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Korean Movies Subtitled in English 2009/11/02-2009/11/04

굿모닝프레지던트 (Good Morning President) continues to preside over Seoul
Good Morning President is on at CGV Yongsan:
Monday (2nd) – 2150
Tuesday (3rd) – 2305
At CGV Ansan:
Monday (2nd) – 1040, 1320, 1600, 1845, 2120 and 2355
Tuesday (3rd) – 1040, 1320, 1600, 1845, 2120 and 2355
Wednesday (4th) – 1040, 1320, 1600, 1845, 2120 and 2355
And the Myeong-dong Cinus Theater:
Monday [...]

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Golden Klogs… Preliminary Feelers

While the Golden Klogs, 2009 were fun as heck, it was sure time consuming to do all that work in January of this year.
To make things a bit easier, this time, I’d like to get a head start, but I need your help, dear readers.
While last year, we had about a million categories, and it [...]

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KOTESOL Conference 2009 review

The 17th annual KOTESOL conference, held last weekend at Sookmyung Women’s University in Seoul, was not precisely what you might call a tourist destination. For the serious English teachers or those in a more formal academic setting, conferences such as these are great chances to socialize and meet up with other serious teachers. It’s the [...]

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Korean Movies Subtitled in English 2009/10/29-2009/11/01

굿모닝프레지던트 (Good Morning President) keeps flying solo…
Good Morning President is on at CGV Yongsan:
Thursday (29th) – 2310
Friday (30th) – 2310
Saturday (31st) – 2400
Sunday (1st) – 2355
At CGV Ansan:
Thursday (29th) – 1040, 1320, 1600, 1845, 2120 and 2355
Friday (30th) – 1030, 1305, 1545, 1820, 2055 and 2330
Saturday (31st) – 0835, 1110, 1345, 1620, 1855, 2140 and [...]

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Some Interesting Reading: Linkoseyo

This is starting to become a regular feature… possibly taking after my favorite ongoing feature at ROK Drop — the weekly linklets.
So here’s what’s reading over at Roboseyo’s house: a lot of interesting stuff, actually.
I have my own thoughts about the numbers focus in Korean megachurches… here’s a BBC write-up on the world’s largest church: [...]

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Feetmanseoul.com Makes CNN!

Yes, sometimes hard work does pay off. Google led CNNGo’s editor to Feetmanseoul.com, which led them to employ us as stringers covering Seoul Fashion Week. And all the video editing, runway shooting, and making connections in the industry paid off in our coverage — we got text, photos, and edited videos into our first story.

Go [...]

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Seoulstyle.com’s Halloween Pick…The Tales Of Sin – 2 venues & a rooftop fire @ The Hive & Roofers

Looking for a funky way to spend your Samhain Saturday (aka Halloween)? Seoulstyle says head to the Hive!
Hedonists! Indulge in your sins, even if for just one night. Eat, drink, be entertained and dance amongst the sinful and the sexy. Best dressed prizes include: tickets to Jeju-island, 2 bottles of top shelf liquor, and cash [...]

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Korean Movies Subtitled in English 2009/10/26-2009/10/28

굿모닝프레지던트 (Good Morning President) is ruling the roost this week.
Good Morning President is on at CGV Yongsan:
Monday (26th) – 0830, 1110 and 2140
Tuesday (27th) – 0820, 1100 and 2155
Wednesday (28th) – 2120
At CGV Ansan:
Monday (26th) – 1030, 1310, 1550, 1830, 2105 and 2345
Tuesday (27th) – 1030, 1310, 1550, 1830, 2105 and 2345
Wednesday (28th) – 1035, [...]

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Stop Crackdown at Popular Gusts

From Popular Gusts, Matt has a great article about migrant factory workers in Korea, and the junky way labor laws have been giving them the short end of the stick for years, and the way the OTHER Labor laws, which are supposed to protect them, somehow manage to go unenforced, despite numerous declarations by the [...]

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Bangs Head Against Wall for the Umpteenth Time

Look about the English speaking section of K-Blogland and you will encounter no end of posts on Korea’s crap record in punishing sex offenders over the last little while. For a start see Gusts of Popular Feeling, for a primer. Amazingly the Korean side of the Internet has also been up in arms of late [...]

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Korean Movies Subtitled in English 2009/10/22-2009/10/25

Lucky Busan people are the only ones to get subtitled goodness for the moment, unless things change then 굿모닝프레지던트 (Good Morning President) is only on in Busan…
Good Morning President is on at the CGV Centum City (CGV 센텀시티) in Busan:
Thursday (22nd) – 1050, 1335, 1625, 1910, 2155 and 2440
Friday (23rd) – 1335, 1625, 1910, 2155 [...]

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The slow process of changing laws regarding child sex crimes

I’m sure everyone is aware of the Na-yeong case and the current outcry for harsher punishments for sex criminals who target children. While it seems that this may lead to progress, the fact is that a similar uproar several years ago led to only small steps being taken, and another case after that led to [...]

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