The Koreas

• A great run down of the seuence of sporting events in 2002 that led to the extreme build up of nationalism in Korea.
• The morality of illegally teaching English in Korea.
• Some how I doubt gay marriage will become much of an issue in Korea any time soon.
• Gangwon Brian has made a name for himself at the Salmon Festival.  Looks like it was fun.
• It took Korean authorities this long to figure this out?
• This week is the 60th anniversary of the Yeosu Rebellion and Brian has pictures of some of the locations that the rebellion took place at.
• Why Korean tourism campaigns fail.
• Here is why one Korean-American has decided to support Senator Obama.
• I take it this was a pretty bad movie?
• What the Korean educational system does right.
• Charles Jenkins has spoken out about what he thinks of the decision to remove North Korea from the State Sponsors of Terrorism List.
• Just how bad is the North/South Korean height gap?
• This is some creative Korean advertising.

Japan

• This J-Babe of the Week is even better then last weeks.
• A night out in a Japanese Dandy Club.
• Like in the US, scammers in Japan like to prey on the elderly.
• As the exchange rate of the Korean won declines to the dollar, for whatever reason the Japanese Yen is growing which is forcing foreigners to cut their spending in Japan.
• With friends like these……
• While American kids continue to get fatter, Japanese kids continue to get fitter.
• This probably will not make Korean nationalists happy, as Japan has received a UN Security Council Seat.

China

• From what I hear, this Chinese teacher would be qualified to work in a Korean classroom.
• Anybody want some used Olympics goods?
• Why Hong Kong’s English levels are declining.
• Hopefully people wearing this shirt don’t get beat down in China.  I wonder how well such a shirt would do in Korea?