« Older Home
Loading Newer »

Archive for July, 2006

Video of the North Korean women’s soccer team brawling with China

The North Korean female soccer team got pretty pissed off by some calls in their match against China, here’s a video news report:

Way to throw that bottle! I wonder what horrible punishment will await them when they go back home?

The Korean master race brought civilization to the world.

Did you know that some Korean scholars are advancing the idea that a central Asian people of Korean ethnicity is responsible for spreading civilization to the entire world? It might seem like a stupid rip-off of Nazi Germany’s Aryan master race theory, yet this stupid theory is gaining popularity among Koreans. Here is […]

Japanese textbooks distort history…yawn

Over at the Korea Times, they’ve written yet another article that criticizes Japanese history textbooks.  Apparently it’s time for some school boards in Japan to select new history textbook, and as usual, the books are accused of having “distorted or hid historic views to gloss over” Japan’s aggression against Korea and China.  The article doesn’t […]

South Korean teacher’s union endorses North Korean propaganda

Found this editorial from Chosunilbo on the Korea Liberator this morning:
Teachers’ Union Headed Over the Cliff
The Busan Chapter of the Korea Teachers and Educational Workers Union excerpted a North Korean history textbook verbatim for a booklet used in a seminar for members in October last year. The textbook glorifies Kim Il-sung’s anti-Japanese activities, describes the […]

Amusing Korean comic strip: dying of a gunshot wound


Finally, a video that accurately depicts North Korean life!

Ever wonder what life in North Korea is really like? Well, Pyongyang has produced a video to let us know:

Spacious houses, large meals and of course love for Kim Jong-il! [Watch it here]

Japan Times: Japan’s anti-North Korea complex

“Brame Japan!“
The Australian Vice-President of Akita University has written an editorial entitled ‘Japan’s anti-North Korea compex‘.  Here’s an excerpt:
But on the abduction issue what is relevant is that it has apologized and, when treated politely, is willing to make concessions like returning some abductees. Tokyo, with highly emotional media and public-opinion support, is doing all […]

Attention morons: Don’t make online bomb threats in China

From China Daily:
SHANGHAI: A 19-year-old man from Henan Province has been arrested on suspicion of threatening to blow up Shanghai’s famous Oriental Pearl Tower.
According to a police news release, the man surnamed Li posted a notice on Internet portal www.baidu.com on July 3 in an Internet cafe Shanghai’s Fengxian District, where he […]

The Corean fish pond

Here’s a little cartoon I found on a Japanese site (Korea is the fish):

I’m not sure what the last panel means. Is Korea supposed to be completely dead in 10 years? Maybe it refers to the disastrous economic damage that a reunification will bring about?

Animal cruelty at the Chinese market

What’s the most efficient way to kill an animal before you skin it? Why, to pick it up by its legs, slam it into the ground, and step on its neck while it dies a painful death, of course! Here’s a video of just such a practice going on in China:

THIS VIDEO IS […]


Top Travel Blogs

About

You are currently browsing the Asia-Watch weblog archives for the month July, 2006.

Longer entries are truncated. Click the headline of an entry to read it in its entirety.

Categories