Some snaps from today’s Kingston Korean Festival, on Michael Rank’s Flickr account. Let me know if anyone else has any. http://t.co/YBJYlfJ # [Read More]
Category: Asides (page 52)
The Seoul Subway Song
Via the Wall Street Journal Korea Realtime blog, http://on.wsj.com/naJZfF, comes Michael Aronson‘s catchy music video about Seoul’s subway system. Well worth a look / listen. [Read More]
Asian American Portraits of Encounter at the Smithsonian
Artists explore the Asian-American experience at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. Looks like an interesting show: Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter http://t.co/BVVLxhi # [Read More]
The lengths to which people go to speak a language better
We knew Korean kids had tongue operations to speak English better; now an English girl has done it to improve her Korean pronunciation: http://bit.ly/q6lTm4 # [Read More]
Three outcomes of the London Riots
Three Korea-related outcomes of the London riots this year: Big Bang will not be coming for the Thames Festival (though the guilty verdict on Dae-sung didn’t help either. # Third Window Films, great supporters of Korean movies, hit as Sony’s main CD and DVD replication centre is burnt down: huge amount of stock destroyed. http://on.fb.me/npACjW … [Read More]
Jiyoung Song’s Human Rights Discourse in North Korea
Michael Rank reviews Jiyoung Song’s Human Rights Discourse in North Korea: Post-colonial, Marxist and Confucian Perspectives over at North Korean Economy Watch. “Thoughtful and well informed” http://bit.ly/pu8WLS [Read More]
Hotels in Pyongyang
Shard vs. Ryugyong – Spot the differences, Spot the similarities…True or False? From Koryo Tours. http://bit.ly/o0qOPe #. Also, via @fcaidan: TripAdvisor reviews hotels in Pyongyang! No entries for the Ryugyong, so far; surprise surprise. http://bit.ly/qrPWz0 # [Read More]
New book on North Korean Art
New book on North Korean art (“Exploring North Korean Arts”) is published following the 2010 exhibition and conference in Vienna. Chapters by Jim Hoare, AidanFC, Koen De Ceuster & others. http://amzn.to/pP3LF0 # [Read More]
Interview with Brother Anthony
Great interview with Brother Anthony of Taizé at Asymptote http://bit.ly/ossoht # [Read More]
ROK spy agency blocks British travel company
South Korean National Intelligence Service blocks website of Koryo Tours, a British-run travel agency based in Beijing. http://bit.ly/qA4hc2 #. They also block Aidan Foster-Carter’s website. [Read More]
DPRK Navy dancing girls greet Chinese dignitaries
We knew about the North Korean People's Army troupe of dancing girls, but this is the first time I’ve seen them in navy outfits, as DPRK welcomes the Chinese navy to Wonsan: http://bit.ly/pm3Mk5 # [Read More]
South Korean online games a source of cash for Pyongyang
North Korean hackers make money out of stealing virtual property in South Korean online gaming worlds. This, according to the New York Times: Despite its decrepit economy, North Korea is believed to train an army of computer programmers and hackers. The police in Seoul said that four South Koreans and a Korean-Chinese had been arrested … [Read More]
ROK boosts gold reserves
“One classic warning of a peak – a rush of … dumb money – is already evident”, FT Lex 2 Aug. “South Korea bolsters gold reserves”, FT 2 Aug. # [Read More]
Lee Soo-young has baby boy
Congratulations to LKL’s favourite ballad singer Lee Soo-young on the birth of her baby boy http://bit.ly/nIld6t # [Read More]
The Gangjin Celadon Festival
If I was in Korea right now I’d be heading for Jeollanam-do and the Gangjin Celadon Festival http://bit.ly/otRFzY #. (Photo: Chosun Ilbo) [Read More]
Extreme weather and flooding in Seoul
The Wall Street Journal Korea blog has some dramatic photos of the landslides in Seoul: http://on.wsj.com/oGb1E2 #, as does the Chosun Ilbo, including the above of the Umyeonsan landslide. An amateur video of the same landslide is below. [Read More]