SeoulPodcast #39: Is ATEK for Real?
Podcast January 30th, 2009
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Minerva Investment Group. We’re always right, so we’re in jail. Shouldn’t it be the other way around?
PANELIST
Panelists: Tony Hellman (Association for Teachers of English in Korea), Stafford Lumsden (The Chosun Bimbo)
MAIN TOPIC
Can foreign English teachers seriously organize and counter the hagwon associations to balance the market?
Introduction to the Severance Payment Under Korean Labor Law
NEWS AND STUFF
As Economy Worsens, Gambling Soars in Korea
Gruesome death porn
Suspect Arrested in Murder of Gunpo College Student
Will the Real Minerva Please Stand Up?
Prosecutors say Mr. Park used his home computer. But experts say that since he was not a person engaged in internet commerce and paying considerable sums for a static IP address he would have been using a dynamic IP. That is one reason for doubt that Mr. Park is the true Minerva and that his IP address could have been manipulated.
South Korea Loan-Deposit Ratio not 100 Percent
50,000-Won Banknote to Be Issued in May
THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAA?
Interesting take on how Korean families try to find ways to avoid reunions
What’s the biggest problem in Korea? The branding, of course!
We’re way past regular bole and into hyperbole.
Disabled Koreans Using Internet to Find Sexual Comfort, Creepy Guys
Adult Friend Finder blocked in South Korea
Dropout Teens Imprison Friend, Force Her to Do Tricks
Biracial Children Accepted, Shunned by Classmates
Ask a Korean! News: Racism Starts Early
Korean top celebrity’s cell phone gets hacked
G.O.D.’s Friend Managed by the Devil
War Breaks Out Amongst Korean Pop Fans, Casualties Not Out of the Question
K-pop anti-fans and other hyphenated-words
‘Restricted Screening’ Ruled Unconstitutional, Korean Films to Get Racier
Lee Mi-yeong Secretly Married, Divorced American Professor
Donation angel Moon Geun-young strikes again
Hangeul books for Korean children? Another communist plot?
Korean Blogger’s Take on Korean TV Dramas
[Double Take] Goo Hye-sun is a hamburger
Notes for Korean TV Production: (Gord Sellar)
- Brown-skinned people are either poor children with hearts of gold or scary witch-doctor/fortune-teller types, which is natural since brown-skinned people are all poor and have inborn magical abilities.
- No other brown-skinned local people besides poor children and scary witch-doctor/fortune-teller types should be included in shots. If they absolutely must do so, have them appear for no more than one second at a time, and in the background.
- Have your Korean characters talk to the few local brown-skinned people who appear onscreen in English only when they apparently cannot speak English; have the same characters speak primrily in long, fast Korean phrases when they meet a browqn-skinned local who can speak English. Don’t worry, since brown-skinned people are magical they can (somehow) understand much of what is being said in Korean.
- Make sure to include some white chicks, and dress them in bikinis whenever possible, even if everyone else is fully dressed in long pants/skirts and long-sleeved flowery shirts.
- Include some Korean boys, and dress them in outfits that look like a cross between Korean girls’ clothing, disco and early 80s singers’ outfits, and the clothing of Joey Jeremiah circa 1990 (pic here, but your eyes will bleed). Make sure they look bored on holiday in [unspecified warm country full of brown-skinned people], just as Joey did in school.
- Include some Korean girls, and dress the most sympathetic character as a cross between Strawberry Shortcake and your average agashi (ie. single girl). (Contrary to popular expat belief, there are some differences between the two. Strawberry Shortcake never wore high heels, for example.)
- Include plenty of stock footage of random islands and stuff because tourism is what the young people like these days.
Poisonous Fish Testicles Send 7 Japanese Diners to Hospital
Japanese Diner’s Catastrophe Leads to Important Scientific Discovery About Squid Reproduction
NOTE: Don’t let an octopus come in your mouth. Not until he buys you dinner first.
The Seoul Pub ‘tip jar’. Can anyone clear up this rumour?
EXPAT COMMUNITY
Interview with Korea Beat’s Nathan Schwartzman
Feetman Seoul is coming out with a book
Get Ready for The Seoul Fashion Report!
Mark Russell starts promoting his book, “Pop Goes Korea”
Classic sock commenter that was the subject of a story in a recently published book has resurfaced
TIME WASTERS OF THE WEEK
3 Alley Pub
Seoul Artist Network Open Stage-Sunday Feb. 1 st @ Woodstock
Korean Holidays, or a lack thereof.
Gostiny Dvor: Russian Food in Seoul.
Bad Signs: Black Uncle Cheesecake
McCafe trying to convince Koreans that “cheap can be good.”
In Videos: Personal Ramen Noodle Cup Vending Machine
FlavorWave Oven® Turbo – Thane USA
PLUGS
Buy Us a Beer
The Supplier
(those who have given us swag)
John Kim
Life of the Party
(those who have donated at least $20)
Aaron Shearin
Naomi Neckoway
Chae An
Drinking Buddies
(those who have bought us beers)
Naomi Neckoway
Chae An
Aaron Shearin
Mimi Snider
Elton Fry
Therese MacSeain
GoToMyPC
Ex-Pat Living (The Korea Herald)
ESL Planet Recruiting
Twitter
SEOUL Magazine
ZenKimchi.com
KOTESOL
NEXT WEEK
**LIVE SPECIAL**
Sunday, February 1st at 4 p.m.
Panelists: Stephanie White and more
Topic: The Dark Side of Korea–Expat Tragedies and Cover Ups
**LIVE**
Wednesday, February 4th at 10 p.m.
Panelists: Robert Koehler (The Marmot’s Hole), Bart Schaneman (The Korea Herald), “Skinny” Steve Ward (Seoul Steves)
MUSIC
Main Theme — Ben McPherson – “2wksnyc”
News — satya – “Silk Route Album Mix”
Things That Make You Go Whaa? — cjacks – “Candyland”
Job of the Week — Bit Rationale – “Orthodox Pleasure”
ExPat Community — Deyo – “Retro90210fun”
Time Wasters of the Week — EV Boyz – “Kickin’ It in Geumchon”
JayB Productions
Fractal Garden
Byron Scullin
Tripudio
Outside
Uma Floresta
Adam Schmitt
Everyday Jones
Shannon Richardson
WeakLazyLiar
January 30th, 2009 at 8:21 am
You stole my joke… before I wrote it! Or I stole your joke, before I heard the podcast. What are the odds, you psychic plagiarist? One of my writers — Homer himself — wrote about K-pop fans as Jets and Sharks just today on Dokdo Is Ours.
http://dokdoisours.blogspot.com/2009/01/young-mic...
January 30th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
On the Minerva IP thing… huh? Is a static IP that rare in Korea? At least a few of my commenters in Korea appear to have static IP. I'm pretty sure I do too, for reasons related to the goofy online security system on campus here… being Windows-only, and not liking my Linux OS.
January 30th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
There was or is a Centre for Foreigner workers in Anyang too…It's near the market and on the same street as the old 2001 outlet.
January 30th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
A kid in Wales killing themself for no reason.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/wales/7858218...
January 31st, 2009 at 12:05 am
Joe,__Great podcast as always. A few notes of clarification. ____Casa del Habano is Cuba's retail cigar outlet not a cigar. There is a CDH in every major non-US city and it is my goal to visit them all. ____Davidoff is a manufacturer of high end tobacco products, mostly cigars, as you have tasted, and not a single cigar in itself. ____My hats soff to John Kim. If you recieved your cigars from CDH then he has sent you some of the best cigars and definately true Cubans. CDH is also one of the only places to sell limited edition regional manufactured cigars. Being this close to and just coming back from Mexico I have seen laughable fakes. Glad to hear that you enjoyed it so much with the Scotch. A great paring. Please shoot me a PO box address to my Facebook account as Mr. Kim has thrown down the gauntlet and I shall respond.____Mr, Kim,__I would gladly purchase some extra regionals on my upcoming trip and happly trade if you are interested. Please either post or let Joe know. ____Jen,__Its easy to send cigars but can you fill us in on the high end yarn world so we can send you something to enjoy. ____a. __
January 31st, 2009 at 7:40 pm
Really good guest this week. I was quite skeptical about his plan right out of the chute but they've thought of some highly inventive ideas. The hagwon review system is, well, genius. KOTESOL seems to do pretty well despite the cat like nature of ESL teachers. So I don't see why an advocacy group run by people who seem to be able to route around stuff most of us would just write off as "well, that's just Korea" couldn't get 'er done.
Conspiracy Skeptic:
http://www.yrad.com/cs“target=”_blank”>http://http://www.yrad.com/cs
Go to the bottom of the page for Jennifer's ep. She did her research and she's classic Jennifer: funny, rational, and sarcastic without coming across as a total dick — a talent no one has ever accused Joe or I of having
February 1st, 2009 at 4:52 am
Another week, another podcast! I'm tried hard to squeeze this one in before the live event today! Oh, and if you find the iphone anywhere, Joe, let us all know where you got it.
February 4th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
[...] Hellman, Communications Officer of The Association of English Teachers in Korea was on The Seoul Podcast a little while ago, and now he has interviewed Professor Benjamin Wagner, a professor at Kyunghee [...]
February 6th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Joe and Jennifer: love the show, it is my info and entertainment as I go to work and gym. I struggle to keep up, though- why is the show so long? I request shorter shows. Keep up the good work.
February 19th, 2009 at 5:54 am
Boys ..paint..
HAve you watched the show? hmph… they are Gods at my school so show some respect!
February 23rd, 2009 at 7:32 am
I get really interested when you guys talk about k-pop. Although you guys don't exactly favor the artists I do, (like Wonder Girls) haha, it's still very interesting to hear to what you guys have to offer. BTW, G.O.D. was also under the management of Park Jin Young. And anti-fans are F*ed up. There have also been other worse cases besides the DBSK cyanide (super glue) incident. I think the reason why there are SUPER FANS and ANTI-FANS is because of the fact that they grow so attached to the celebrities because they're constantly promoting and they all appear on t.v. shows and etc. etc. unlike here in America. It's not often you see Justin Timberlake drinking vinegar water while being tickled until you spit it all out. Also, these celebrities are not allowed to date.