Fresh off of accusations that North Korea diverted fuel aid to the military, now new reports say that the cash aid and building materials to North Korea have been diverted for other purposes as well:

In March last year South Korea gave US$3.8 million worth of aid, including $400,000 in cash and building materials, to North […]

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Police have released more information that the Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-hui may have conducted a dry run of his shooting rampage just two days before the shootings.  Additionally the police still have not been able to link why Cho shot certain victims as well as why he shot students in the building that he […]

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Anywhere from 18-23 Korean missionaries and NGO workers were kidnapped by Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan during a bus ride from Kandahar to Kabul.  The Taliban is demanding that Korea withdraw their troops from Afghanistan for the safe return of the abducted people.  The Marmot has an excellent post following the developments of this story as […]

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I really hope the election of Nicolas Sarkozy does lead to positive change in the US-French relationship:
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It was really only a matter of time, but not only are Korean movies to blame for Cho’s actions but now video games are as well.

The shooting on the Virginia Tech campus was only hours old, police hadn’t even identified the gunman, and yet already the perpetrator had been fingered and was in the midst […]

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UPDATE #2: It turns out that a Virginia Tech professor was the first person to connect Cho the Oldboy movie.  Another blogger wonders if the Korean media had anything to do with inspiring the murder as well.  I think this may become a growing sentiment.  Just for the record I find Korean movies to be […]

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Just as I expected the Korean media has begun to blame the incident on US racism and culture corrupting a poor Korean youth.
From the Chosun Ilbo:
Yu Bum-hee, Dept. of Neuropsychiatry, Samsung Medical Center, said, “Virginia has a reputation for having comparatively strong white supremacy movements. It’s possible that Cho felt diminished by that atmosphere.” These […]

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UPDATE #5: The Washington Post has a good article up about the Virginia Tech shooting.  From reading that and just watching the news today this guy was clearly nuts or mentally ill, but clearly being Korean had little to do with it.  He had some serious issues that many teachers had noticed before the shooting […]

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Aid for the countries devestated by the recent tidal wave disaster is beginning to arrive. Korea has increased its donations to help the victims from $600,000 to $2 million dollars. However, the Korean government continues to face criticism for their response to the disaster.
In this regard, the government should concentrate its efforts on […]

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UPDATE: The US government is putting together a massive relief package for the tidal wave victims, according to Colin Powell
Monday, Egeland called for a major international response to the tsunami disaster — and went so far as to call the U.S. government and others “stingy” on foreign aid in general. “If, actually, the foreign […]

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Sadly President Ronald Reagan passed away today. With his death I decided to ask Korean friends I know, what they thought of the former President. All of them told me they really liked President Reagan which suprised me a little bit because President Reagan is very similiar to President Bush with Reagan fighting against the […]

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