that I like this one. It’s a bit naughty, with a funny ending. Plus, the Asian guys in this video all seem like really cool [...]
Blood type beliefs in Korea
Ever wonder why people think you’re a jerk? Feel like you don’t fit in sometimes? Got a creepy old guy following you at night?
Maybe it’s your blood. Your blood type has a big mouth in Korea…so what’s your blood type telling people behind your back? Find out a new way to be discriminated against in [...]
Unified Korea could Surpass Japan, Germany
Investment Bank Goldman Sachs suggested on Monday that if North and South Korea combined, they could surpass Germany, and maybe even Japan, in GNP in the next 30 or 40 years. North Korea’s large, cheap workforce, combined with South Korea’s technical and engineering ability, could create a SuperMegaKoreazord (which is my suggestion for the name [...]
