The Koreas

• Anybody got any ideas on how to get rid of a car in Korea?
• Is North Korea a romantic Valentine’s Day getaway?
• Seoul’s constant changing of tourism slogans could be confusing.
• Kim Yu-jin to be featured on cover of popular US magazine.
• Here are some nice pictures of Hwaam Cave in Gangwon-do.
• Anyone got a job for a long time K-blogger in Busan?
• Maybe he can get a job here?
• Hopefully he wasn’t one of these English teachers caught stealing alcohol in Busan.
• The Anti-English Spectrum guy was recently in the Donga Ilbo.
• South Korea continues to push this natural gas pipeline from Russia via North Korea.
• It looks like Little Manila in Seoul may not be around for much longer.

Japan

• Will the US have to defend Takeshima from the Koreans?
• More Sea Shepherd nonsense on the Antarctic high seas.
• Speaking of whale loons here two Greenpeace members in deep trouble in Japan.
• As I have always said, the Japanese would likely drop their whale quota if a deal to allow them to commercially whale legally was negotiated.
• Bad ass Japanese actor who beat up Tom Cruise joins cast of LOST.
• Which tower in Tokyo do you think looks uglier?

China

• I had no idea Stephon Marbury had been exiled to play basketball in China.
• Apparently tiger populations in northeast China are falling.
• Ever wonder what Chinese police in Yanji are up to?
• Divorce Chinese style.