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Selected publications by J Scott Burgeson

Korea Bug: The Best Of The Zine That Infected A Nation, Eunhaeng Namu 2005

The King Baeksu counterblast to Amnesty International

posted 28 Jul 2008 updated 17 Feb 2022 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

J Scott Burgeson, aka Scott Bug, aka King Baeksu, has been monitoring the anti-FTA mad cow protests in Seoul pretty much nightly since they started. He’s been filing some detailed and extended eyewitness accounts over on his bulletin board. A week or so ago Amnesty International called for the “excessive force” used by South Korean … [Read More]

Book review: J Scott Burgeson — Korea Bug

posted 11 Aug 2007 updated 22 Nov 2025 by Philip Gowman 4 minute read

J Scott Burgeson: Korea Bug Eunhaeng Namu, Seoul, 2005 A recent article in the JoongAng daily about a foreigner in Seoul who hasn’t made himself popular with hypersensitive and volatile Korean netizens introduced me to a gem. Burgeson, a foreigner who has been in Seoul since 1996 is one of the more unusual expats out … [Read More]