The Koreas

• Korea is apparently getting a lot of coverage recently in the Hollywood Reporter.
• Here is an interesting group I have never heard of in Korea, the Toastmasters.
• Hillary Clinton appears to be a big fan of the North Korean legal system.
• Here is information about more past murders of English teachers in Korea.
• Brian thinks if aren’t already here are five K-blogs you should be reading.
• Suncheon’s parking lot war.
• Korea has fallen further down the world’s economic rankings.
• Kim Jong-il’s youngest son has a long way to go before he can take party leadership.
• Great photo essay of one of my favorite areas in Korea, Incheon.
• Nothing to see here, just Korean teachers groping and molesting their students.
• Pride in North Korea’s Ryugyong Hotel appears to be growing.
• I had no idea that North Korea had athletes playing professional soccer in Europe.
• The people that vandalized the Jeondong Catholic church have been arrested.
• Advice on where to watch sports in Korea.
• A look at the competing narratives of Park Chung-hee.
• No sex still means no divorce in Korea.
• Make sure to catch the various Korean food bloggers on KBS2 Monday.
• Could things get any more embarrassing for the Korea Times?

Japan

• There is literally a Hello Kitty product for everything.
• The swine flu mass hysteria has spread to Japan.
• Emily Miyasaka has been crowned Miss Universe Japan.
• If you can believe it the Japanese now eat more meat than fish now.
• Sex doll can teach life lessons.

China

• It appears China’s net nannies have once again blocked Blogger in China again.
• It appears that Japan is popular in at least one segment of the Chinese population.
• How taboo is sex in China?
• Obviously not so taboo considering a sex theme park is slated to open in Chonqing.
• This Chinese magazine makes no effort to hide the fact it is ripping off TIME magazine.
• China’s new popular t-shirt.
• A female Chinese soccer reporter has filed a libel case.
• Funny Chinese photoshops.
• Dad kills his own baby by dropping it into boiling water.