By The Koreas:
- I continue to find it interesting how worked up people are about a missing sign at a concentration camp closed decades ago yet could care less about the concentration camps open and operating right now.
- A look at what is Korean identity?
- Remember that intercepted North Korean arms shipment in Thailand? Well it now appears it may have been heading to Iran.
- Southern California importing Korean made trains.
- The Obama administration isn’t the only ones reluctant to speak out against North Korean human rights abuses, apparently the French don’t care either.
- Here are details about a light show at the Garden of the Morning Calm near Gapyeong. The valley is quite scenic but is accessed by a very narrow road that gets treacherously busy on weekends. Roboseyo has recent pictures of the valley here.
- There was recently a laser light show over at the Cheonggyecheon.
- Here is what one blogger thinks of Gecko’s Terrace.
- It looks like Gecko’s has some serious competition in Itaewon with the Wolfhound Pub which looks like a pretty good place.
- Here are some more ideas for places to eat this Christmas season.
- The Epoch Times now has an article on the Anti-English Spectrum issue.
- A book review of B.R. Meyers latest book by none other than Andrei Lankov.
- A Korean-American is going to be reading the news for Good Morning America.
Japan:
- The Hatoyama government’s Roh Moo-hyun like slide in popularity continues.
- More on the Hatoyama government’s woes here.
- Is this more incompetence from the Hatoyama government?
- Muammar Gaddafi has been busy speaking to Japanes university students.
- Japanese swordmanship is keeping the art of the samurai alive.
- Female Japanese knucleballer heads off to Arizona to play professional winter league.
China:
- An interesting look at surging Chinese cyber-nationalism.
- Here is a place in China I have always wanted to go, but it appears it may not be around much longer.
- Kaplan says make way for the rise of China.
- It looks like people will have to wait a little longer for the opening of China’s first gay bar.
- China vs the US: Economic Power vs Military Power
- China’s role in Chinese science fiction.
12:13 pm on December 20th, 2009 1
Stopped by Garden of the Morning Calm on Friday. There weren't many people there but that probably had a lot to do with it being the coldest day of the year that day. My 3 year old loved all the lights and I was impressed with the work that must have wen't into it. I would suggest anyone who can make it go and see this light show but be aware it is in kind of a valley so the wind whips around and it get's pretty cold. If you have kids that like trains they have a large train set, not sure when they run it, it was closed when I started the walk at 5:45 PM.
12:19 pm on December 20th, 2009 2
Thanks for the link to my musings on Korean identity.
Jeffery Hodges
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12:41 pm on December 20th, 2009 3
Thanks, too, for the links. I always enjoy the weekly linklets… though for a while there they were looking like the bi-weekly linklets.
12:55 pm on December 20th, 2009 4
I have been pretty busy lately and the holidays is giving me some more time to blog. In January my work tempo will be picking up again and I will probably miss a few weeks again where I don't post the linklets. The Weekly Linklets actually take me quite a while to put together because I read through most of the blogs on my sidebar when I put them together which takes up most of my Sunday morning before the start of football games.
1:52 pm on December 20th, 2009 5
"I continue to find it interesting how worked up people are about a missing sign at a concentration camp closed decades ago yet could care less about the concentration camps open and operating right now"
I don't think its an 'either or' situation. One 'the sign in Auswich' is a reminder of the other, 'the NK gulags'.
3:35 pm on December 20th, 2009 6
Good point…But you must admit the North Korean gulags aren't getting enough press. Where are the UN Forces? Oh, right. The security council is useless thanks to its permanent members having veto rights.
4:56 pm on December 20th, 2009 7
http://roboseyo.blogspot.com/2009/12/hypocrisy-au… I just wrote about this.
5:44 pm on December 20th, 2009 8
Probably because many, not all, Americans cannot locate North Korea on a map and don't care about North Korean issues.
1:37 am on December 21st, 2009 9
Well, it's appreciated. The weekly linklets is one of my favorite ongoing K-blog items.
2:14 am on December 21st, 2009 10
How many Koreans can find Oklahoma (about same size) in the US? How many know whats happening in Oklahoma city? On a % basis, I would say more Americans know about Korea. Eh?
2:34 am on December 21st, 2009 11
Where is the South Korean government? Where are the South Korean school teachers? Oops, sorry, they are rewriting history making the UN look like an afterthought all the while condeming the west for its transgressions against Korea.
Now you want to put the blame on the UN for 'camp 22"?