The forgotten story of Sohn Kee-chung, Korea’s 1936 Olympic hero and Marathon winner http://t.co/aNMnK13 via @guardian # [Read More]
Category: Asides (page 51)
Hong Sang-soo’s film “The Day He Arrives” – same as all the others?
Is director Hong Sang-soo making the same film over and over again? With latest film, “The Day He Arrives,” Hong Sang-soo makes a return to the familiar. http://bit.ly/qDuiAd [Read More]
Is the gas pipeline a good idea?
The gas pipeline: why would the ROK, when Kumgang resort has just been confiscated, want to give DPRK another hostage? http://t.co/3ax8I5K # [Read More]
English tea and scones in Seoul
Mmm – English-style scones with Jeju-do tangerine marmalade looks rather good, with a nice pot of darjeeling. http://bit.ly/o5SBB4 (#) [Read More]
A top North Korean traditional medicine practitioner in Seoul
Interesting Yonhap article on ex-North Korean traditional medicine practitioner giving treatments to S Korean stars http://bit.ly/pMutUr (#) [Read More]
Haeinsa temple to market its own brand organic condiments
Haeinsa temple is marketing its own-brand organic gochujang, doenjang and soy sauce. I’d certainly buy some. http://bit.ly/pPQy2h (#) [Read More]
British TV Show Top Gear comes to Korea
South Korea’s version of the hit UK TV series Top Gear debuted at the weekend, complete with The Stig: WSJ http://on.wsj.com/n4AUHM (#). Videos can be found on YouTube here. [Read More]
Who Do You Think We Are? – at Hanmi Gallery
Hanmi Gallery’s 4th interim exhibition: Who do you think we are? Paintings by three female artists from India, South Korea and Iran Artists: Radhika Agarwala, Luna Jung-eun Lee, Soheila Sokhanvari Luna Jungeun Lee is a South Korean artist who questions notions of possession and cultural (mis)appropriations. Her works are a survey of history contextualised into … [Read More]
Park Ji-sung renews his Manchester United contract
Park Ji-sung will be staying at Manchester United for a bit; but earning rather less than Rooney. http://t.co/iIGD2Mn # [Read More]
Smugglers of NK paintings busted
Do the math: on average one contraband North Korean landscape painting buys Kim Jong-il one bottle of brandy. (The article says the dealers’ “profits” amounted to around $24 per picture – assuming the margin is 50%, the amount the North Koreans get per painting is $24 per painting.) http://t.co/qmtXNfP # [Read More]
Han Ye-seul goes AWOL from TV drama filming
So, how bad is the TV Drama “Spy Myeongwol”, and how chaotic its filming, that Han Ye-seul went AWOL? http://t.co/FySsh17 # [Read More]
RIP Richard Rutt
RIP Richard Rutt (27 August 1925 – 27 July 2011), Roman Catholic priest, former Anglican bishop, sometime RASKB president, and pioneer in Korean studies. Tributes by Brother Anthony in the Korea Times and William Pore at H-net, with partial bibliography. [Read More]
Kara in Hanbok
I hate to say it, but I think Kara look better in the dangling-braces outfits they wore for their “Mister” routine than in these strange hanbok creations http://t.co/zGD38d8 # [Read More]
Kim Whanki and Lee Jung Seob in Christies Sale
A late Lee Jung-seop work – Fighting Bulls, 1955 – is coming up at Christie’s NY (14 Sept 2011). Estimate: a cool million. And double that for a gorgeous Kim Whanki (1913-1974) Landscape in Blue [Read More]
Lee Charm’s Korean holiday itinerary
KTO chief Lee Charm shows good taste vacationing in Sancheong. http://t.co/hP4mhX5. No doubt getting a top-up of 기. http://t.co/7QfIfCj #. It’s nice to see a holiday itinerary that takes in all of the provinces. Maisan in Jinan-gun is definitely on my bucket list, but there are other things on the tour, and mentioned in the … [Read More]
FT asks for Unsuk Chin
The FT reviews Seoul Philharmonic / Chung Myung-whun playing Debussy and Ravel on DG, a release which coincides with their debut at the Edinburgh Festival http://t.co/Tf9s3on # The playing has precision and delicacy, showcased in the Mother Goose suite, but also the machine-like evenness characteristic of Asian orchestras. La Mer and La Valse are too … [Read More]