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 [...]
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The Face of Anti-English Spectrum
Bonojit Hussain, Sparkling!
More on this gentleman at Marmot’s HellHole.
The recent incident of racist abuse against me that triggered off heated debates on racism in South Korea is not the first time that I experienced race-based discrimination here. But that became a moment for me when I felt enough was enough. I might not be the only [...]
Multicultural Illusions, Sparkling!
King Baeksu has released a new book on how foreigners are stereotyped in the Korean media. I couldn’t find the book on Amazon.com, so I’m assuming there is no English translation. Read the below article if you want to get a feel for his main arguments.
Despite bombastic government rhetoric touting an "age of multiculturalism," Korean [...]
CS Lee and Kang Shin-who Stirring Up More Trouble
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CS Lee, the main editor of The Korea Times, and his lackey, Kang Shin-who, are once again using outright fictions to try and stir up trouble for Native English Teachers.
Popular Gusts reports, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Stealing Other People’s Work in Korea
Two articles have come to my attention: 1. a bunch of porn producers are having trouble prosecuting a very large number of Koreans who have been uploading their material and reselling it. They’re particularly miffed because at the same time as Korean courts are brushing off their porn-stealing claim on intellectual property (haha. porn. [...]
“Seoul to Vaccinate 10 Mil. Against Influenza A”
So says the Korea Times:
South Korea plans to vaccinate 10 million people against influenza A by the end of this year to stem the rapid spread of the disease that has so far claimed three lives in the country.
Health and Welfare Minister Jeon Jae-hee said of the 13.3 million people, including young children and pregnant [...]
Kissing rooms invented after crackdown
Not that I’m surprised by this recent development (from Yonhap):
As police crackdowns on brothels in traditional red light zones have been intensifying after the special anti-prostitution law was passed in 2004, desperate owners have found creative ways to fly below the police radar. Brothel owners have swiftly changed the faces of their businesses, which [...]
Interesting reading about Freedom in Korean Cyberspace
A look at the way Korea’s oppressive, and unique internet control laws have led to Koreans migrating to places like google and twitter, and finding out what it’s like to blog, post, comment, and participate online without being traceable to a government ID number, and without having to worry about having their internet site, or [...]
Best Analysis So Far of Dave’s vs. Anti-English Spectrum
So, as the light to nil posting by Roboseyo this month might have indicated, I’m on vacation and away for a while. Been enjoying Canada, and only touching in on the K-blogs briefly and at sparse intervals. Yeah, I do have some things to say about Chosun and Choi’s racist rampage against English teachers, but I’ll [...]
Eight reasons Korean girls go for Western boys
A few days ago, Brian in Jeollanam-do posted about a story recently published in the Chosun Ilbo bashing foreign English teachers. Hat tip to the Korea Beat, who translated the story here.
Earlier today, the Korea Beat posted this little tidbit about a panel of foreign women bashing foreign guys who go for Korean girls:
On the [...]
