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Monthly Archives: September 2009

Why the Melting of the Arctic Could Be A Good Thing

» by September 14th, 2009 at 5:20 am » Comments (7)

This news will probably get the global warming faithful all worked up: Two German merchant ships have traversed the fabled Northeast Passage after global warming and melting ice opened a route ...more »

ROK Drop Weekly Linklets – September 13, 2009

» by September 13th, 2009 at 6:50 pm » Comments (1)

The Koreas OFK is liveblogging the LINK Benefit Gala. Here is another take on the juicy girl system in Korea. Those of you who still follow ATEK might be interested to know that ...more »

Jiyai Shin wins her 3rd LPGA event of 2009

» by September 13th, 2009 at 3:46 pm » Comments (0)

She won the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship in a 3-way playoff.  On the second hole of sudden death, Shin rolled in a birdie putt to defeat Angela Stanford and ...more »

Picture of the Day: Banpo Bridge Water & Light Show

» by September 13th, 2009 at 2:50 pm » Comments (1)

Via the Marmot's Hole. Interesting enough the bridge set a Guinness Book World Record for the longest bridge fountain.  World record or not I think this bridge fountain was a great ...more »

TBS eFM On Demand

» by September 13th, 2009 at 10:09 am » Comments (4)

First, a brief introduction. I am writing here by invitation from GI Korea after mentioning in an earlier post I might consider blogging on evolving information technology and media. I ...more »

Korea’s First Prosecution for Racist Remarks

» by September 13th, 2009 at 7:55 am » Comments (15)

Some of you may remember this case about an Indian man who was racially slurred by a Korean man while riding the bus with a female Korean friend.  Well the ...more »

Chinese Communist Party Infiltrating Into New York Politics

» by September 13th, 2009 at 6:39 am » Comments (14)

I can't say I'm surprised, but still it is amazing how openly the Chinese conduct these activities and hardly anyone says a word about it: The Chinese Communist Party is systematically ...more »

Korea B— Arrived – Some Notes…

» by September 13th, 2009 at 4:29 am » Comments (1)

Below I'll post a short message about a ruined church maybe someone with better google skills or who knows Korean can locate info about.  I've struck out...there might not be ...more »

Indonesian Government Concerned About Korean Hangul Export

» by September 12th, 2009 at 6:23 pm » Comments (10)

It looks like this attempt by a Korean woman to export the Korean alphabet known as Hangul to other cultures without written alphabets is getting a less then welcoming reception ...more »

Picture of the Day: Learning to Korean Mask Dance

» by September 12th, 2009 at 1:29 pm » Comments (1)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="449" caption="Foreign trainees learn the Korean traditional mask dance on September 11 at the National Folk Museum of Korea. Forty foreigners from 22 countries, including Zambia and ...more »

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