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Nationalism.

MAIN TOPIC

Various countdowns about favorite, oddest and most popular moments in the past year

At the end, we have a good series of clips encompassing the whole year.

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
Kevin R.
Otto Silver

Drinking Buddies
(those who have bought us beers)
Mary Campbell
Mimi Snider
Elton Fry
Therese MacSeain

Toast to Absent Friends

GoToMyPC
Ex-Pat Living (The Korea Herald)
ESL Planet Recruiting
SEOUL Magazine
ZenKimchi.com
KOTESOL

NEXT WEEK
Charles Lashure (Liminality… the space in between)

MUSIC
Main Theme — Ben McPherson – “2wksnyc”
Job of the Week — Bit Rationale – “Orthodox Pleasure”
Bit Rationale}
Cyberwaste
Jim Tetlow
Kathy Reynolds
MACHINIST
mat rapid
Mike Burgess
Reklein
Salme Dahlstrom
DJ R-Qubed
Chi Weapon
Cooperstone Badge
The Cheebacabra
Joe McPherson
Joe Sibol
Sleaze Patrol
Seraphic Panoply
Sundown Caffeine
curious hands

Our next show marks one year since the first appearance of the SeoulPodcast on the interwebs.  Can you believe we’ve crammed this much through the tubes?

To mark the occasion, we’re asking all of you to vote for your favorite shows and your favorite skits (fake ads).

Voting is here.

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The Poetry of Choi Yong-hearn

The Meiji Restoration by Satusma and Chosu samurai modernized
Your country, then colonized Korea and staged the Pacific War.
Then, two atomic bombs forced your Emperor to surrender and
Brought Liberation to Korea.
But your invitation of Russia at the ending of the Pacific War
Made Korea divided, even now.
You don’t seem guilty of your 40 years’ colonial rule
In the most critical time of the 20th century.

Be ashamed!

Try to restore East Sea on the water between Japan and Korea,
And Dokdo from Liancourt Rocks or Takeshima in all maps
And persuade the world with history:
Tell them the Sea of Japan should be shared with the East Sea in their maps, and
Tell them Dokdo was the legitimate single name.

Interview with Tony Hellmann, Communications Director for the Association for Teachers of Englsih in Korea (ATEK)

ATEK officially launched last week, and questions still brew amongst the expat community.   Joe asks Mr. Hellmann some of the tougher questions the media aren’t asking.

NEWS AND STUFF

Four Koreans Killed in Yemen

Twelve people have been arrested in connection with the terrorist attack in Yemen

Has this even been on the radar of average Korean conversation-or in competition with whatever Korea vs. Japan sport is going on?

NK Partially Reopens Border to S. Koreans

The Gaesong industrial complex, the brainchild of the first inter-Korean summit in 2000, is the last remaining reconciliatory project since damaged relations led to the suspension of South Korean tours to North Korea’s scenic and historic spots last year.

Police Investigating Allegations of Abuse of Jang Ja-yeon

Jang Ja-yeon’s Suicide blamed on Abusive Producers and Entertainment Execs

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAA?

AIDS-Infected, Panty-Thieving Taxi Driver Had Sex With Countless Women: Police

School Uniforms Getting Shorter in Seoul

Teen Violence Video Shocks Netizens

Mom School warns about overreliance on hagwon – INSIDE JoongAng Daily

Japanese politician wants to buy Jeju.

Is Korea Over-Lawyered?

Hankyoreh: Bad Economy Making Retro Food More Popular

How Not to Get Drunk In Public

Problems at Gwangju mayor’s office, English-language radio station.

smoothies and menstration go together

Smoothie King giving out free maxi pads

EXPAT COMMUNITY

E-2 Visa Holders Can Teach at Firms Legally

Illegal Immigrants Sue Government For… Arresting Them?

Victim

35% of Resident Foreigners Had Unpleasant Travel Experience in Korea

YouTube – Wondergirls tribute take 2 greg james sessions soju at the ready

TIME WASTERS OF THE WEEK

Cullen Thomas’ Hashish Journey on NatGeo

New Development In Territorial Dispute For Dokdo

Guidespot.com: And You Thought YOUR Hair was Untamed!

Dave The Rapping Flight Attendant [VIDEO]

America [PIC]

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
Kevin R.
Otto Silver

Drinking Buddies
(those who have bought us beers)
Mary Campbell
Mimi Snider
Elton Fry
Therese MacSeain

Toast to Absent Friends

GoToMyPC
Ex-Pat Living (The Korea Herald)
ESL Planet Recruiting
Twitter
SEOUL Magazine
ZenKimchi.com
KOTESOL

NEXT WEEK
One Year Birthday Show

MUSIC
Main Theme — Ben McPherson – “2wksnyc”
News — satya – “Silk Route Album Mix”
Things That Make You Go Whaa? — cjacks – “Candyland”
ExPat Community — Deyo – “Retro90210fun”
Time Wasters of the Week — EV Boyz – “Kickin’ It in Geumchon”
Deyo
Jin Yang Jo-Chung Mori
Chi Weapon
Cooperstone Badge
Sound Assassin
The Cheebacabra
Celtic Fusion

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The Council for Korean World Domination

PANELIST
Brian Deutsch (Brian in Jeollanam-do)

NEWS AND STUFF

KORUS FTA ‘Unfair’: Ron Kirk

Protestors Call for Justice for Cambodian Wife

Multicultural Couples Remain on Society’s Margin

Korean Police Pranked at 63 Building

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAA?

An-do needs a nickname.

Dok-do, wait…Dok-DON’T island

“Refresh Zones” to deal with overtime, overwork.

Hike in Odeng Prices Lead to Violence

First It Was the Odeng, Now It’s the Banchan

Police Chief Candidate Pledges to Allow Publication of Murderers’ Faces

Nintendo Criticizes Korea for Piracy, Asks US for Help

EXPAT COMMUNITY

Blogging My Trip Back to Cali

Jason Ryan on teaching English in South Korea.

International Marriage in Korea Doubled in Last Six Years

So, Pumashock: When Are You Going To Come To Korea and Make A Killing?

Natalie White’s here.

Chosun Ilbo: Foreign Medical Patients Have Nowhere to Go

TIME WASTERS OF THE WEEK

Sorry, Mom

spring flowers like azaleas and forsythias are expected to bloom about a week earlier than last year

Random photos…

caption selling Sangria to us sounded like it might have been written by the guy who usually works for Tourism Korea

English: Catch the disease.

Super Ex

Great Moments in Korean Small Talk

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
Kevin R.
Otto Silver

Drinking Buddies
(those who have bought us beers)
Mary Campbell
Mimi Snider
Elton Fry
Therese MacSeain

Toast to Absent Friends

GoToMyPC
Ex-Pat Living (The Korea Herald)
ESL Planet Recruiting
SEOUL Magazine
ZenKimchi.com
KOTESOL

NEXT WEEK
Peter Gibbons

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”
Robin Stine
daveski
hairclub fo men
midliFeCrisis
Chi Weapon
Cooperstone Badge
Sound Assassin
The Cheebacabra
Celtic Fusion
MACHINIST
Tripudio
Jim Tetlow
Reklein
Salme Dahlstrom
throcke

On Wednesday, March 25th, we’ll record the one year birthday show for the SeoulPodcast.  Funny.  We don’t feel much older.  Actually, we have no idea of what to do for the show, so I’m putting it out to you as to what we should do.  You can also send messages, written or recorded, to sejong_at_seoulpodcast.com to be read or played on the show.

A long overdue addition to the SPC site is an events list on the sidebar showing upcoming shows and panelists.  I hope this relieves some tension in your day.

Oh, and if you just can’t get enough, I’ve started doing a regular food segment on TBS eFM’s “Soul of Asia” every Friday or every other Friday around 11:30 a.m.

Mark your calendars for April 7th.  Daniel Gray of Seoul Eats and the famous Eun Jeong will be amongst the folks downing gross crap when “Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern” features Korea on the Travel Channel (and on Discovery Asia, too, I think).  Being one of the instrumental fixers for the program, I’m in the credits somewhere.  If you miss it you’ll likely see it over and over again, knowing how Discovery Networks repeats programming.  You can also order the episode for CHEAP on iTunes after it comes out.

Speaking of which, Dan Gray will be on the Korea episode of “Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie,” which airs on PBS stations in the U.S. at different times in April.  It may show up on iTunes as a free download in two months.

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The Spanish production of “Hair”

PANELIST
Karl Mamer (YRAD, The Conspiracy Skeptic)
Stafford Lumsden (The Chosun Bimbo)

MAIN TOPIC

A year out of Korea… now what?

NEWS AND STUFF

Korean Student Stabs White Japanese Teacher in Kiwiland

Feeling Stabby?

Face of the Day

New 50′s

New 50,000 Won Note to Begin Circulation In Korea | ROK Drop

Exorcist killed teenager in Damyang, disposed of corpse in Jindo.

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAA?

Cheap name-calling – INSIDE JoongAng Daily
“The main opposition Democratic Party is offering cash rewards to people who insult the administration.”

See See Tee Vee

“Kookmin Bank has all the details of its clients dating back to 1984.”

Another Day, Another Grand Plan to Remake Seoul

Karl’s Music Video Interpretation

Uzbekistani Woman Forced into Sex Slavery in Seoul

EXPAT COMMUNITY

Photo Of The Day

“Intensive Control Period of Foreigners’ Illegal Extracurricular Work for Forced Repatriation”

Teachers band together in South Korea – Guardian Weekly

Here are some ig’nant-ass English teachers in Busan.

Foreign Actors Busted With Drugs

Please Stop Mailing Yourself Drugs

TIME WASTERS OF THE WEEK

Rare Video Footage of Old Korea

Language Fail

Roboseyo’s K-blog Of The Month for February ’09…before it runs out. Dongchim.

English Teacher Pee’s His Pants While Students Search for Missing Planet

What Is the Best Food Produced En Masse?

Speaking of Korea and New Zealand….

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
Kevin R.
Otto Silver

Drinking Buddies
(those who have bought us beers)
Mary Campbell
Mimi Snider
Elton Fry
Therese MacSeain

Toast to Absent Friends

GoToMyPC
Ex-Pat Living (The Korea Herald)
ESL Planet Recruiting
Twitter
SEOUL Magazine
ZenKimchi.com
KOTESOL

NEXT WEEK
Brian Deutsch (Brian in Jeollanam-do)

MUSIC
Main Theme — Ben McPherson – “2wksnyc”
News — satya – “Silk Route Album Mix”
Things That Make You Go Whaa? — cjacks – “Candyland”
ExPat Community — Deyo – “Retro90210fun”
Time Wasters of the Week — EV Boyz – “Kickin’ It in Geumchon”
The Eternal
DJ Topshelf
George Wood
Deyo
Ray Sr.
Crush
Joe Sibol
Seraphic Panoply
Sundown Caffeine
Kathy Reynolds
Sara Overall
WeakLazyLiar