AsiaWeek, 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 […]
Archive for February, 2007
Asian Weekly apologizes after running an editorial entitled “Why I Hate Blacks”
Published by February 28th, 2007 in Uncategorized. 3 CommentsSouth Korea Ranks Shameful Last in Foreign Aid
Published by February 26th, 2007 in Korea. 2 CommentsI guess Ban Ki-Moon’s timely increase of aid to nations who ended up voting him into office as UN Secretary General didn’t have much effect on South Korea’s overall policy of not giving much foreign aid:
Korea’s aid to foreign countries ranks second to last among the 30 member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation […]
Dokdo vs. Takeshima Documentary
Published by February 24th, 2007 in Dokdo/Takeshima, Korea and Japan. 5 CommentsI just found this English language Dokdo/Takeshima documentary on YouTube. I haven’t had a chance to watch it yet, but here it is:
Part 1
Part 2
A few comments after watching the video:
Students asked about the issue
As the narrator describes “the level of knowledge” between Japanese and Korean students was “tremendously different.” To me, it […]
Tokyo is Our Territory - Korean rapper G-Masta
Published by February 24th, 2007 in Korea and Japan. 3 CommentsA interesting music video created by a Japanese netizen that takes an anti-Japanese rap song by Korean singer G-Masta and adds English subtitles and extreme images of Korean nationalist propaganda/copying of Japanese products by Koreans:
I don’t know how accurate the images or translation of the lyrics is correct. Anyone know the translation is correct, […]
Lolita Syndome: not an excuse for sexually assaulting little girls
Published by February 24th, 2007 in Korea. 1 CommentAn interesting/bizarre articles from the Chosun Ilbo:
Supreme Court Rejects ‘Lolita Syndrome’ Defense
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment a serial child rapist who had earlier won a lesser sentence on claims that he suffers from so-called “Lolita Syndrome.” Supreme Court Justice Ahn Dae-hee overturned a Seoul High Court sentence of 15 years […]
Good news from South Korea: school textbooks deal with mixed-race people for first time
Published by February 12th, 2007 in Korea. 0 CommentsSome very good news today:
S. Korean school textbooks deal with mixed-race people for first time
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Yonhap) — In an effort to eliminate pervasive social discrimination against mixed-race children, South Korea will begin teaching elementary school students how to get along with children from international marriages, the Education Ministry said Tuesday.
The ministry said it […]
Korean blogger makes death threat against Yoko Kawashima Watkins
Published by February 5th, 2007 in U.S., History Dispute, Korea and Japan. 16 CommentsIt’s been a while since my last post. Sorry for the lack of updates, I’ve been busy boycotting FamilyMart. Anyway, here’s a glowing example of a stupid person’s reaction to the “So Far From the Bamboo Grove” controversy. This Korean blogger thinks it’s OK to make death threats against the author […]
