With all the uproar in Korea about how US beef is going to kill them, I find it interesting that on the front page of KBS they have an article on what is really going to kill Koreans:
A medical professor said Thursday that more than one million Koreans have died of smoking-related diseases since […]

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Here is an editorial in the Chosun Ilbo that only further validates my belief of how Korean children’s ability to critically think is hampered by their own educational system that allows nonsense like this to be taught in the classroom:
The North Chungcheong Province chapter of the Korean Teachers and Education Workers’ Union posted on its […]

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There has been a tragic natural disaster on Korea’s west coast:

Eight tourists are dead and 14 others are missing after tidal waves struck a ferry boat pier in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province on Sunday.
About 20 tourists were swept away by strong waves from the pier in Jukdo Island in Nampo-myeon, some 180 kilometers southwest of […]

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It appears that Yi So-yeon’s trip into space really was even closer to being a disaster then orginally suspected:
But Korea has not made an issue of the incident. A KARI astronaut program official merely said, “We agreed with Russia to make efforts to prevent negative news reports.” A university professor of aviation and space critically […]

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How come I have the feeling this is just another one of those for show crackdowns you see the Korean police conduct every once and while such as against prostitution?:

Police said Friday they have sought arrest warrants for three dealers in fake sports merchandise.
Since June, 2005, the forgers and dealers have manufactured counterfeits of the […]

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I have seen a lot of random wackiness on the Seoul subway, but this is one thing I have fortunately never seen:
Two men are under investigation by police after being captured on film performing sex acts on line 5 of the Seoul Subway.
The 12-minute video, titled “Line 5, 2 Men”, shows two men, who appear […]

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Korea’s first Astronaut/Space tourist (you pick one) has returned safely to Earth after spending 12 days in space:

South Korea’s first astronaut, Yi So-yeon, has landed safety in Kazakhstan after spending 12 days in space, the Russian Federal Space Agency said Saturday.
The agency said that the Soyuz TMA-11, carrying Yi, U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson and Russian […]

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I wonder if this case will come up during South Korean President Lee Myung-bak’s summit with US President George Bush?:

After disclosing activities by the intelligence agency which allegedly helped former South Korean president Kim Dae-jung win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000, Kim has been living in the U.S. He applied for asylum in December […]

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I wonder if we will be seeing the Libyan Army driving around in XK2 tanks anytime soon?
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The first Korean astronaut space tourist has blasted off into orbit aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule:
Korea’s first astronaut, Yi Soyeon, began her travel into space Tuesday night.
Yi, a biosystems engineer, and two Russian cosmonauts blasted off from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Space Center at 8:16 p.m., Korean time, aboard a Russian spacecraft.
The Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft entered […]

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Courtesy of Japundit comes a list of the world’s most spoken languages:

Mandarin / China, Malaysia, Taiwan
English / USA, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand
Hindi / North and Central India
Spanish / The Americas, Spain
Arabic / Middle East, Arabia, North Africa
Russian / Russia, Central Asia
Portuguese / Brazil, Portugal, Southern Africa
Bengali / Bangladesh, Eastern India
Malay, Indonesian / Indonesia, Malaysia, […]

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Disgraced Dongguk University professor Shin Jeong-ah has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.  Of course the ex-presidential aid Byeon Yang-kyoon who was giving her favors for sex got off with as suspended sentence.  Any bets if Shin will actually serve the 18 months before getting out for some reason?
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