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Younee on BBC Women’s Hour

posted 15 Apr 2010 updated 7 Dec 2017 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

Younee's appearance on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour (12 April 2012 edition) will be available on the BBC website for a while: 16’58” in to the programme. http://bit.ly/a4mest # [Read More]

Rain MV banned for breach of traffic regulations

posted 13 Apr 2010 updated 9 Dec 2017 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

Rain’s latest music video, Love Song, has been banned for flagrant jaywalking. via @allkpop http://bit.ly/9zYlpS #. According to AllKpop, Yoo Seung Chan, PSY and Kim Jang Hoon have also had MVs withdrawn or edited as they too violated traffic regulations. [Read More]

New North Korean statue in Senegal

posted 12 Apr 2010 updated 29 Mar 2013 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

One of the DPRK’s monumental art exports is unveiled in Senegal: http://bit.ly/cN9UFc. Recalls Paekho’s exhibition in London, September 2007. # [Read More]

Koreans invent day-glo beagle

posted 11 Apr 2010 updated 3 Mar 2013 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

Korean geneticists invent the day-glo beagle. BBC video: http://bit.ly/9pgdXX #. They say the technique could help develop cures for human diseases. [Read More]

GNP cracks down on internet piracy

posted 11 Apr 2010 updated 18 Feb 2022 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

UK law to ban illegal downloads has echoes of Korean proposals: 'Upload a Song, Lose Your Internet Connection' http://bit.ly/9mum3N #. The Korea Times also reports that lawmakers also passed another GNP-backed bill that calls for the strengthening of the real-name verification on Web sites. [Read More]

The Seoul Book of Everything

posted 10 Apr 2010 updated 2 Feb 2013 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

A new guide book, featuring content from some well-known foreigners in Seoul: The Seoul Book of Everything. http://bit.ly/coILfY #. But how will it compare with Robert Koehler’s guide? [Read More]

DPRK seizes Hyundai’s Kumgang assets

posted 10 Apr 2010 updated 8 Mar 2013 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

DPRK seizes Hyundai’s Kumgang assets. Would they dare to nationalise these assets if they were Chinese? I think not. http://bit.ly/9AEZW9 # [Read More]

Werner Kranwetvogel’s photos of the Mass Games

posted 6 Apr 2010 updated 8 Mar 2013 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

Great photos of Pyongyang’s Mass Games courtesy of Werner Kranwetvogel (and Koryo Tours) http://bit.ly/bxCHMx #. See the full set, or maybe even buy one. [Read More]

Mad Cow scare prevents blood donations

posted 5 Apr 2010 updated 8 Mar 2013 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

Korea Times says Brits can’t donate blood to save a Korean with cancer because we’ve got mad cow disease http://bit.ly/dqku2r # [Read More]

Koreans are not the only nationality to have been adopted en masse

posted 4 Apr 2010 updated 17 Feb 2022 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

A touching profile of a Vietnamese UK adoptee (adopted during the Vietnam War) returning to her native country: BBC. http://bit.ly/bZrFzl #. 99 Vietnamese babies were brought to the UK in 1975 in a plane chartered by the Daily Mail. [Read More]

Lee Soo-kyung models Andre Kim in Beijing

posted 3 Apr 2010 updated 7 Dec 2017 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

Some rather nice Andre Kim designs on the Beijing catwalk. More approachable than some of his other work. Modelled by Actress Lee Soo-kyung. http://bit.ly/dy8U2w and http://bit.ly/b5rjgF # [Read More]

Changdeokgung room for hire

posted 30 Mar 2010 updated 17 Feb 2022 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

Perk up your boring business meetings: hold them in a royal palace. The Seonghyangjae, a room in the Changdeokgung, is available for hire. (Joongang) http://bit.ly/934Fhx # [Read More]

Rumours on the Cheonan

posted 30 Mar 2010 updated 16 Feb 2022 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

Did DPRK underwater suicide bomber sink South Korean naval vessel? The Chosun Ilbo reports on claims made by North Korean defectors (not always a reliable source). http://bit.ly/dslhxz # The suicide attack squads are known as the “invincibles” in the Air Force, “bombs” in the Army and “human torpedoes” in the Navy [Read More]

Folding Plug wins Design of the Year 2010

posted 28 Mar 2010 updated 9 Mar 2013 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2010: the amazing Korean folding plug designed by Choi Min-kyu is in the news again: http://bit.ly/ZoPy1u # Links: View all posts relating to Choi Min-kyu’s Folding Plug at the Design of the Year blog [Read More]

Heritage, Human Rights, & Hanoks

posted 25 Mar 2010 updated 9 Mar 2013 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

MUST READ: David Kilburn's scathing critique of Seoul's conservation record, in a talk given at the National Human Rights Committee Study Centre: Heritage, Human Rights, & Hanoks http://bit.ly/9Eff2D #. Here’s a sample: Since 1976, the Seoul Government has claimed it has policies to preserve the hanoks of Bukchon. Yet the simple fact is that the … [Read More]

Yun Isang memorial hall opens in Tongyeong

posted 24 Mar 2010 updated 16 Dec 2017 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

Memorial park opens to honour one of Korea's most famous composers, Yun Isang, in his home town, at a cost of 8 billion won – JoongAng Daily http://bit.ly/9B2doC # “It feels like father’s spirit has returned here,” said his daughter Yun Yun-jeong at the opening ceremony, while shedding tears, according to the JoongAng Daily. [Read More]