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Monthly Archives: September 2009

Korea Arrived: F-2 & TESOL Mindsets

» by September 23rd, 2009 at 12:23 am » Comments (17)

Now that I'm in Korea, and I don't have to go through the  Korean Consulate in Atlanta ---- and as a longshot, followup effort with one of the earlier deadends ...more »

Right Wing Racists?

» by September 22nd, 2009 at 9:15 pm » Comments (46)

I found this political cartoon interesting because the effort to create a perception of people protesting against President Obama as racists has spread all the way to Korea: more »

Japan A Child Abduction Haven?

» by September 22nd, 2009 at 6:29 pm » Comments (0)

Here is something I learned about Japan that I didn't know before: With the installation of Japan’s new government last week came fresh hope for a growing movement of American ...more »

Picture of the Day: The Wolmi-do Water Front

» by September 22nd, 2009 at 6:13 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="The water front on Wolmi-do Island at Incheon, the scene of the Incheon Landing Operation."][/caption] You can read more about Wolmi-do here. more »

Beat Takeshi On Why Australians Oppose Whaling

» by September 22nd, 2009 at 7:45 am » Comments (22)

Via Japan Probe comes this interesting program produced by the talented Japanese director and actor Beat Takeshi that has a panel of Australian debating a panel of Japanese people on ...more »

Prediction that the Koreas Will Begin Unification Process By 2012

» by September 22nd, 2009 at 7:39 am » Comments (12)

This seems like quite a bold prediction to be making that by 2012 the two Koreas will start transitioning to reunification: U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs speculates that a unified Korea ...more »

Roh Moo-hyun Memoir Released that Reveals His Biggest Mistake

» by September 22nd, 2009 at 7:30 am » Comments (1)

I agreed with former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun on very few issues, but here is something I think just about everyone can agree with him on: Former President Roh Moo-hyun ...more »

Pyongsong Market In North Korea Is Closed By the Regime

» by September 21st, 2009 at 8:25 pm » Comments (2)

The North Korean regime has slowly been cracking down on the market activities they have allowed to go on for the past few years.  The regime initially ignored the market ...more »

Lee Myung-bak Offers North Korea “Grand Bargain”

» by September 21st, 2009 at 7:58 pm » Comments (0)

I'm sure Lee Myung-bak understands that North Korea has no intention of giving up their nuclear weapons, but offering the North Koreans a "grand bargain" is a good thing to ...more »

Picture of the Day: Flexible Russian

» by September 21st, 2009 at 7:46 pm » Comments (1)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="333" caption="Rhythmic gymnastics athletes boasted their talents at the Hyundai Capital Invitational II, 2008 World Gymnastics Gala held at Jamsil Indoor Stadium in Seoul on Saturday and ...more »

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