From the Chosun Ilbo:
South Korea has for the first time in history officially decided to give cash to North Korea, in the amount of W400 million (US$1=W945). In 2000, the South Korean government secretly remitted about $500 million to Pyongyang prior to the first inter-Korean summit, but this will be the first time for Seoul […]
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S. Korea to give N. Korea a wad of cash…
Published by March 11th, 2007 in Korea and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsAsian Weekly apologizes after running an editorial entitled “Why I Hate Blacks”
Published by February 28th, 2007 in Uncategorized. 3 CommentsAsiaWeek, a San Francisco-based newspaper for the Asian American community, has apologized for printing an editorial called “Why I Hate Blacks” in its February 23, 2007 issue:
The editor of a weekly newspaper calling itself “The Voice of Asian America” on Wednesday apologized to community leaders and suspended a columnist who wrote a piece titled […]
A bizarre German video showing a mario-style game called “Super Atom Kim”
This guy definately needs to be arrested:
Another celebrity couple have broken up amid mutual accusations. The actress Lee Min-young says her separation from Lee Chan a mere 12 days after they tied the knot was due to his violent behavior, but the husband denies this.
Lee Min-young’s lawyer Kim Jae-cheol on Monday said Lee Chan hit […]
South Korean netizens declare war on Ogrish.com
Published by January 1st, 2007 in Uncategorized. 0 CommentsThe most-viewed story on Chosun Ilbo’’s website today: In 2004 some Korean netizens were pissed off the Ogrish.com has posted an ad looking for a copy of the video which shows the beheading of Kim Sun-Il, a South Korean who worked as a contractor for the U.S. occupation forces in Iraq:
Korean Internet users have […]
Korean ultranationalists to drop “East Sea”? `Sea of Korea vs. Sea of Japan.’’?
Published by January 1st, 2007 in Uncategorized. 0 CommentsThe Korea Times has a new article up in which it explores Korea’s attempts to remove “Sea of Japan” from the world’s maps. If you’re a regular reader here, you might have seen my old post in which I pretty much debunked every claim in an official South Korean propaganda video on the issue. […]
Banned terms in the Chinese media & Eating dog meat is illegal in Hong Kong
Published by December 28th, 2006 in Uncategorized. 0 CommentsEastSouthWestNorth has a really cool post containing a translation of what is supposedly Chinese Xinhua news agency’s internal list of banned terms. While it does contain some obvious ones, such as avoiding political and geographic terms that contradict the government’s official stance, it does include some interesting ones, such as “In all reports concerning […]
All I can say is…wow:
Youtube user btc299, who claims to be from Malaysia, doesn’t seem to have very many nice things to say about his country. For example, check out this description from one of his videos:
马来西亚 Malaysia is a nation and paradise of criminals
马来西亚是罪犯之國, 犯罪之國
马来西亚是罪犯天堂, 犯罪天堂
Malaysia is a nation of crimes /criminals, criminal paradise and criminals safe […]
New Eurasia has written a very interesting post about the history Japanese/Central Asian relations. It seems that a large number of Japanese POW’s were used as forced labor to construct various public works projects in the region in the years following World War II. Read more here.
[Via Global Voices]
