The Koreas
- Are you planning on touring the Blue House? You won’t anytime soon if you are a foreign national.
- Lots of good updates from NK Econ Watch on the North Korean currency reevaluation issue.
- A look at Korean-American dating and religion.
- It will be interesting to see how the Korean version of Google turns out. By the way the auto-suggest on the Korean Google is also not showing “Climategate” either.
- Not too bad of yoja of the week.
- Why you shouldn’t be so quick to judge Koreans.
- Should Kim Jong-il be indicted by an international court?
- Korean Air’s inflight magazine Morning Calm is looking for an editor for those interested.
- Is the Twilight series using the K-drama formula?
- A Korean woman speaks out about sex before marriage.
- 2PM, Jaebom, and Korea’s Internet culture.
- Taekwondo at Gyeonghuigung featured on CNN International.
- Apparently Paris Hilton is into Rain.
- What a migrant labor church in rural Korea is like.
Japan
- Is a “Green Tax” on its way in Japan?
- 20 people to watch in Tokyo.
- The origins of Japanese holidays.
- Japanese Space Beer.
- Japan has Kangaroo beer as well.
- Makgeolli is also beginning to be sold in Japan as well.
- Restaurant faces charges for working employee to death.
China
- Korea didn’t make out to well in TIME’s list of Asia’s most authentic locations, but China did quite well on the list.
- China the next inevitable global power?
- So how badly are the Chinese cooking their books?
- It looks like Koreans are not the only ones into self immolation.
- Five people have been sentenced to death for their parts in the Urumqi riots.






11:10 am on December 6th, 2009 1
So, what do you think will happen to foreign residents who file a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission?
11:15 am on December 6th, 2009 2
Oh, and Paris Hilton is into anything that will get her more press. Call her a symptom of what ills American culture, the girl's got mad business savvy (I hear it runs in her family).
11:22 am on December 6th, 2009 3
"So how badly are the Chinese cooking their books?"
According to a friend who used to work in China: until they charred beyond recognition.
10:54 am on December 7th, 2009 4
Not to be an attention whore or anything — but it appears that you were linking to my recent post, and the actual link is going to Kimchi Mamas.
11:47 am on December 7th, 2009 5
Greatly appreciate you linking to Hermit. Thank you very much. Have a great week.
2:11 am on December 8th, 2009 6