By I haven’t done the linklets in quite a while because it is quite time consuming to put together and I have been extremely busy lately. I have some time this weekend though due to the Labor Day holiday and have put together this round up of linklets for everyone to checkout:
The Koreas
- Update on Korean court decision in regards to the constitutional rights of former comfort women that could effect Korean-Japanese relations.
- How to enjoy a jimjilbang.
- Check out this nice Buddhist temple by the sea.
- Discussing public displays of affection in Korea.
- Fraud and Korean online dating.
- Money Today responds to the foreigner bus incident.
- Here is an MBC translation on the foreigner bus incident as well.
- Kushibo responds to Metorpolitician about the foreigner bus incident here.
- 3WM has a good round up of links on the bus incident as well.
- Did Track & Field athletes molest two women in Daegu?
- North Korean markets are overflowing with food?
- More claims that North Korea is attacking the computers of North Korea researchers.
- What Qaddafi’s fall means for North Korea.
- The British Ambassador to Korea has some advice for those thinking about getting involved with drugs in Korea.
- The photographer did a good job getting these cute baby pictures.
- Speaking of babies congrats to another K-blogger having a little one due.
- Fans of Eric Benet will be happy to know he is coming to Korea this month.
- Discovering Seoul’s Dongmyo Shrine.
- Using technology to enhance your hike in Korea.
- A look at the effects of the EU-Korea FTA on the wine industry.
- A comparison between Japan and Korea.
Japan
- Analysis of the new Noda administration in Japan.
- Here is some more about Prime Minister Noda.
- Prime Minister Noda has only been office a few days and he already has a scandal on his hands.
- Here is the story about a real life super hero in the UK known as the British Ninja.
- Here is an article about how honest many Japanese were about the earthquake and tsunami disaster.
- This is an odd stat, more Japanese than Americans have a favorable view of America.
China
- Adam Cathcart takes a closer look at what Chinese “democratic” reform really means for Tibet.
- Reevaluating Ai Weiwei.
- A brief history of Chinese porn. (NSFW)
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5:58 pm on September 4th, 2011 1
“This is an odd stat, more Japanese than Americans have a favorable view of America.”
That’s because there are more Americans than Japanese enrolled in American universities. Academia is the vector in which the Sixties Left metastasizes and replicates itself.
9:00 pm on September 4th, 2011 2
“Using technology to enhance your hike in Korea.”
Alpine Quest is the best app.
10:00 pm on September 4th, 2011 3
Thanks for the blog links. I am always impressed with your work here, so it’s awesome to be a small part of it.
10:08 pm on September 4th, 2011 4
Thanks for the linklet!
11:09 pm on September 4th, 2011 5
Bloggers arguing with bloggers over personal opinions reminds me of the old philosophical quetion, “If two idiots pee on each other’s pants, who pays the dry cleaning bill?” In other words, who cares?
1:30 am on September 5th, 2011 6
That’s pretty silly, Sally.
GI Korea, your effort on this is always appreciated, both for sending people my way, of course, but also for seeing things out there I may have missed. When I’m especially busy, I may read only a few blogs or none at all.
1:36 am on September 6th, 2011 7
The USA’s gotta be doin’ something right of the Russian Federation has a 52% approval rating of the USA.
1:37 am on September 6th, 2011 8
Correction: 56% approval rating.
11:53 am on September 6th, 2011 9
Thank you for article i will bookmark there for read later.