A slice of North London in Seogwipo: North London Collegiate School opens overseas campus in Jeju-do http://t.co/waEFr82X, 26 September 2011. [Read More]
Category: Asides (page 48)
HSBC to sell 11 Korean retail branches
HSBC to sell 11 Korean retail branches, says MoneyToday – hardly a surprise given similar US and Russian sales. http://t.co/dxyNVzvp [Read More]
London’s K-pop team featured in the Standard
A two-page spread on London’s K-pop scene in London’s evening freesheet today, with a trailer on the masthead. Someone’s being doing some heavy PR. http://t.co/8tgd2x2y [Read More]
Student soldiers finally get official recognition
Real life student veterans from “71 Into the Fire” battle get recognition, and military serial numbers, 61 years on. http://t.co/jyHtrOfQ Links: LKL review of 71 Into the Fire, 포화 속으로, dir John H Lee (이재한, 2010) [Read More]
How Korean Pop Conquered Japan
How Korean Pop Conquered Japan: K-Pop groups look and act like real adults, whereas J-Pop outfits often emphasize adolescent cuteness, says Patrick St. Michel in The Atlantic. [Read More]
So far from the Bamboo Grove discussed by Governor Romney
WikiLeaks: Massachusetts governor Romney discussed So Far From the Bamboo Grove with acting foreign minister Cho Jung-pyo in 2006. The book, on state school reading lists, contributes to a negative perception of Koreans. [Read More]
How to put Korean literature on the map: Charles Montgomery
Charles Montgomery gives his suggestions for Literature Translation Institute Korea for the next 10 Years. Well worth a read. [Read More]
Korean martial arts as empowerment for women
Korean martial arts as empowerment for women: interesting articles / books on Taekwondo in Broomfield Enterprise Online and Kuk Sool Won in Wrapped in Foil blog [Read More]
Kim Jong-il spends up to $200,000 a year on pets
AFP reports that Kim Jong-il spends up to $200,000 a year on pets, according to GNP MP Yoon Sang-hyun. “Kim Jong-il spends £120k on dog food” echoes The Sun [Read More]
Koreans: you drink sitting down. We drink standing up.
Koreans: you drink sitting down, with anju. We drink standing up, with no anju. When it’s warm, we stand outside. That’s just the way it is. And that’s why you see people drinking outside pubs in London on a nice evening. [Read More]
The Ryugyong Hotel: a North Korean poem
A North Korean poem: Ryugyong Hotel Now covered in glass So Kim Jong-il Can cover his as tonishing policy myopia (sorry, the last bit doesn’t quite scan) via Aidan Foster-Carter [Read More]
The founder of Taekwondo defected to the North
Fancy! The Torygraph’s 2002 obituary of Choi Hong Hi manages to omit that the founder of Taekwondo died in, er, Pyongyang. http://tgr.ph/oTJPXq. Via Aidan Foster-Carter. [Read More]
Do we need another Liaisons Dangereuses remake?
Do we need another Liaisons Dangereuses remake? EJ Yong’s was a bit dull. How will Hur Jin-ho fare with Jang Dong-gun? http://t.co/D5t6GM07 [Read More]
Kiejo’s Korean cookery classes in October 2011
Kiejo Sarsfield’s Korean cookery classes for October (11am Saturdays in the Chalfonts) are 8, 15, 22, & 29th. Contact kiejosarsfield at hotmail dot co dot uk for details. [Read More]
Korea aims to impose studying curfew at 10pm
The mission of Seoul’s hagwon inspectors: to find children who are studying after 10 pm. And stop them. Interesting article on Korean education in Time magazine. http://t.co/s77wkiRh [Read More]
Travel ideas in Gyeongju: the Teddy Bear museum
In Gyeongju? Had too much Silla dynasty culture? Try the Teddy Bear museum – including bears visiting models of tourist attractions such as the Seokguram Grotto. Cute. http://t.co/aPfXkhCF [Read More]