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A Pedophile’s Dream

» by GI Korea February 4th, 2008 at 4:20 am » Comments (17)

Via Mark, comes this seriously disturbing video:

I fail to understand how anybody could first of all make this video in the first place and then secondly put it on YouTube for every pedophile in the world to see?  Even more disturbing is the number of commenters at YouTube thinking this was a "cute" thing to […]

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Being A Foreigner in Korea

» by GI Korea January 28th, 2008 at 1:25 pm » Comments (20)

For those that have never been to Korea and wonder what it can be like walking around in the tourist areas of Seoul here is a perfect example:

Allegedly the girl with the glasses is checking out the woman’s boobs, but I didn’t catch it. 
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Drink or Die

» by GI Korea January 23rd, 2008 at 9:42 am » Comments (4)

This is seriously jacked up:

Police arrested two construction workers on suspicion of beating their coworker to death for refusing to drink.
Gwanak Police in southern Seoul said Tuesday that the two offenders, identified only as Lee (42) and Chung (52), beat their colleague Chang (47) to death at another coworker’s house in Shillim-dong, Seoul, Saturday.
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Driving Advice for Foreigners in Seoul

» by GI Korea January 20th, 2008 at 11:10 am » Comments (11)

Cho Se-hyon offers some insights for foreigners about driving in Seoul.  Here are a few of the insights I can definitely agree with.  First, how Koreans like to park their cars:

If you have some hasty errand to run, like buying a ticket at a movie theater or a bottle of water from a convenience store, […]

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Inner City Problem Video

» by GI Korea January 13th, 2008 at 6:29 pm » Comments (5)

Seriously I don’t know what to make of this video, but for these two guys sake I sure hope they are not Japanese:

HT: ZenKimchi
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Exploding Cell Phone Exposed as Fraud

» by GI Korea December 3rd, 2007 at 5:11 am » Comments (15)

When I first saw the story of the exploding cell phone killing a man in Korea on CNN I knew it sounded like BS and sure enough it was:

The death of a quarry worker in his 30s in Cheongwon County, North Chungcheong Province on Wednesday was not caused by an exploding mobile phone but by […]

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Mogi Man Season in Korea

» by GI Korea October 24th, 2007 at 6:00 pm » Comments (2)

Only in Korea is inhaling pesticide from the "mogi man" truck a normal part of life in the city:

HT: Kevin
At least there was no kids running after the truck like in this video:

HT: Marmot’s Hole
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The Love Chair

» by GI Korea October 24th, 2007 at 5:06 am » Comments (7)

The next time someone tells you Korea is a conservative Confucian country show them this:

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Israel Upset About Nazi Bar in Seoul

» by GI Korea October 11th, 2007 at 5:59 am » Comments (42)

I can’t believe it took Israel this long to find out about a Nazi themed bar in South Korea:
Israel’s envoy to South Korea expressed anger Monday over the reported existence of a Nazi-themed suburban Seoul bar.
“It’s really revolting,” Ambassador Yigal Caspi said of the drinking establishment reported Tuesday by the Korea Herald newspaper.
Along with its […]

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When You Gotta Go, You Gotta Go

» by GI Korea October 3rd, 2007 at 12:02 pm » Comments (1)

Even if it means scaling high ladders to do so:

At least he didn’t urinate on the side of the building as I have seen many people do before.
Via: Exkorling
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The “Jewish White Bastards” of Yong Yu Island

» by GI Korea October 1st, 2007 at 6:04 am » Comments (17)

UPDATE: The Marmot has even more about these banners.
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These photos on EFL Geek just goes to show how bad xenophobia in Korea can be:

Apparently these racist banners have to do with farmers being pushed off their land due to a massive development happening on Yong-yu and Moo-eui islands. Yong-yu and Moo-eui islands are now […]

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Dry Cleaners Sell Business

» by GI Korea September 20th, 2007 at 9:55 pm » Comments (6)

The Chung family has sold their second dry cleaning business in the aftermath of the $54 million dollar pants lawsuit:

The owners of the dry cleaning shop made famous after they were sued for millions because of a lost pair of pants said Wednesday they have sold a second of their three stores.
The Chung family said […]

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