Korea's constitutional court confirms that Ha-joon Chang's "Bad Samaritans" is too dangerous to be read by the military http://bit.ly/aLpxtz # The 2nd Article of the 16th Clause of the military discipline rule stipulates that soldiers may not produce, copy, keep, transport or acquire subversive documents, books or any other means of expression, and to report … [Read More]
Category: Asides (page 65)
The search for beauty through cosmetics
According to L'Oréal, Korean women apply more potions and cosmetics to their faces than anyone else – 25 at any 1 time, compared with 20-25 in Japan and more than double the amount used by American or European women. http://bit.ly/cWD4XA # [Read More]
Koreans in British prisons
There are 2 North Koreans, and 7 South Koreans, in British Jails. Which begs all sorts of questions (HT Michael Rank). http://bit.ly/dc712J # [Read More]
Dan Brown, Go, photos and parades in Pyongyang
Today's Grauniad has some striking photos of the recent Kim Jong-un parade in Pyongyang. Some of daily life in Pyongyang too. Photos by Dan Chung. # The cultural life of North Korea. Did you know Dan Brown is a hit there? Interesting piece in the Grauniad. http://bit.ly/ccnpdM # More photos of 65th anniversary of the … [Read More]
Formula 1 accommodation
£150 a night for a love motel? That's what the Formula One teams are paying, says The Sun. http://bit.ly/b1rp6l # [Read More]
Ex-ambassador Chun may want to engage North
Former Ambassador Chun Yung-woo gets a job in the Blue House: "New security aide may want to engage North" – JoongAng Daily http://bit.ly/aFKZf2 # [Read More]
A little corner of Korea in India
In the tiny state of Manipur NE India, separatists have banned Bollywood films. Korean film is all the rage, as is TV drama, and even hairstyles. BBC video. http://bbc.in/atIjfJ # [Read More]
The Seoul Initiative?
As a Koreaphile whose day job is financial regulation, do I think Basel III should be rebranded “The Seoul initiative?” Um, no. http://bit.ly/dcuBt0 # [Read More]
Kahoidong makes it into the LA Times
A foreigner's battle to preserve South Korea's hanoks – LA Times. More coverage for David Kilburn's Kahoidong campaign http://lat.ms/br7d1t # [Read More]
Banksy’s Simpsons animation sweatshop slur angers Koreans
I thought The Simpsons took off Korean “sweatshop” animation studios years ago. Or maybe it was South Park. But I’m pretty sure Banksy’s critique is not original. http://bit.ly/aKj3r9 (Daily Mail article) [Read More]
The Present from the Past auction
The cannier punters at the KCCUK’s Present from the Past auction tonight (8 October) were bidding for newly-announced Venice Biennale artist (http://bit.ly/cOE05q) Lee Yong-baek # [Read More]
The North Korean EU Residents Society
The North Koreans have a European Union Residents Society?? Based in New Malden of course, headed by defector Kim Ju-il (right). Read their letter in the FT http://bit.ly/90ayMs #, also reported by the Front Line Club: Ordinary North Koreans and the ruling class are deeply humiliated by Kim Jong-il’s begging to China. (Image: BBC) [Read More]
Formula 1 comes to Gwanghwamun
Great pic: Admiral Yi Sun-shin and King Sejong, two of Korea's greatest ancient heroes, look down on a Formula 1 car: http://bit.ly/aqkYKL # [Read More]
Feetmanseoul at All University Fashion Week
All University Fashion Week pictures now online at Feetmanseoul. Great pics, great designs. http://bit.ly/chyJUm #. via @metropolitician [Read More]
Korea’s kimchi cabbage crisis
Robert Neff reports on Korea’s kimchi crisis at the Marmot’s Hole. More than $10 for a kimchi cabbage! http://bit.ly/aljg2B # [Read More]
Seoul fortune-tellers analyse Kim Jong-un
Kim Jong-un "a violent character prone to display double standards": http://bit.ly/9IOf1Z # That’s the analysis on the junior Kim by fortune-tellers in South Korea who have studied his face, including the size of his forehead, the arrangement of his eyes, his cheekbone contour, and the thickness of his lips. But what if all the above … [Read More]