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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2010-03-07

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by Philip Gowman on 7 March, 2010

in Celebs, DPRK, General academia, Girls Generation, Han, Debbie, Humour, Jang Dong-gun, Jang Yoon-jeong, KAAUK, Kim Yu-na, Ko So-young, Lee Eun-ju, Nah Youn Sun, Statistics and league tables, Super Junior, TVXQ, Twitter Tweets, VoDs

Girls Generation latest album “Oh!” gets a trashing in the JoongAng Ilbo: http://bit.ly/cdKGL5 10:28 PM Feb 22nd via bit.ly

TchmilFan: @lklinks You can even get SNSD/Girls Gen “Oh!” on iTunes UK now! http://bit.ly/cVOel7 (Look out for the Oh! areia remix on youtube) 1:28 PM Feb 23rd via Seesmic

You thought Korea [...]

Tagged as: Chung Kyung-wha, Financial Regulation, Plastic surgery

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2010-02-08

8 February 2010 Bloggers and newspeople
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I never understand the Korean celebrity system: Jang Dong-gun reveals when it is that he will reveal his wedding plans with Ko So-young. How about spilling the beans now? http://bit.ly/9JCqtB #
Another story demonstrating the popularity of Japanese fiction in Korea: Murakami dislodged from #1 slot after 19 weeks http://bit.ly/cqOrVm #
Bibimbap as funeral food: how not [...]

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E-Government in Korea – The Spirit of Sillok Lives On!

16 January 2010 Statistics and league tables
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The forthcoming publication ‘Leveraging e-government at a time of financial and economic crisis’ from the United Nations reveals the Republic of Korea to be at the top of both E-Government Development and E-Participation Indices.
The website where the new report is introduced remarks:
While technology is no substitute for good policy, it may give citizens the power [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2009-12-28

28 December 2009 About LKL
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Top 10 Reasons We Can’t Wait to Close 2009: A gloomy look at the past 12 months in the Korea Times http://bit.ly/7kctSh. 6:44 PM Dec 22nd from bit.ly
Just watched Haeundae on R2 DVD. What was the fuss about? Dull, dull, dull. Maybe the domestic cut was better (17 mins longer). 9:14 PM [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2009-08-24

24 August 2009 Bong Joon-ho
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Congratulations to Yang Yong-eun on winning the US PGA golf championship http://bit.ly/2Jw6M #. “It’s not like you’re in an octagon where you’re fighting against Tiger and he’s going to bite you, or swing at you with his 9-iron,” Yang said through an interpreter. “The worst that I could do was just lose to Tiger. So [...]

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Sleepless in Seoul

6 May 2009 In the news
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The French spend more time sleeping than anyone else in OECD countries. They also devote more time to eating than anyone else and nearly double that of Americans, Canadians or Mexicans. The Japanese sleep nearly an hour less every night than the French and also spend longer at work and commuting than they do indulging [...]

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Another industry in which Korea leads the world

7 October 2007 Statistics and league tables
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We all knew Korea had some world-beating industries: ships, chips, LCD screens. Add to that the manufacture of condoms, where three Korean companies – Unidus, Dongkuk Trading and Hankook Latex – account for 30% of the global market, according to the Chosun. Maybe there’s a big domestic demand – for example for high school field [...]

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Round-up of recent business stories

10 July 2007 Business

Some recent stories I don’t want to lose.

Mercer’s annual cost of living survey for expats has recently been published. Seoul, last year’s number 2, has been pushed to number 3 by London. Moscow stays top of the list. Tokyo is fourth.
Korea is also slipping in the GDP rankings. Bank of Korea data shows that in [...]

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S. Korea’s birth rate inches up

16 May 2007 Bada

Whether it’s the auspicious influence of the year of the Golden Pig, the outcome of Bada’s awareness-raising concert, the result of Shin Dong-jin’s efforts as head of the birth-boosting campaign, or a combination of all the above, Yonhap announces an increase in the birthrate in 2006. KBS gets all technical about the potential astrological reasons:
2006 [...]

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What makes Juche bigger than Judaism?

13 May 2007 DPRK

In a rather strange survey, adherents.com have produced a ranking of major “world” “religions”.
Let’s take a look at the list.
1. Christianity: 2.1 billion
2. Islam: 1.3 billion
OK so far. Let’s carry on.
3. Secular / Nonreligious / Agnostic / Atheist: 1.1 billion
Sorry? “Secular / Nonreligious / Agnostic / Atheist” is a world “religion”? Oh well, [...]

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Seoul lags as an international financial hub

20 March 2007 Business

The Corporation of London has just launched a new index: the Global Financial Centres Index. It’s a way of ranking various cities that aspire to being recognised as international financial services centres. It was launched in Cannes last week at MIPIM, the international property industry boondoggle. The occasion provided the opportunity to update the City’s [...]

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Cosmetic surgery to get tax breaks

25 February 2007 Business

As if there wasn’t enough plastic surgery in Korea already, the Government has just made it tax deductible. According to the Chosun:
The costs of plastic surgery, cosmetic tooth reshaping, corrective laser eye surgery, and “boyak”, or traditional Korean health supplements, will be eligible for income deductions in the year-end tax adjustment from this year. Costs [...]

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Bugger Seoul, I’m off to Paris

22 February 2007 Business

Another recent article in the JoongAng Daily reports on the Korean long-hours culture. I experienced this first-hand during my recent trip to Seoul. I thought I’d call in at the office, and maybe encourage my colleagues out for a beer or two. I was due to turn up at around 6pm, but because I spent [...]

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Condom sales, motel bookings surge after DPRK nuclear test

26 October 2006 In the news

The Chosun reports a surge in condom sales and in love motel bookings in the days and weeks following North Korea’s nuke test on October 9th. I hope the world’s not going to end quite yet.

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Korea has OECD’s top suicide rate

2 October 2006 Lee Eun-ju

Korea’s National Statistics Office recent report was picked up by Yonhap and the Chosun.
“The high suicide rate in South Korea seems to reflect a surge in social conflicts, including feuds between the sexes, economic hardship and domestic violence,” an NSO official said
according to Yonhap. The Chosun article focuses on the “prolonged economic slump and loss [...]

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