PANELIST
Panelist: Robert Wicks

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAA?

No Banknote Would Be Complete Without Dokdo

How Not to Protest the Military (Korea Beat)

HAHAHAHA! Holy fuck! (B in J)

Social activist Kang We-suck was detained by police Wednesday for running naked into the 60th Armed Forces Day anniversary parade.

Study Suggests Fan Use Cuts SIDS Risk in Babies - WSJ.com

So much for fan death… or is it?

Well, I Can Sleep Better At Night Knowing Our Lawmakers Are Monitoring Paraguayan Textbooks (Marmot)

Asbestos and The Subway Again . . . (Marmot)

30 out of 33 stations on the orange line

“Sea Story” Makes Comeback on the Internet (Marmot)

The gambling scandal from 2006 of rigged machines that use a loophole payout system similar to Japan’s Pachinko is coming back.

80% Jump in School-Related Violence (Korea Beat)

This compares to 3980 such cases in 2006 - representing a 36.9% increase, while the number of victims rose by as much as 80% from 6267 in 2006. 63% (7021 students) of the victims of school-related violence were middle school pupils - constituting the bulk of the cases. 34.2% (3855 students) of them were high school students, while 3.5% (394 students) of them were elementary students. By sex, 64% (7217 students) were male, while 36% (4053 students) of them were female.

By punishment: 4283 (38%) of the offenders were given school duty, 1991 (17%) were given community service, 1478 (13.1%) wrote letters of apology, while 1129 (10%) were given special education. A further 716 (6.3%) were suspended from school, while 105 (0.9%) were expelled. By method of violence: 4134 (66%) of the cases were physical violence – as in 2006 the bulk of the cases, 915 (14.6%) were extortion/robberies, 627 (10%) were related to group exclusion and associated bullying, while 174 (2.8%) were related to threats and blackmail.

Almost Half the Korean Kids Who Go to the Ivies DROP OUT (Metropolitician)

Move over, PopSeoul! (Roboseyo)

Her name: 혜나 or “Hye-na” in Korean, is being written on the posters in a way that could cause some, uh, confusion, if she ever goes international.

Does anybody else here spot the problem?

New Phone, Correction Plus Jo Gwon; also, Expats and the DEAR LEADER HIMSELF! (Roboseyo)

(Proposed) Korean Foods in English from the Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Food

Most are good. Some are a bit wacky. Check out Budae Jjigae.

Sex Toy Shops Selling Fake Viagra From China (Korea Beat)

Just part of our public service to you

EXPAT COMMUNITY

Visa Rules Favor Gyopo Teachers Over Non-Koreans? (Marmot)

Regarding the complaints, the Korea Immigration Service said it was “reasonable discrimination under the Immigration Law.”

Kim Tae-soo, an immigration official said, “It’s our authority and policy to favor ethnic Koreans. We know there might be unqualified ethnic Koreans teaching English here, but you also need to understand there is no 100 percent perfect system. Other European countries also favor to their own people.”

**Maybe talk about health insurance for foreigners

Foreigner Crime Rate Steadily Increasing (Korea Beat)

Of the crimes committed by foreigners since 2003, 52,455 were committed by Chinese, the greatest number, followed by the 7,899 committed by Americans, 5,452 by Mongolians, 3,307 by Vietnamese, and 2,153 by Japanese.

Murder and assault accounted for 19,478 crimes, followed by traffic accidents (18,478), financial crimes (7,324), immigration offenses (3,374), and theft (2,901).

As recently as 2006 financial crimes came in last at 848, but in 2007 they increased to 2,622 and number 2,156 through August of this year. But this is mainly because of the large number of Chinese and Taiwanese being caught for voice phishing.

FeetManSeoul.com in the Japan Times!

US Embassy freeloading. (B in J)

Lawmaker Lee Mi-kyung of the 민주당 says the US Embassy in Seoul hasn’t paid rent on the government-owned since 1980, and thus owes some $200 million.

USFK Contractors Could Lose Jobs Over Visa Changes (ROK Drop/Stars and Stripes)

U.S. Forces Korea officials are denying status of forces agreement visa renewals to many civilian contractors who lived in South Korea under a different visa when they were hired.

TIME WASTERS OF THE WEEK

There’s a New Blog in Town

“The Hub of Sparkle” KoreaSparkle.com

RateMyHagwon

Crazy Korean Cooking

Found | Delta Airs Grainy Tourist Clip

Actually, I didn’t think it was so bad

McDelivery: Fast Food Gets Faster

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NEXT WEEK
Topic: Making Your Korean Experience Work for You
Panelists: Andrew and Michelle Barton

TV Show

“The Guard: South Korea”

Episode 1: Well, Blows Me Down!

PANELIST
Panelist: Daniel Gray (Seoul Eats)

MAIN TOPIC

EATS!

NEWS AND STUFF

Chinese Fishing Boat Took Four Coast Guard Officers Hostage!
Chinese Crew to be Charged
Blow Them Out of the Water
North Koreans Showing How It’s Done

America Gets Melamine, Too

• MiSarang snacks
• Ritz Cheese Crackers
• Cadbury Chocolate
• Danyang Day Bright Rice Crackers
• Non-dairy creamer imported from Hong Kong (includes instant coffee packs)
• Lipton Milk Tea Powder

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAA?

Hey, But At Least We’re Not as Shitty as Taiwan!

Ranked 7 our of 8 Asian nations in a poll on tourism attractiveness

Second most expensive in five-star hotel rates

Korean Electronic Passports “Hackable in 10 Minutes”

Bae Yong-joon is the face for “The Faceshop” (POPSEOUL)

Why Ambulance Chasing Doesn’t Pay in Korea (Korea Law Blog)

The damages available in the case of shocking medical malpractice resulting in wrongful death were only W15 million (about US$13,000 at today’s exchange rate).

Why I Still Hate The Korean Internet (Chosun Bimbo)

Google will probably poop in your baby’s diaper if you’re not careful. (B in J)

Stop Stealing Foreign Movie Posters. Thanks. (Marmot)

EXPAT COMMUNITY

Teach English to the stars . . . for free! (B in J)

Here’s part of an ad running on WorknPlay:

*Starting date: ASAP
*Time and Date: Will be decided after meeting but mostly it will be once a week.
1.5 hrs/1 day
*Student information : Celebrities of Climax Entertainment, CJ Entertainment
http://www.climix.co.kr/
http://www.cjent.co.kr/
(They belong to the top 5 entertainment company in Korea, They make movies, dramas, produce albums, manage stars,..etc.)
*Notice: There will be no payment. It is a volunteer job.
It is a social networking between Entertainment/ Broadcasting celebrities and English teachers.
You will have lots of fun with Top stars and CEOs.
And you will gain a popularity being as English teacher of those top stars.
(Just like Madonna’s Trainer, Celine Dion’s English teacher ^^)
We will help you to take picture with them all the time and when you write a book they will be glad to write a recommendations for you.

Jeon Ji-hyun

Kim Tae-hee

Goofy Dancing Ice Cream Girl

Preview: Gangnam Fashion Festival (GAFF)

Michael Hurt gets Andre Kim to pose for Feetman Seoul

And check out those pants…

This is a bad joke. (A Geek in Korea)

90% detention rate and two crying boys. Good job!

Korean doctors charging “foreigner fees”? (B in J)

TIME WASTERS OF THE WEEK

Not that I don’t appreciate the offer (B in J)

Behold! Our shiny replacements.

You might be tempted to put your cat in there . . .

but that’d be a bad idea.

Mokpo, ROK City took that photo of his washing machine. Reminded me of this picture and unfortunate headline that accompanied it in the Joongang Ilbo.

New Dokdo shirt on the market.

Babo Shirts

The Amateur Scientist

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NEXT WEEK
Topic: The Ansan Professor
Panelist: Robert Wicks

The new fall sitcom “Developing Korea”

PANELIST
Derek (The Midnight Runner Podcast)

NEWS AND STUFF

Hey Korea, You May Miss Being a “Developing” Country…

14 Trillion Won

Money spent on whoring in 2007: 14.952 trillion won ROK defense budget for 2008: 26.7 trillion won

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAA?

11% of Women College Students Blackout Each Month

Foreign Boyfriends Are Cool

Dongguk University still being an uppity little bitch.

Seoul Taxi Drivers: “Speak Korean, Dammit!”

Hi! Seoul Writers: “We Can Haz Gramor?”

Hollywood film to be shot in Busan, not expected to survive.

EXPAT COMMUNITY

Fundraiser for injured teacher in Suncheon.

Bank account information for injured Suncheon teacher.

Is “Foreigner Joy” getting fired?
Understanding of what is Happening

Been Given the Boot

All Your Dokdo are Belong to Us

Dokdo essay contest for foreigners

A Cultural Ambassadeering Slice of Life
Joe Mondello cleans up the trash

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NEXT WEEK
Topic: EATS!
Panelist: Daniel Gray (Seoul Eats)

MUSIC CREDITS
Main Theme — Ben McPherson - “2wksnyc”
News — satya - “Silk Route Album Mix”
Things That Make You Go Whaa? — cjacks - “Candyland”
ExPat Community — Deyo - “Retro90210fun”
Job of the Week — Bit Rationale - “Orthodox Pleasure”
Adam Schmitt
Anomie Enemy
Conconquidore Truidore
Darryl
Dave Gwyther
David Gielan
Don Rudnickas
ellis reed
Everyday Jones
Sharif
Jack Jeffery
Shani
Guinea C
Little Red King
Musicos Unidos de Latino America
Tripudio
DJ Topshelf
George Wood
High Alert Status
Kathy Reynolds
Victor Stellar
Joe Sibol
Seraphic Panoply
Gray Martin
WeakLazyLiar

The Korean Physicians Assocation:

Western medicine — BAD!

Antibiotics — GOOD!

NEWS AND STUFF

War on Prostitution Goes National (Marmot)

Jangan-dong Pimps: “We Hate Renters’ Associations” (KB)

Ugh, that’s horrible. (B in J)

A man was found ELEVEN MONTHS after hanging himself.

And The Prize Goes To… (CB)

Posting suicide aftermath photos?

Ouch: The Falling Won (American in Geoje)

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAA?

Thanks to technology, holiday highway traffic jams are gone! (TechnoKimchi)

Today’s Busted Myth

Korean paper actually says kimchi can cause cancer

Love Dem Jews!

“In truth the phrase ‘Korean Wave’ must disappear. It has such a nationalist tint to it and it’s no different from sticking the Korean flag on your chest and fighting.” JYP warned. “In the Beijing Olympics even if there are catcalls, if the archers shoot well they win the gold medal, but with music and other cultural products if Chinese people start booing Korea and stop buying you fail.” He cited the Jews as a role model that we should follow. There are always Jews behind all the world’s industries, but they never state in the world market that the products they made are Israeli (이스라엘 것).”

We’ve been Googled!
Web 2.0 Asia blogger Chang-Won Kim – CEO of a company (TNC – Tatter and Company) that was just bought by Google

EXPAT COMMUNITY

Roboseyo: So, Roboseyo, what is a 제사?

Roboseyo performs a jeisa for his mother.

I get the best things in the mail (A Geek in Korea)

When English Teachers Feel Racial Discrimination

New press release from our friends at Seoul.com justifying Korean-style racism. Entertaining read. Read the comment section on Korea Beat. Particularly like Pohang’s comment.

TIME WASTERS OF THE WEEK

An interesting quiz

Worst analogies ever written in a high school essay

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Fatman Seoul

NEXT WEEK
Topic: Derek’s Midnight Runner
Panelist: Derek (The Midnight Runner Korea Podcast)

MUSIC CREDITS
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 Boys - “Kickin’ It in Geumchon”
Job of the Week — Bit Rationale - “Orthodox Pleasure”
Blue Valentine
Circle in a Square
David Gielan
Scottish Guitar Quartet
V__R_4_3vA
STEVE RED BAND
Deyo
Frenz
Outside
Victor Stellar
Tripudio
Robin Stine
Jeremiah Fleming
Michael Slupczynski
Uma Floresta
Kathy Reynolds

We have new t-shirts for sale.  Show your support for the SeoulPodcast by paying us for the privelege of giving us free advertising by walking around with a SeoulPodcast t-shirt!

Or even better, prove to the world that Dokdo is Korea’s with the SeoulPodcast #20-inspired shirt, Dokdo (Fuck Yeah!)

Social English Xchange

PANELIST
Panelist: Rob Ouwehand (Roboseyo)

MAIN TOPIC

Do expats complain too much?

Roboseyo’s thoughts

The Korean’s thoughts

“Low Quality Foreigners” and Mockery Thereof (Gord Sellar)

NEWS AND STUFF

Thousands are now suing ‘PD Diary’ - INSIDE JoongAng Daily

That’s one way to handle protestors.

Boycott Activists Jailed in Seoul

Ingenious Dokdo promotion.

Patriotic summer fashions

Dokdo merchandise! Yea!

LPGA: “Uh, Backsies?”

Air Quality on Subway Set to Improve Greatly

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAA?

Well, Alrighty Then…

A few years ago the Ilyo Shinmun chose this image to accompany an article about anal sex. The author speculates that westerners enjoy anal sex more than Koreans do because Korean mens’ extra-hard penises are not well-suited for rear entry, but still sets out some basic rules for enjoying it, and of course, how to be safe while doing so.

Nothing to See Here, Moving On…

Speaking of anal sex…

Stafford’s rant on what’s wrong with the Korean Internet
Korea Times article that is the fodder for Stafford’s ire

Take It To City Hall, Umm, Before It Disappears

Korean Cities Innovate in Fight Against Illegal Trash Dumping – “Conscience Mirrors”

And Here I Thought New York Had Everything

Need a New Avatar?

On My Own

I only have this link because of the WTF sandwiches

EXPAT COMMUNITY

Bill Kapoun’s family, looking back and struggling to move forward

Was Hunter Davis and “Self-Control in a Foreign Country” fake?

Seoul.com Is As Racist as the Rest of Them, and Can Kiss My Ass

The Robert Wicks Project
I have made a vow to myself. I want to get married. I want to start a family and raise children. I want to spend the rest of my life with someone who cares about me as much as I do them. But I’ve been dating now for 15 years and I’m tired of it. I want a family. So, if I am not in a meaningful, committed relationship by January 1st, 2009, I’m going to forgo dating all together and get a mail order bride. This group will be a place for me to chronicle my experiences and get advice and feedback. Please! humor, mockery, advice, anything!! would be appreciated.

Stanwiches International Menu

TIME WASTERS OF THE WEEK

Fantastic Contraption

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NEXT WEEK
Topic: What’s So Funny?
Panelist: Roger Fusselman – Stand-up Comedians Korea

MUSIC CREDITS
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 Boys - “Kickin’ It in Geumchon”
cjacks
George Wood
High Alert Status
Tripudio
Victor Stellar
Kathy Reynolds
Chong Jae-guk
Father Rock
Frenz
Deyo
Adam Schmitt
KlassicK Productions
Platinum Life Productions
Ross Crean
curious hands
Gray Martin
Seraphic Panoply
Sundown Caffeine
Vegitation

Seoul.com – racism against foreigners – in their own language!

PANELIST
Panelists: Jennifer Flinn (Fatman Seoul, Bomb English)

MAIN TOPIC

Korea’s Top Ten

What did you do on your summer vacation? Why?

Even with Effort, Korea just not Popular with Foreign Tourists

Ten Things to See in Korea

JENNIFER’S LIST

10. Watch someone else eat live octopus
9. Watch a pansori
8. Dinosaur footprints in Goseong *
7. Crash a wedding at a wedding hall
6. Bomunsa Temple and Seokguram Grotto on Buddha’s Birthday *
5. Namsan Mountain in Gyeongju
4. Byeongsan Seowon Confucian Academy in Andong
3. All the national museums
2. Anapji Pond at night
1. Watch a shaman ceremony

STAFFORD’S LIST

10. Suwon’s Hwaseong Fortress
9. Seoraksan Mountain
8. The Island of Uido
7. Anywhere in Jeollanam-do
6. Bulguksa and Seokguram Grotto *
5. The DMZ
4. Seven Luck Casino
3. Dinosaur footprints *
2. Submarines at Seoguipo
1. Woljeongsa Temple

JOE’S LIST

10.  Yongsan Electronics Market
9.    Myeong-dong on Christmas Eve or Apgujeong’s Rodeo Street
8.    The DMZ *
7.    Seoul from any high place (Namsan Tower, mountain)
6.    Folk Village in Suji
5.    Changdeokgung Palace
4.    Insa-dong’s hidden alleys
3.    Korea National Museum *
2.    Cheonggyecheon River at night
1.    The city of Gyeongju *

* Some overlap with other lists