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The SeoulPodcast.  What else are you going to listen to while in quarantine?

PANELIST
Jackie Bolen (ESL Teacher in Korea,  Just Wandering)

MAIN TOPIC

Field report from the Seoul Climate Change Expo, 2009

Korean peninsula, especially Seoul, warming up faster than rest of the world

NEWS AND STUFF

North Korea Executes Point Man On South Korean Relations

North Korean official Choe Sung-chol executed, MBC reports, held accountable for “wrong” South Korean policies.

Somali Pirates Got Stingers?

The ROK military is kicking ass against the pirates

South Korean scientists make world’s first swine flu vaccine, they claim.

Korean economy may fall to 16th place this year

Clash of On & Offline Cultures In South Korea

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAA?

Korean Colossus: Incheon Bridge

Known by some as the Switzerland of South East Asia (we’re in South East Asia?)

Sexless 10 Years Not Enough for Divorce Cause in Korea

How to stop suicide in its tracks

Will banning searches on ’suicide’ help much?

518 after 29 years

Korean Coming of Age Ceremony; 성년의 날

A familiar look

How many times have we seen this look?

‘I Live for One Purpose. To Kill Bloodsuckers’

“Blood” is coming out soon

YouTube – WWW.AVA.EU.PN – Lee Jung Hyun is AVA! Sneak Peek at [CRAZY] MV

Snapshots from South Korea: Grand Prix from Mr. Pizza, Korean Pizza ‘Made for Women’

N. Korean Students Homestay in Canada?

Airman spots aircraft fuel leak at 35,000 feet

Another post about Korea’s “Ghost Airport.”

Former Korean baseball star accusses other players of doping, of getting drugs from foreign players.

Gyeonggi couple busted for recruiting 57 prostitutes for Japan.

Hagwon Curfew Idea Quashed By Lawmakers

Korean Teacher’s Union Taking Heat

John Huer on Korean Learner Resistance to English

EXPAT COMMUNITY

‘Pop Goes Korea’ Reviewed in WSJ

Yea, Mark Russell!

Are “Low Quality Foreign English Teachers” the New GI’s In Korea?

Intro to King Baeksu’s new book

New Visa for Medical Tourists

Has Dave’s been down a lot lately?

Hey Park English applicants.

Wanna know what’s being done with your pics and personal info?

dan gray’s buddhist crotch – Google Search

TIME WASTERS OF THE WEEK

Ask the Expat

Really good blog out there

Drinkology | Wine in a Can

Awkward Family Photos.com

Porn (for men AND women)

Almost NSFW

The Avenging Narwhal Play Set

Random Korean reference on “The Office”

PLUGS
Buy Us a Beer

The Suppliers
(those who have given us swag)

John Kim
Aaron Shearin

Lives of the Party
(those who have donated at least $20)
Stephanie White
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
Fan us on Facebook
SEOUL Magazine
ZenKimchi.com
The Chosun Bimbo
KOTESOL

NEXT WEEK

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”

Celtic Fusion
Devin Anderson
Mauricio Cuburu
Barrett Tagliarino
hairclub fo men
Jacques Grant Rewired
Vincent Leeds
STEVE RED BAND
deadpan
WeakLazyLiar
Jonathon Coulton
Don Rudnickas
one blue nine

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Michin Kim’s Korean Necktie Emporium.  Just because you’re in business, it doesn’t mean you have to know how to tie your own tie.

PANELIST
Paul Matthews (Paul Ajosshi)

MAIN TOPIC

Teacher’s Day Quandary

Dear Roberte Teacher

Thank you the your Writing class. Without a your writing kind teaching I will having the terrible write, but now I’m gooder thanks to you.

Sincerrely
Sally

NEWS AND STUFF

The Last of Pimatgol

Chimes that echo on Jongno

Another story about the Korean history that is getting demolished

Korea’s Disease of the White Envelope…

Gwangju man dies homeless with 128 million in the bank.

KKR acquires Oriental in first S Korea deal

Is this a sign of good beer to come?

“I Don’t Like Christianity”

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAA?

Seoul Women to Get Equality in Public Bathrooms

Waste Bags to Replace Disposable Bags
Better Start Picking Up Your Game, Guys

Lee Hyo-ri wants to get married

Korea Full of Hot Chicks: Foreign VIPs

Professor totally discredits himself

“I think the slogans ‘Dynamic Korea’ and ‘Sparkling Korea’ have been quite effective.

Korea University president says really dumb things about Kim Yu-na

Gwangju student kills himself after 28-year-old teacher hits him 110 times.

Korean children and teenagers are the unhappiest in the OECD

Ethically unqualified teachers talk about corporal punishment.

Seoul High School Teachers, Preachers Caught Doing Drugs

EXPAT COMMUNITY

American Sex Offender Flees to Korea

More Ass-Hattery

“We need to test for pot.” “We can’t afford the facilities.” “Ok. No more. We need to test for pot.”

The Murders of Foreigners in Korea
Murder of an English teacher 11 years ago

Hit the Nail on the Head

Dokdo Is Ours has fun at the Korea Times’ expense

Dokdo Is Ours PWNS The Korea Times!!!

TIME WASTERS OF THE WEEK

‘JSA’ Rereleased in Limited Edition

Naked News Plans South Korean Programming – XBIZ Newswire

Korean Sociological Image #3: From Asian to Caucasian (Images Fixed) « The Grand Narrative

Toy of the Week

Titanic-bot

Neglectful Korean parenting makes FAIL blog.

And Now For Something Completely Different: Koreans have small hands

Joe S e o u l m a n: Completely random picture

So that’s what an elephant’s trunk is for…

::::: 해커즈뉴스 / 해커몰 :::::

Funny Korean site

2009Spring :: Luxury Ho in the basement picture by lurkingheretic – Photobucket

2009Spring :: Hongdae picture by lurkingheretic – Photobucket

“FUCKFAKE”

YouTube – Amateur – Lasse Gjertsen

YouTube – Guitar: Impossible

PLUGS
Buy Us a Beer

The Suppliers
(those who have given us swag)

John Kim
Aaron Shearin

Lives of the Party
(those who have donated at least $20)
Stephanie White
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

Association for Teachers of English in Korea
GoToMyPC
Ex-Pat Living (The Korea Herald)
ESL Planet Recruiting
Fan us on Facebook
SEOUL Magazine
ZenKimchi.com
The Chosun Bimbo
KOTESOL

NEXT WEEK
Jackie Bolen (Just Wandering)

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”
Bit Rationale
cjacks
Devin Anderson
DJ R-Qubed
DJ Topshelf
High Alert Status
Reklein
Sevish
throcke
Ian James
CGBinc
Yuzima
The Red Plastic Buddha
Louis Vig
Ken Stevens
Fumbata
Who the Funk
Chi Weapon
Cooperstown Badge

As we readjust the schedule, here’s a little something to tide you over.

Stafford and Jennifer give us a good sized “In the Bag,” where they talk about the new “Star Trek” movie and speculate on how Koreans view the series and movies.

Spoilers included.  You’ve been warned.

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The Hi Seoul Festival.

http://www.vimeo.com/4431475

Only three more to go this year.

PANELIST
Randy Redman (Intelligence Analyst)

MAIN TOPIC

Tomatillo’s Cinco de Mayo

How Korea has changed since 1985

NEWS AND STUFF

Window Into The Wireless Future – Forbes.com

Protests against government, US beef, disrupt opening of “Hi Seoul” festival.

Footage of the Riot in downtown Seoul
More Footage of the riot that disrupted the Hi Seoul Festival

Human Rights Commission Turns Up More Jang Ja-Yeon-Type Cases

South and North Korea in the Gulf

S. Korea, US Near Base Relocation Agreement

Neighbor Killed for 700 Won

Gunsan man busted for stealing dog, selling it to bosintang restaurant.

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAA?

Korea Passes Law Requiring Pedestrians to Walk On the Right

Court Ruled Starbucks Korea Free to Play Copyrighted Music in Its Outlets without Paying Royalties

Changing course (The Deal Magazine)

The peculiar power of a small mind

Tom Coyner talks about the Korean concept of “janmeori”

A New Brand Image for Korea

Mike Hurt gives his suggestions for tourism branding

Survey: 26 to 38% of men had beaten their wives last year

Thoughts on Dating Korean Women

Intern teachers forced to go to karaoke room, sexually harassed by senior teachers

Joint suicide attempt in Jorye-dong motel.

Student commits suicide over punishment that “wasn’t too harsh”

Teacher: “OK Girls, Off With Your Skirts”

Immigrant Kid Hits Bully, Charged With Assault

Choi Hong-man to Fight… Jose Canseco?

TIME WASTERS OF THE WEEK

Blow Your Brains Out for Fun . . .

Russian Roulette toy

Most Convincing Advertising For Gym Membership Ever…

“We play with good Teachers.”

Dung Bang!!! AKA Poop Bread!

Sous-Vide Version of South Korean Street Food

Hah, yeah that’s funny and totally sexy except for that…

Free Bouncy Rides

Is this the next evolutionary step past FREE HUGS?

PLUGS
Buy Us a Beer

The Suppliers
(those who have given us swag)

John Kim
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Lives of the Party
(those who have donated at least $20)
Stephanie White
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

Association for Teachers of English in Korea
GoToMyPC
Ex-Pat Living (The Korea Herald)
ESL Planet Recruiting
Fan us on Facebook
SEOUL Magazine
ZenKimchi.com
The Chosun Bimbo
KOTESOL

NEXT WEEK
Paul “Ajosshi” Matthews

MUSIC
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 Boyz – “Kickin’ It in Geumchon”
Musicos Unidos de Latino America
Deyo
Shin Kwe-dong
Taechwita
Park Chong-son
deadpan
Father Rock
Little Red King
Namgyal Lhamo
Chi Weapon
George Wood
KCentric
PILGRIM SPEAKEASY
The Cheebacabra
Sound Assassin
Barrett Tagliarino
Mauricio Cuburu

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Toilet Tissue

PANELISTS
Kyle Van Horn, Chris Kerr, Richard Collie (Venceremos)

MAIN TOPIC

For the First Time in Years

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2009/04/166_43299.html

Debate Heats Up Over Capital Punishment

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2009/04/160_40820.html

NEWS AND STUFF

South Korea takes first steps against swine flu.

National Assembly panel okays KORUS FTA.

Nine Arrests Made in Jang Ja-yeon Case
No justice for Jeon Ji-hyun, but hopefully for Jang Ja-yeon

Burying the Jang Ja-yeon investigation : Arts & Entertainment : Home

Rookie actress Woo Seung-yeon commits suicide
Wonder Girls’ Yoobin to netizens: You can bite my supposedly fat ass

South Korea’s squeeze on financial news – Los Angeles Times

Coyner’s Comment: Asian governments are not well known in skillfully handling international public relations. The worst are probably North Korea and China, with Japan running a close third. South Korea is not much better than Japan. At least Lee Myung-bak may have the right idea, assuming his strategy is based on positive proactive rather than insecure reactive reasons.

Headline of the day

Seven school staff killed in car accident.

Kim Jong-il’s youngest son elevated to post in military body

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAA?

Forget Regular Boshintang: Time for DISCO Boshintang!

Korean the official language of Australia and New Zealand?

WiBro: On It’s Last Legs? Or Given a Leg Up?

Was the movie “JSA” prophetic about choco pies?

Koreans Addicted to Instant Coffee

The Kimchi Revolution May Finally Be Here

Facebook | Videos Posted by Stephannie White: OREO Economics

Korea Times presents Korean dining etiquette.

Report: Anti-Junk Food Law Toothless

Because it’s more of an anti-western food law–instant noodles are given more wiggle room compared to burgers

Will ‘Hagwon Curfew’ Work?

President Pledges Reform in College Entrance System

Mothers, others to help teach after-school classes – INSIDE JoongAng Daily

Ignorance from yet another big name in the English industry.

More ignorance about the outside world from government officials

“Famous Actors” Arrested for Selling, Using Drugs

“Sexy” as “Cute” in Korean Popular Culture

EXPAT COMMUNITY

Our Korean Apartment

Constant Crafter has left Korea

Commission Suggests Easing of E-2 Visa Rules

Foreigners Involved in Crimes Top 20,000

Oh this is good.

(a response to the Gwangju News by a fine upstanding English teacher)

Venturing Out in Land of Morning Calm

This week’s fun KT opinion

What your Korea Blog Sidebar Links Say About You:

TIME WASTERS OF THE WEEK

Couples gather by night to take in ‘frothy spouts’

Ahh… Well-being Yoga…

Well, there goes your Halloween lesson.

Feel like racing up Wolchulsan for charity?

Buy This Advertisement for Wolverine Razors; Also, Buy Wolverine Razors

PLUGS
Buy Us a Beer

The Suppliers
(those who have given us swag)

John Kim
Aaron Shearin

Lives of the Party
(those who have donated at least $20)
Stephanie White
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

Association for Teachers of English in Korea
GoToMyPC
Ex-Pat Living (The Korea Herald)
ESL Planet Recruiting
Fan us on Facebook
SEOUL Magazine
ZenKimchi.com
The Chosun Bimbo
KOTESOL

NEXT WEEK
Randy Redman (Intel Analyst)

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”
Mauricio Cuburu
Lawrence Cresswell
Barrett Tagliarino
KCentric
Laika Cres
Fumbata
Shapeshifter
Victor Stellar
Kathy Reynolds
WhoTheFunk
Fundamental Elements
PILGRIM SPEAKEASY
Louis Vig
Cooperstone Badge
CGBinc
Confusion Said
Chris Flood
Ian James
Yuzima
Undiscovered Country
ISON
Sunhaven
donny carver