The Koreas

• For all you English teachers out there, ATEK has now released a new guidebook for you to download.
• Here is another guide from a K-blogger on how to make it in Korea teaching English.
• International marriage has doubled in Korea in the last six years.
• Another Korean actress, this time the young Jang Ja-yeon, has committed suicide.
• Ten years of reforestation efforts in North Korea with little results.
• Here are some arguments from K-bloggers on the value of Twitter here and here.  Of course you can follow me on Twitter here.
• Anybody got any ideas on what to do with Korea’s “ghost airports”?
• Can Korea’s medical infrastructure support the nation’s goal of becoming a medical tourism hub?
• Be careful with the LPG.
• She looks pretty anorexic to me.
• Are Korean professional baseball teams paying their foreign players with cash under the table?

Japan

• Korea isn’t the only place with a major suicide problem.
• Who would have thought seaweed would have so many uses?
• Japan is considering putting a robot on the moon.
• The Japanese government has recently passed a free money law for foreigners.  Find out how to get your money here.
• This Japanese policeman could use a little sensitivity training.
• At the same time Japanese police are hoping to make life safer for foreigners in Japan.
• This J-babe has some funky eyes.
• I will have to try this McHotdog the next time I am in Japan.

China

• Everything is hunky-dory in Tibet says the Chinese government.  You just can’t go there to check it out.
• How an Internet posting becomes famous in China.
• Despite economic downturn China is increasing military spending by 15%.
• Don’t spit in this Chinese town.
• A look at the creditability of China blogs.

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