The Koreas
- Make sure to read the cross postings from Ask A Korean and Roboseyo on “Why do Expats In Korea Complain So Much”. Make sure to read Gord Sellar’s response as well which provides excellent advice for expats in Korea.
- Why Jeolla Province sucks.
- Floods from a recent typhoon are hitting the people of Chungcheongbuk-do quite hard. Pictures of the flood can be seen here.
- Here is something Made in Korea I really like.
- Are these the next Wondergirls?
- Here are pictures from the Korean media of the Boryeong Mud Festival which of course shows lots of booby pics of foreign women.
- Korean cheerleaders doing a Japanese horror movie dance at a wheelchair sports tournament, WTF?
- Here is where you can find out where to watch what is sure to be the biggest Korean movie this year, The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly with English subtitles.
- Anyone interested in retiring in a “American Town” in Muan that allows you to teach English to people living in the region?
- As oil prices are increasing, the US public is cutting back on its oil usage, however for whatever reason in Korea oil usage is actually increasing.
- The Seoul Searcher has some advice for Korea’s netizens.
Japan
- Make sure to check out the creator of Japundit’s new site the Japan News Junkie which looks to be a promising social bookmarking site for Japanese news stories.
- The way the housing market is going in America, some Americans may be needing this Japanese invention pretty soon.
- Osaka has been declared the sexual assault capitol of Japan.
- Who would of thought Japan would be such a good beach holiday destination.
China
- Well the guy who wrote the Sex and Shanghai blog that caused a Chinese netizen manhunt has now written a new book that has got Chinese netizens outraged again.
- Whoever came up with Chinese foot binding was a real idiot.
- For whatever reason, Beijing Olympics tour packages are not selling well in Japan.
- This assault and rape of a Chinese 17 year old girl is really disturbing.
- It looks like the Kung Fu Panda boycott isn’t working to well in China.
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1:06 pm on July 20th, 2008 1
i for one hope the whole bunch who terrorized and raped the 17 year old girl get the execution squad and soon. Hopefully the girl will give the command to fire while thier daddies watch thier barbaric sons and daughter die.
5:29 pm on July 20th, 2008 2
http://www.socius.or.kr/2008/07/20/movie-review-the-good-the-bad-and-the-weird/
My review for “The Good The Bad and The Weird”
9:14 pm on July 20th, 2008 3
Here is a couple of great stories:
11 Koreans arrested for “selecting wives”
ttp://english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2008/07/794307/
But its not just creepy korean guys who are making sham marrages.
2 arrested over arranging sham nuptials for ROK woman
ttp://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080713TDY02302.htm
In Japan (remember Japan was the place where Korea were supposedly kidnapped and brought to)
11:22 am on July 21st, 2008 4
12:20 am on July 25th, 2008 5
A big thanks for the mention of Japan News Junkie and the kind words. We are hustling hard to keep the news fresh, and invite anyone else who wishes to join in, submit your own stories, vote on stories of others, and discuss the news.
Thanks again!