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Please Feed the Animals
2007-11-11 13:39:00 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G 8M8MNP9PDE] Kevin and Anne recently went to the Seoul Zoo, where either it’s okay to feed the animals, or no one regards nor enforces the rules (more likely). This gorilla is so used to the goodies people throw that he opens a yogurt drink like a pro. More About: Video , Animals , Feed
Is That Kimbap in Your Pants??
2007-11-11 12:54:00 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m 28DJWlixFo] Karl at Seoul Survivors has added English “subtitles” to SuperGirlyMan Shin Hye Sung’s video “First Person.” More About: Video , Pants
New E-2 Visa Requirements
2007-11-08 04:09:00 Folks are panicking. I’m still wondering how practical this will be and if the new rules will hold up. The Korea Herald has passed on through a press release from the Ministry of Justice regarding the new E-2 (English teacher) visa requirements, starting December 1st. I don’t have a direct link to the article, but ... More About: Visa
As If Korean Weddings Weren?t Tacky Enough?
2007-11-06 02:51:00 Mongdori found this. Actually, I like traditional — TRADITIONAL — Kore an weddings a lot. Modern wedding hall McWeddings in Korea take all that is tasteless in a Las Vegas love chapel and adds even more bubble and smoke machines. Where’s the dignity, guys?
How to Stop Confucian Evangelicals
2007-10-29 03:25:00 Confucian evangelicals? Torgodevil (A Geek in Korea)calls them “cultists,” but I’d lump them into the same category as the evangelicals in their tactics. He has an amusing story on how his Korean wife dealt with these aggressive folks who regularly accosted her at her bus stop. More About: Stories , Stop , Evangelicals
Criminal Checks, Everyone
2007-10-28 03:30:00 First saw this on Lost Nomad. The Joongang Daily reports that the Ministry of Justice will finally require criminal background checks for English teachers wanting to teach on an E-2 visa (the visa most everyone uses unless he’s married or has Korean parents). I had mentioned earlier that it’s not that impossible ... More About: Immigration , Criminal , Mina
ZK Food Journal Hits Two Years
2007-10-24 16:07:00 Two years old is getting on up there in blog years. A self-congratulatory retrospective has been posted. More About: Food , Event , Journal , Years , Hits
The Perfect Feel-bad Non-story
2007-10-24 03:47:00 NoCut News “reports” on a loser foreign English teacher complaining about how China and Japan is so much better than Korea. The story goes on to unintentionally look like a loser. The only non-loser is Korea Beat, who went through the trouble of translating it. Okay, so Korean students may not be as ... More About: Society , Story , Perfect , Feel
Don?t Call Me ?Mister?
2007-10-20 00:51:00 I just love using Korea Beat for news and as a window to Korean society past the language barrier. In the latest round up on news regarding the pedophile who was teaching at a foreign school homeroom in Korea, the papers and politicians are coming up with symptoms of the English teacher problem and a ... More About: Society , Call
Cum On Feel the Noize
2007-10-20 00:24:00 Korea Beat has translated the good bits of a story on Naver stating that Korean cities are noisy, particularly their subways. I just wish the elementary school next to my apartment wouldn’t blare “Night on Bald Mountain” at 8 AM. I mean it’s loud. My windows rattle. More About: Society , Feel
Top Ten Unique Things About Korea
2007-10-19 04:46:00 The Kore a Times celebrates its 57th birthday on November 1st. During the lead up, they’re starting a series of top ten lists relating to Korea between 1950 and 2007. Today’s list is the “10 Unique Korean Customs & Practices.” I won’t list them here because that would be unnecessarily redundant. It’s a nice, light amusing ... More About: Society , Things
Son of Jor-El, Kneel Before Babe!
2007-10-17 11:59:00 Whitey relates a personal account of a traditional activity in Korea when opening a business or buying a car. More About: Stories , Babe
It?s Okay to Beat Prisoners
2007-10-17 01:53:00 According to KuKi News, translated by Korea Beat , the National Human Rights Commission of Korea has released a CCTV video of an Anyang prison guard beating a prisoner. This video was taken after the NHRC recommended the guard be disciplined for past violence towards inmates. Oh, and here’s this classic quote from the Anyang ... More About: Society , Prisoners
So, I?m Sure Ya Heard About that Guy?
2007-10-17 01:42:00 You know, the guy wanted in Thailand for molesting a child. The guy hiding out in Korea as an English teacher. It’s all over the place. Not going to comment much about it. The Metropolitician and Expat Jane have both covered it much better than I could. But come on… his name is Chester? CORRECTION: Chester ... More About: News
Talk About Piss Happy
2007-10-12 07:09:00 Lao Ocean Girl was walking along and saw a typical display in front of a picture studio. Okay, that’s fairly normal in Korea. Proud parents like to have pics of their naked baby boys showing off his little pepper. Yet some parents really want that ACTION SHOT! More About: Talk , Happy , Piss
The Jokes Just Write Themselves
2007-10-10 06:43:00 Found this on the Marmot regarding international condom size standards in Korea: ?The size of South Korean condoms now meets international standards, helped by an increase in the size of men?s penises here.” More About: Jokes , Write
Bae Young-joon is Michael Jackson
2007-10-09 05:20:00 POPSEOUL! confirms what I have been thinking about Bae Young -joon, the guy who symbolizes the Korean Wave. (He’s the ‘Winter Sonata’ guy who’s on all the merchandise catered to Japanese tourists.) He’s turning into Michael Jackson . Especially if you look at him in his new period Korean drama ‘Tae Wang SaSinGi ?????’ ... More About: Entertainment
Spa Treatment On the Go
2007-10-09 04:50:00 Korea still hasn’t beaten Japan out for odd vending machines. (I still haven’t seen a used school girl panty machine in Korea.) Yet Miss Koco has found a machine here that distributes face packs. I feel refreshed already! More About: Treatment , The Go , The G
Hold On to Your Bags
2007-10-09 04:30:00 Korea Beat has translated a comment in the Segyo Ilbo warning about increases of handbag thefts by thieves on motorbikes during holiday seasons. Let’s sum up the recommendations in list form: Carry your purse on the side not facing the road Don’t carry more money than you need Don’t walk in empty spaces like alleyways Be cautious ... More About: Society , Bags , Hold
Why I Haven?t Been Posting Lately
2007-10-07 03:14:00 Team Fortress 2. I haven’t been this addicted to a multiplayer game since 1998. It is officially released on October 10th. I bought a pre-release copy from the web site. My boss and I did. He’s a bigger gamer than I am, and he says it’s the best, most balanced first person shooter multiplayer he’s ... More About: Posti , Haven
Korea Likes Immigrants
2007-10-06 16:53:00 To contrast with the previous entry, Kore a Beat has translated a Chosun Ilbo article revealing the results of a Pew Research Center survey which suggests that South Korean citizens are the least likely to support immigration restrictions in their country. In the survey, 70% of Koreans were against restrictions, and 25% supported restrictions. Compare ... More About: Society , Immigrant , Immigrants
I Hope She Remembers to Wear a Bra
2007-10-02 03:07:00 There’s been talk about another program trashing foreigners. Now, I’ve always said that the root of these programs is fear and jealousy of interracial sex. I grew up in the South. I’m familiar with those politics. Yet people would call me out, saying, “No. They really care about illegal English teachers and the quality ... More About: Hope , Wear , News and Views , Members
It?s Always Sunny in Korea
2007-10-01 04:44:00 Joe at Paint Roller Blog has posted that the latest episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, one of my new favorite shows, parodies a lot on Kore a . More About: Entertainment
Let He Who Is Without Sin?
2007-10-01 04:14:00 Oh, there’s going to be some rock throwing on Yong Yu Island. If you want to join some anti-semites in throwing rocks at “Jewish white bastards” (if you’re not a “Jewish white bastard” yourself) come on down to Yong Yu Island. Personally, I can understand why the people are upset. Yet again, people’s retarded actions ... More About: News and Views
Chosun Pr0n
2007-10-01 03:00:00 Occidentalism has posted a link to a Chosun Ilbo article detailing a recently discovered smut play from the Chosun period. Now, considering that the Chosun dynasty is one of the longest lasting dynasties in world history, that doesn’t narrow the date much. So specifically, scholars presume the date of the play to be between ... More About: History
Sitting at the Popular Kids? Table
2007-10-01 02:44:00 Gdog at The Daily Kimchi has done the footwork in ranking the most popular English language Korean blogs. Surprised to see that not only one but two ZenKimchi blogs are in the top 15. More About: Kids , Popular , Table , Pula
Those NYT Archives
2007-09-27 02:41:00 Lots of folks have been talking about the releasing of The New York Times archives to the general public for free back to 1851 (minus some time between WWII and the 1980s). Jason Kottke maybe was the first to delve and place links to notable moments in history. Commenter Sonagi at The ... More About: History , Archives , Chives , Hives , Hive
Travel T-shirts
2007-09-27 02:31:00 ComingAnarchy points us to a clever t-shirt for travelers with the above picture(s) on it. You just go up to someone and point to your shirt. (You can buy them at Threadless.com.) Communicate! Wish I had thought of that. In the meantime, I still have t-shirts to help you order beer and soju in ... More About: Travel , Shirts , T-Shirts , T shirts
NO VENDING!
2007-09-24 04:54:00 WARNING This area is a designated public facility. All vending activity is absolutely prohibited here! Any foreign and/or domestic vendor found violating this order, will be Severely punished according to law. When we get around to it. More About: Vending
Everything You Wanted to Know about Korean Media?s Treatment of Foreigners
More articles from this author:2007-09-24 02:16:00 Everyone’s linking to this, and I’m late to jump on the bandwagon. I’ve been having a very fun and eventful Chuseok weekend. Gusts of Popular Feeling has posted a thorough history of the Korean media’s attitude on foreigners, particularly English teachers, since the 1990s. More About: Media , Treatment , News and Views , Wanted 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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