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Episode 5: Super Survival Korean
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Jamilya’s new book
How to Crassly Become Successful by Making Korean Men Drool of Foreign Women While Angering Them Over Foreign Men Dating Korean Women
PANELIST
Rosa Pae (Seoul Survivors)
MAIN TOPIC
What Korean should I know that is actually useful?
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NEWS AND STUFF
Chinese mob attacks an American volunteer outside Carrefour
He’s not French, but he looks close enough.
Ebay Korea gets hacked – the worst hacking ever
60% (10 million) of users’ information stolen, including credit card numbers
The government will force the families of bullies to pay the medical bills of their victims starting in September. Will this lead to other changes in Korean law where victims are given partial responsibility when people start fights with them?
“THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO… WHA…?” KOREAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS
More on Rural English Teacher Program
Hire 500 ethnic Koreans and students studying overseas (but not currently in Korea). Must have completed two years of university education. Stay six months to a year. Includes round-trip airfare, 1.5 million won a month, monthly accommodation of 400,000 won a month. Excludes South Africans.
Has He Lost His Mind? Iron Man Invades Korea
Only Iron Man promotion event in Asia, so Asian press converged on Seoul. Opened with the usual Korean over-the-top yet irrelevant sensory blasts (read: noise), including b-boy dancers, for fifteen minutes, leaving only 20 minutes for Q&A. Questions included, “What do you think of Korea” and “What do you think of Korean movies?”
Djamilya, Sexy-mong Girls Bust Evil Foreign English Teachers
Too surreal. From Segye Ilbo:
The first episode of “Sexy Mong Returns,” a four-part series to run every Wednesday and Thursday starting from April 23, is already drawing attention as its deals with an episode involving sexual assault by foreign English teachers, something that has been a social issue for some time.
Hallyuwood sounds silly but looks like it will kick ass
From The Korea Herald:
A concept view of Hallyuwood to be built in Ilsan by 2010
“Hallyuwood will be an industrial complex to create new cultural contents and a fun-filled theme park based on the country’s entertainment contents at the same time”, Gyeonggi Province Governor Sohn Hak-kyu said in a news conference on the project last month. “The star-oriented cultural phenomenon is likely to wither soon, when it fails to get supports from related sociocultural infrastructures”, said Sohn, explaining why the new theme park is needed. To this end, the province has allocated the 370 billion won to build traffic infrastructures, R&D, and production and distribution facilities for cultural products, the construction of which has already begun earlier this year.
- Designed by Landmark Entertainment Group, who has done work for Universal, Paramount parks, Warner Bros. Movie World, Caesar’s Palace. Attractions include Terminator 2: 3-D, Star Trek Experience, Spiderman (Universal Orlando and Japan), 007 (Paramount)
- Monorail linked to subway stations
- Lots of add-ons surrounding the park, including a China town (heh, heh)
- Themed areas
- Welcome Village
- UEC (Urban Entertainment Center)
- Cinema Village
- Working studio
- Movie theater and museum
- Festival Village
- Walk of Fame-like theme
- Outdoor theater
- Wax museum
- Drama Village
- Sets for producing historical dramas
- Oriental Village
- Gardens of Asia
- PR Hall to teach people about popular culture
- Guest houses
- Entertainment Village
- Lots of high tech facilities
- Star Village
- Welcome Village
TIME WASTERS OF THE WEEK
What the…? (from A Geek in Korea)
“TOO DRUNK TO F@#$” (from Brian in Jeollanam-do)
Analesson!!! (from Seoul Eats)
Brand names that don’t export well. | Adland
Masturbation can help prevent prostate cancer (from The Marmot’s Hole)
The protective effect was greatest while the men were in their 20s. Men who ejaculated more than five times a week were a third less likely to develop prostate cancer later in life.
PLUGS
Web site: New del.icio.us panel to keep up with the stories we’re looking at
Ex-Pat Living (The Korea Herald)
SEOUL Magazine
ZenKimchi.com
KOTESOL
NEXT WEEK
How to find something new to do?
“Skinny” Steve Ward (SeoulSteves.com)
MUSIC CREDITS
Main Theme — Ben McPherson – “2wksnyc”
News — satya – “Silk Route Album Mix”
Things That Make You Go Whaa? — cjacks – “Candyland”
Time Wasters of the Week — EV Boyx – “Kickin’ It in Geumchon”
Joe Sibol
Blue Valentine
Chris Townsend
The Kokoon
Hop On Pop
Platinum Life Productions
antardhyan
Kaveh
Little Red King
curious hands
Heather Sullivan
midliFeCrisis
cjacks
DJ R-Qubed
Kathy Reynolds
KlassicK Productions
Crush
Bit Rationale
High Alert Status
Father Rock
Devin Anderson
deadpan
Musicos Unidos de Latino America
V__R_4_3vA
Apr 23
Banchan: FMS with You Audioscapes of Seoul
Banchan (Small Bites) View CommentsFeel like you’re in the midst of Seoul without leaving the safety of your own living room, complete with
- Seoul traffic
- Scooters on the sidewalks
- Fighting ajosshis
- Doumi dancing girls
- Kids saying “Hello, I’m from Korea” to any foreigner they see
- The friendly neighborhood blaring sales truck
- Application of the special lung butter that lubricates Seoul’s sidewalks
(Parody of FMS with You audio tours)
Apr 21
Episode 4, part 3 of 3: Fashion and Politics with Michael Hurt
Podcast View CommentsPANELIST
Michael Hurt (Scribblings of the Metropolitician, Feetman Seoul, Bomb English)
NEWS AND STUFF
The space tourist controversy - Is Yi So-yeon just a space tourist? What’s the difference?
The professional Korean journalists trying to make a fool of Yi So-yeon
Too much cramming of Korean culture in one space mission?
The Nintendo Wii is Coming to Korea April 26th
“THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO… WHA…?” KOREAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY
The differences in human rights protection for violent sex offenders
1988 Seoul Olympics: The burning of the live doves…oh, lighting of the cauldron
The Drummer
PLUGS
Ex-Pat Living (The Korea Herald)
SEOUL Magazine
ZenKimchi.com
KOTESOL
NEXT WEEK
Rosa Pae
MUSIC CREDITS
Main Theme — Ben McPherson – “2wksnyc”
DJ R-Qubed
megaphone
Darryl
Adam Schmitt
REGGAE FAR EAST
Musicos Unidos de Latino America
Outside
Devin Anderson
Chris Townsend
El Soter
Guinea C
Father Rock
Vegitation
Kathy Reynolds
Apr 20
Episode 4, part 2 of 3: Fashion and Politics with Michael Hurt
Podcast View CommentsPANELIST
Michael Hurt (Scribblings of the Metropolitician, Feetman Seoul, Bomb English)
NEWS AND STUFF
The space tourist controversy - Is Yi So-yeon just a space tourist? What’s the difference?
The professional Korean journalists trying to make a fool of Yi So-yeon
Too much cramming of Korean culture in one space mission?
The Nintendo Wii is Coming to Korea April 26th
“THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO… WHA…?” KOREAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY
The differences in human rights protection for violent sex offenders
1988 Seoul Olympics: The burning of the live doves…oh, lighting of the cauldron
PLUGS
Ex-Pat Living (The Korea Herald)
SEOUL Magazine
ZenKimchi.com
KOTESOL
NEXT WEEK
Rosa Pae
MUSIC CREDITS
Main Theme — Ben McPherson – “2wksnyc”
Everyday Jones
daveski
Jack Jeffrey
Kathy Reynolds
ISON
Gretchen Smith
Chris Merritt
cjacks
DJ Topshelf
megaphone
Outside
Adam Schmitt
David Gielan
Apr 19
Episode 4, part 1 of 3: Fashion and Politics with Michael Hurt
Podcast View CommentsAD
FMS Audioscape Tours of Seoul Daily Life
PANELIST
Michael Hurt (Scribblings of the Metropolitician, Feetman Seoul, Bomb English)
NEWS AND STUFF
The space tourist controversy - Is Yi So-yeon just a space tourist? What’s the difference?
The professional Korean journalists trying to make a fool of Yi So-yeon
Too much cramming of Korean culture in one space mission?
The Nintendo Wii is Coming to Korea April 26th
“THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO… WHA…?” KOREAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY
The differences in human rights protection for violent sex offenders
1988 Seoul Olympics: The burning of the live doves…oh, lighting of the cauldron
PLUGS
Ex-Pat Living (The Korea Herald)
SEOUL Magazine
ZenKimchi.com
KOTESOL
NEXT WEEK
Rosa Pae
MUSIC CREDITS
Main Theme — Ben McPherson – “2wksnyc”
Kathy Reynolds
cjacks
Devin Anderson
Shannon Richardson
Crush
Outside
Jack Jeffrey
DJ Topshelf
David Gielan
Everyday Jones
Gretchen Smith
Tea Leaves
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