» by USinKorea December 10th, 2011 at 8:11 pm » Comments (15)

John Rosenthal at Weekly Standard has the story of a Dutch design firm that is planning to build two residential towers that look like the World Trade Centers in mid-collapse: The ...more »

» by Bill April 7th, 2011 at 7:40 am » Comments (2)

She is I think the 6th(Birdie Kim, Hee Won Han, Mi Hyun 'Peanut' Kim, Gloria Park, Pearl Sinn-Bonanni* are the others I know of)   LPGA Tournament winner from South ...more »

» by USinKorea March 22nd, 2011 at 6:10 am » Comments (46)

Soon to hit theater screens is a remake of the 1984 cult classic film Red Dawn.  The movie where Soviet, Cuban, and I believe Mexican communists invade the United States ...more »

» by Bill January 21st, 2011 at 4:49 am » Comments (13)

He is going to serve five years for going to Pyongyang without authorization. Han Sang-ryol was arrested last August on his return from a stay of more than two months in ...more »

» by USinKorea December 21st, 2010 at 8:29 am » Comments (1)

I hate stuff like this: A day after North Korea backed off threats of violent retaliation for South Korean artillery drills, analysts and policy makers in Seoul said on Tuesday that ...more »

» by USinKorea November 24th, 2010 at 6:31 am » Comments (30)

Residents of Seoul, however, seemed to display only a mild anxiety on Wednesday, caught somewhere between calm and dread, and maybe breathing a collective sigh of relief that ...more »

» by NC47 September 7th, 2010 at 12:15 am » Comments (10)

The downloading of copyrighted material in Korea could be more difficult in the coming months.    The Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced that it will propose a revision of the ...more »

» by NC47 September 4th, 2010 at 8:49 pm » Comments (23)

The Obama Administration blocked South Korea from selling old M1 rifles used during the Korean War back to the U.S.. The South Korean government, in an effort to raise money for its military, ...more »

» by NC47 September 3rd, 2010 at 7:34 pm » Comments (127)

Is anyone surprised by these figures? If you think cosmetic surgery is only for women, it’s time to reconsider. According to a report by the Seoul city government, the number of ...more »

» by NC47 September 1st, 2010 at 11:17 pm » Comments (24)

After seeing an article on the donut cheeseburger here, I had to try it for myself.  Now, at first this seemed like an odd combination to me, but I must say, after ...more »