Usually it is Korea who draws attention to the Dokdo dispute, but once a year it is the Japanese….
MATSUE, Japan, Feb. 22 (Kyodo)—The governor of Shimane Prefecture called Monday for greater public attention to be given to the sovereignty dispute over a group of South Korean-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan.
Zenbe Mizoguchi said [...]
Archive > February 2010
Takeshima Day
Kimchibilly night! Or, a rockin’ rockabilly concert!
Define rockabilly: a genre of music, blending rock and hillbilly with blues, bluegrass, and country. A rockabilly band typically features a slap guitar, drums, and at least one other guitar (electric, bass, or acoustic), but may include other instruments as well. Popular artists include Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly, while the genre influenced artists from [...]
Travel in Korea – Luke Warm iPhone App
Rob has written a well thought out piece on Korea’s almost constant seeking of some sort of brand for itself to promote to outsiders, but is always falling short because of it’s pigheadedness heavy handed approach(es)
Which is not to say there efforts aren’t well intentioned, and indeed the Travel in Korea’s (Is that the Korean Tourism Organisation [...]
Smartphone Transactions Getting Closer
You’ll remember earlier in February I was delighted by The Korea Times saying this:
Intelligent smartphones may end up rendered [sic] retarded by Korea’s crusty Internet regime.
In regards to the Financial Supervisory Service’s (FSS) insistance on using out dated unusable standards for security of smartphone related financial transactions.
The Hankyoreh has these words on the subject:
South Korea’s domestic [...]
On Filipinos, markets, and forced relocations
Source: my previous post on the Filipino Market.
In a move seemingly designed to placate the locals and remind foreigners of their secondary role, the Filipino Market in Hyehwa may be closing in the near future. I’ve blogged about this excellent once-a-week market before, while Extra Korea, Buhay sa Korea, and ZenKimchi have already weighed in. [...]
Gyopos, Sparkling!
Here’s an article about gyopos returning to Korea:
Based on her interactions in South Korea, Babe says she can break down the attitudes toward gyopo into three types. She described the first as "a person that’s older who is sort of angry about you being a Korean but not [...]
Et tu, Brunei?
Not even hapless Brunei is safe from Hallyu….
Bandar Seri Begawan – The Korean Wave, a term used for the popularity of Korean culture abroad, has made a significant impact on Bruneians, with the emergence of Korean television dramas, movies, music and even clothing that has made its way into many Bruneian lives.
This impact [...]
Korean Fashion Exhibition in New York
Korea makes its official New York fashion debut Feb. 12 through 14, while the city hosts the New York Fashion Week. The festival will feature a showroom-style exhibition titled "CONCEPT KOREA, fashion collective 2010" at the New York Public Library.
The event is co-hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea Creative [...]
South Korea Invites Korean War Vets
If you know any Korean War vets, this is a pretty slick deal for them and their families:
This year, Lee said the Korean government is offering to pay for 50 percent of the round-trip airfare for veterans as part of the country’s 2010 Revisit Korea Program that honors the 60th anniversary of the Korean [...]
North-South Korean Matchmaking Agency
I didn’t realize 80% of North Korean defectors were female.
Kang, 40, is happy with her choice — so happy, in fact, that she now helps her husband Hong Seung Woo with the matchmaking agency he runs to connect North Korean women and South Korean men. Hong opened the business in 2006, a year after [...]
Jjajangmyun (자장면)
Anyone eat this stuff? I can’t stand the sight of it let alone taste.
The South Korean government chose it as one of the country’s top 100 “Korean Cultural Symbols.” The cost of jjajangmyun (pronounced ja-jee-young-mee-un) is considered a significant economic indicator in South Korea, like the price of a gallon of milk in [...]
The Face of Anti-English Spectrum
If you’re a foreigner in Seoul and see this guy on the sidewalk, I suppose you should walk the other way….
Reporting from Seoul – Sometimes, in his off hours, Yie Eun-woong does a bit of investigative work. He uses the Internet and other means to track personal data and [...]
