LKL Weekly Tweets, 2010-07-25

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by Philip Gowman on 25 July, 2010

in Baek Ji-young,BoA,DPRK,Film,General book news,Girls Generation,Kang Woo-suk,Mot,Statistics and league tables,Twitter Tweets,VoDs

Study tour of Japan for European “Youth” (age 25-35). Looks great and seems to be free. Apply by 29 July. http://bit.ly/dbbcXm # Looks like a fascinating book on North Korean arts. Michael Rank reviews “Illusive Utopia” by Suk-young Kim: http://bit.ly/96S7hq # Donate to the commemorative display for the Imjin 60th anniversary at the The Soldiers [...]

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Suicide Notes

by Philip Gowman 28 November 2007
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Kim Young-ha: I have the right to destroy myself Originally published 1996 Translation by Kim Chi-young, Harcourt, 2007 An entertaining book to read, but somehow difficult to distill and digest. The narrator, who makes a macabre living as a self-employed suicide counselor, bizarrely seeks out clients whose exits he facilitates. A small and eccentric cast [...]

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