If you use Korean e-commerce sites, your information may have been sold to highest bidder….
SEOUL (AFP) – South Korea said Friday it would launch a probe into security systems of major retailer Shinsegae and 24 other companies after private data on some 20 million customers was leaked.
The move came a day after police arrested [...]
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Hub of Data Theft
Hub of Imax
I guess there are going to be a lot more IMAX theaters popping up around Korea as a result of this deal with CGV.
BANGALORE, March 10 (Reuters) – Imax Corp (IMX.TO) (IMAX.O) agreed to form a joint venture with a South Korean theater exhibitor to operate up to 15 new theaters in the country [...]
Daul Kim Commits Suicide in Paris
PARIS — A 20-year-old top South Korean model who was a fashion week regular in New York, Milan and Paris has been found hanged in her Paris apartment, a police official said Friday.
Daul Kim was found dead Thursday by her boyfriend, who alerted French police, the official said. He declined to be named in [...]
Dual Nationality in Korea?
Want to become a bona fide Korean? Soon you’ll be able to, pending parliamentary approval of this new legislation….
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) — The South Korean government has drafted legal revisions to adopt multiple citizenship, easing regulations for foreigners seeking to become naturalized Korean citizens, to attract talent from abroad, the government Thursday. [...]
Help an Expat: Kenneth Hash
I first heard about Kenneth Hash by way of ATEK’s Publicity guy, Dann Gaymer, and John Wurth, the Guyonggido Council Chair. I got in touch with John, and he sent me this article he’d written, and I’m passing it on to you.
You may know that ATEK can’t legally fund-raise above a certain limit; however, [...]
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: [...]
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 [...]
Link Dump: Teachers and Teachers and Schools and Medical Tourism
An editorial at the Joongang Daily talks about the need to get those who victimize children in schools, out of schools.
The little girl who was sickeningly violated, Na-yeong, has been the flashpoint for a lot of this discussion.
Meanwhile, Matt at Popular Gusts continues to do awesome research work about the actual rate of English teacher [...]
Brian and Google give Kang Shin-who what he deserves.
An interesting look at what happens if you google Kang Shin-who’s name:
Results four and six are a start. There’s more on later pages. It’s basically the same when it’s hyphenated.
Brian explains the way Kang Shin-who is manipulating, or being made to manipulate, the Korea Times’ reporting to exacerbate the conflict between Gangnam’s English teachers and [...]
Korea Still Failing to Protect its most Vulnerable
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 [...]
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 [...]
Another Step. Korean man indicted for Racism
ht extra korea
The Indian Professor who charged a Korean man for racial discrimination is on his way to getting a jugdement in his case. A drunk Korean man started abusing him on the bus, and rather than walk away, or just take it, he took the man to court.
This would be the first ruling in [...]
