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A Short History of Expat Video Blogs in Korea

“Miguk” (2000) – The first English teacher documentary in Korea

“Autumn in Korea” (2004) – ZenKimchi

Mongdori (2006)

Annalog (2007)

Eat Your Kimchi (2008)

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Whither the Kang Nam, North Korea’s suspect cargo ship? | csmonitor.com

Three Arrested Under National Security Law

Korean War Anniversary Celebrated

Grandma Removed From Life Support Under Ruling

W50,000 Bills Shift Transaction Culture

“I actually felt the urge to purchase more and max out to 50,000 won.”

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAA?

GNP Presses MBC Chief to Step Down

US Beef Being Driven Out of Department Stores

Police issue summons to political cartoonist in Wonju for insulting LMB.

Roh altar taken down in vigilante action

First-person: Roh Memorial torn down

Mentally ill woman faced persecution in Korea, gets refugee status in Canada.

More Nazi Imagery in Korea

Mixed-Koreans with “distinct skin colors” exempt from mandatory military service.

Japanese police arrest head of late actress Jang Ja-yeon’s management agency

I Was Wondering Why They Didn’t Work…

x-ray glasses… I thought only naive kids bought those

Heat wave warning for Jeollanam-do.

So let’s play at the sewage water treatment plant!

Sewage plant playground of water

Korean Government to Promote Bicycle Usage

Chairman of the Presidential Committee on National Competitiveness wants to tinker with romanization.

NHRC: Many Textbooks Are Discriminatory

Report: Korean Kindergarten Teachers Underpaid, Overworked

We coulda told you that

Students to Receive Psychiatric Evaluation

Two caught helping others cheat on TOEIC via wireless devices

Pharmacology Students Caught Cheating at SNU

EXPAT COMMUNITY

>From Matt Robinson:

I am offically leaving to go back to the USA tomorrow morning. I will be going to the Cleveland Clinic on Monday the 29th, and hopefully this will lead me back to full health once again. Since March 1st, when I had my first surgery, so many people have helped me through these tough times.

I am in good spirits and have plenty of hope because of this.

So many people have helped that I don't even know so for those of you who have remained anonymous...thank you.

There are many also that need to be acknowledged: Paul Hussey  (Global Village Center), Kim Mi-Ju (Joong Ang Daily), The students at Suwon Foreign Language High School, Alexandria, Phillies, HBC, VFW, Seoul Players, Bundang Social Club, Aussie Bar, Berlin, Indigo/Orange Tree, Stompers, Eden, Big Rock, Dr. John Linton & Severance Hospital...if I have forgetten anyone I apologize.

I also have to pay my respects to all my friends, old and new, that visited in the hospital and brought me food and entertainment. Those who spent time organizing the different events and fundraising efforts.

Leaving Korea like this is very difficult, but I realize that it is the only necessary option for me right now. Once again you have all helped so much and I can never truly express my gratitude, or maybe I am now...I don't know. I hope that you all continue to enjoy your time in Korea and I hope in time maybe I'll see many of you here again at some point because I am not getting to leave on my own terms. I will miss you all, but I will update this sight on my recovery process.

Wagner rips Anti-English Spectrum a New One

Abandon discriminatory HIV policy

Wagner’s piece

Anti-English Spectrum’s attempts to link English teachers to AIDS

Just how much influence does Anti-English Spectrum have?

The Illogic and Bad Methodology of Lee Eun-ung and the “Anti-English Spectrum” People

Teachers Running Rampant

Jason Lim’s piece

Yet Another Foreign Male Predator Story

Silly, silly stuff

Reporter: Foreign Men Are Targeting Our Women

An Open Letter to Flower Boys

KMK: “You have royally screwed up my Gaydar”

Korea to Toughen Rules on International Marriages

Gov’t wants tighter rules on getting citizenship – INSIDE JoongAng Daily

Soldiers Rescue Girl at Haeundae Beach In Busan

Paul Ajosshi: When is a Steak not a Steak?

WTF??? Country fried steak is BEEF, not pork. Avoid Isabella’s.

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SB: “Annyong, P’imat-gol” – iContact Community

Portrayals of westerners in the Korean media

NEWS AND STUFF

Hostages Killed in Yemen

Yemenis Protest Killings of Foreigners Including Korean

North Korea Highlights

“Kim Jong-nam Survived Assassination Attempt”

Urban legend in the making?

Picture of the Day: Is this Kim Jong-un?

Is It Safe to be in Korea Now?

KCNA: Journalists Filmed Themselves in North Korea

Ask a Korean! News: Joo Seong-Ha on Laura Ling and Euna Lee

South Korea Would Win War with North

US Navy Ready to Intercept the Kang Nam – “A Repeat Offender”

Child Murderer Took Victim From Hospital

Incheon Drug Crackdown Nets 69 (no English teachers.  Really.)

Oh No, Not in Gyeongsangbuk-do, Too! (but there are English teachers in this one)

Australian under-21 lacrosse team quarantined in Suwon for swine flu.

Detained Australian u-21 lacrosse team wants to escape from Korean quarantine.

“Swine flu” confirmed cases hit 84 in South Korea; up 19 from two days earlier

“Unprecedented” indictment for hammer-wielding politicians.

Team led by Hwang Woo-suk clones 9/11 hero dog.

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAA?

Is Korea Well Served by Its Press?

New Michael Breen column

Seoul Still Aiming for Bathroom Equality

Airbase pays 48 billion won in damages for noise

Next–Sagwa Trucks

Long iPhone Wait Finally Over in July, September | Korea IT Times

KT to Exclusively Supply iPhone from July

Planet Size Brain :: Apple Bores a Big ‘iHole’ in Korea’s Walled Garden

Anti-Smoking Group in Seoul Obviously Not Smoking Tobacco

Disabled Performers Spread Hope

And cool t-shirts

Shaq MMA – Shaquille O’Neal Wants To Fight Hong-Man Choi

New ‘Yonsama lunchbox’ goes on sale in Japan

NO-O-O-O!

QOOK TV adds aptitude test

Movie “Whispering Corridors 5: A Blood Pledge” receives 18+ rating because of suicide pact scene

2 Wonder Girls quit secondary school

Amazon.com: Nobody: MP3 Downloads: Wonder Girls

Sample the English version of “Nobody”

SNSD to Make Comeback With New Album (comeback since January 2009)

Not enough applicants for those “English lecturer” jobs.

A Trip to the Paju English Village

Not pretty

EXPAT COMMUNITY

Letter to the National Human Rights Commission of Korea | Human Rights Watch

Back the FUCK UP. What did you say about my family?

More NSETs staying in Korea because of bad economy at home.

Quitting Seoul Metro « Stray Blog

A letter to SMOE

[On Women's Safety In Korea]

Kevin Kim might appreciate a visit . . .

TIME WASTERS OF THE WEEK

New Cave Discovered On Jeju Island

A Helicopter View of Seoul and Yongsan Garrison

The World According to — <i>Gulp</i>!

Gochu-shaped gochu

Random Cool Video

House of Hair

A Viewer’s Guide To The Room | | A.V. Club

Oh, Hi bad movie.

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Teachers back from Dokdo.

NEWS AND STUFF

North Korea

Did Kim Jong-il collapse again in early May?

N. Korean May Nuke Itself Again

NKorean Leader’s Son Is ‘Brilliant Comrade’ – NYTimes.com

The Newest Twitter: Kim Jong-il

Ruling Party Wants LMB to Demand Right to Reprocess Nuclear Fuel

Government Protests

100,000 citizens’ voices for restoration democracy ring through Seoul Plaza : National : Home

[Editorial] The President’s misunderstanding of S. Korea’s crisis : Editorial : Home

Political mind games – INSIDE JoongAng Daily

That’ll Show ‘Em

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAA?

They Think I’m Who?!?!

The Best Airport in the World? . . .

10 Most Wonderful Things About Korea (II)

#5: Korea’s Love of Classical Music (???)

Apple Gives Cold Shoulder to Korea

Yet again, no iPhone for Korea

Line 9 delayed….again

Foreign Taxis Enjoying Popularity?

Taxis for foreigners popular, according to newspaper headline.

Korea Declares War on Doves

A little typo in the KT (HT to Karl)

Crime and Punishment

Hwang Woo-suk given award, but couldn’t receive it because he was in court

Man angry about breathalyzer test, burns himself to death

How Not to Beat a Drunk Driving Rap

South Koreans arrested in raids of sushi eateries

Women’s Studies

Choi Jin-sil Sued For Being Beaten by Her Husband: Update « The Grand Narrative

Dong-A Ilbo Article Accused of Sexism

Korean Woman Caught Up In Immigration Crackdown

Introduction to the Right of publicity in Korea

How to detect company fails

Education

Ground-breaking survey of shapes, sizes, and hardness of love sticks.

Superintendent of Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education convicted of corruption

Sneaking out is for lovers. Skipping class is probably for lovers, too.

$4,800 is a “huge amount” of student debt

From Karl:

I don't know if you caught the IHT today, page two, about the mother

of skater yu-na. It was about korean mothers who go crazy pushing

their kids into golf school, swimming school, and now skating school.

The money shot quote "There's a pack mentality among mothers." The

article was written by one Choe Sang Hun. Sounds Korean. Anyway, the

comment was rather consistent with Joe's criticized comment that

hagwon mothers are as deep as puddles.

EXPAT COMMUNITY

Matt Robinson and Mike McStay

Yonhap: Unfit, Foulmouthed, Drunken English Teachers Running Rampant

“E-2 visa holders, once caught for taking drugs or sexually harassing children, were often found to be rehired at another school or hagwon.”

Dear Korean Journalists: You are Making Your Country Look Bad

Call to Action on Korea’s Yellow Journalism

0.5% of people arrested or charged for drug-related offenses in Korea in 2009 were Americans.

Did Park Nam-sheik actually say what we thought he said?

Another case of The Korea Times’s Kang Shin-woo making up quotes?

The lost 22,202

More Kang Shin-woo making stuff up

I Call Bullshit.

Michael Hurt starts a new blog to counter falsehoods in the Korean media

Korean Media Watch

Government Goes Backsies on American Teacher’s Visa

Wherein I Get Sick of Korea Law Blog

TIME WASTERS OF THE WEEK

From Karl

‘The Next Food Network Star’ Season 5 Premiere

Death Star Grill on eBay

Big Jim Slade Mug Exquisite Ceramic Mug inspired by the film…

Happy sad slasher day!

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Traveling in Asia with almost no money

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Reports: NKorea Kim’s youngest son named successor – Yahoo! News

Kim Jong-un Unlikely Candidate for NK Leader

Andrei Lankov gives his insights

English-Speaking Voice Phishers on the Rise

Journalists Caught for Bugging Police Meeting

Witness protection fail.

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAA?

Choi Jin-sil sued for being beaten by her husband.

Minerva Headed to America

Koreans Flock to US Army Recruiting Stations

Bank buy thank-you – INSIDE JoongAng Daily

Thinking of Lone Star, think of the–no, don’t think of the irony

Release of the “Hebei Two” near?

Wondergirls plan to release English album in America this summer

New(ish) Korean Album to Debut in America « the YANGPA

Mosquito Idiots Loose Again . . .

Seoul wants English classes to be taught in English, will give TEE certs out.

Parents say schools are overreacting to swine flu. Or, parents say keeping kids out of school is stupid.

EXPAT COMMUNITY

CDI is a flu-free zone.

English Channel doesn’t hire flu-infected foreigners.

Work n’ Play gets the word out about free HIV tests.

(Updated) Taking E-2 visa regs to court.

Entertainers, College Kids, English Teachers, Oh My!

Ecstasy Bust in Itaewon Nightclubs

Do you know what a “Toyman” is?

Now That’ll Really Give You Wings

Korea Beat › Hongdae-Loving Foreign Professors: “We Are Vampires”

TIME WASTERS OF THE WEEK

Someone’s Looking a Little Out of Place…

YouTube – South Korea’s Door 2.0

Korean Cops and Wondergirls on Collegehumor

Korean Blogs | Stafford Lumsden | The Chosun Bimbo – Blog – Fab 4 Tastic

Jennifer’s T-shirt

Worldwide Knit in Public Day – ravelry

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SWINE FLU, or H1N1(ESL), HITS KOREA

English teacher quarantined in Korea for swine flu has a blog!

Roboseyo: Ever wondered what it’s like to be an American in quarantine for Swine Flu in Korea?

An English Teacher Under Quarantine in South Korea

An actual blog

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Day Three: Q & A

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the CDC told them “not to worry about it.”

Lessons for the Swinish Multitude*

Care Package Dropoff at The Quarantine

Post here if your school is asking you questions because of the swine flu scare.

Care Package at the Quarantine

Good video

Some concerns on Korea’s quarantine

Rob Ouwehand’s Korea Herald piece

Avalon hagwon franchise to take away passports, have daily health exams, and other bullshit measures to fight swine flu.

Never, Ever Work for Racist and Reactionary “Avalon English” (아발론교육) Hagwon

Japanese beer and thanks!

Brian Dear has recovered from H1N1(ESL) and is FREE

Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak… at Seoul Kindergarten

Why an outbreak? Because the infected child STILL ATTENDED THE KINDERGARTEN

NORTH KOREA

Middle Son Too Girlish But Good Enough for Kim Jong Il

Gulags, Nukes and a Water Slide: Citizen Spies Lift North Korea’s Veil – WSJ.com

South Korea Worried About Conflict Along NLL, MDL

Nobody Talking at the JSA

ROH MOO-HYUN

Ex-President Roh Moo-Hyun Dies

Roh’s Suicide Note

South Korea on Edge After Ex-President’s Suicide – NYTimes.com

King Baeksu attends Roh memorial

Pres. Roh’s Memorial by City Hall

Roh Moo Hyun R.I.P.

Stafford summarizes the English K-blog reactions

On Roh Moo-hyun

From Matt at Gusts of Popular Feeling

Roh Moo-hyun may inspire wave of copycat suicides

The Plot Thickens in Roh’s Death

Roh News and Rumors

Seems Everyone is Pausing to Remember Roh

The use of symbolic space in Seoul

A phone call away from suicide – INSIDE JoongAng Daily

Roh Moo-hyun sand sculpture

Roh’s Family Kept Vigil During Cremation

Are you smart? Take our weekly news quiz- msnbc.com

How did Roh Moo-hyun kill himself? (classy)

Private Photos of Roh Moo-hyun Published

Cute picture

At least something has come out of Roh’s funeral that made me smile

The first of the copycats?

‘I want to follow Roh Moo-hyun.’

THE WAGNER REPORT

Must read: NHRCK Report, “Discrimination Against Non-Citizens in the Republic of Korea in the Context of the E-2 Foreign Language Teaching Visa.”

The NHRCK report

The Racist, Sensationalist Korean Yellow Media’s Time is Coming

Even the Junior Herald is getting their hate on.

Text of the Junior Herald’s “Intoxicated native English teachers.”

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