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NSET who fled molestation accusations in 2010 extradited to Korea
Prime Minister’s office ran an extensive surveillance program

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Angry farmers threaten spring pork shortage-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily

Korean food better than Western one against weight gain: research

Seoul: Former JMS cult members tell their stories

Does culture inflate Korea’s autism stats?

The ‘Ask The Playboy’ sexy costume party

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Election Candidate Dresses Like Angry Bird for Campaign Video – koreaBANG

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Great comic–Learn to read Korean in 15 minutes

North Korea’s Incredibly Innovative Tractor Simulator

‘Titanic’ Has More Dimensions in South Korea | I Watch Stuff

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6 Guitars

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KORUS-FTA

This time it’s the U.S. effin’ it up–Lag in customs system keeps U.S. tariffs intact
Gov’t to curb unfair pricing that undermines FTA

Nuclear Summit (aka POTUS and the DMZ)

Behind-the-scenes photos (U.S. Embassy)
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Korea’s New Adoption Law Is Horrible

And then there was ‘Bundang Line Smoking Girl’

Dumb and Dumber

Women More Likely To Be Groped On Seoul Subway Line 2
More sex ed for U.S. soldiers–Gyeonggi Provincial Council: The hits keep coming

Teenager Sentenced for Killing Grades-Obsessed Mother – Korea Real Time – WSJ

Exchange student from Korea spends school year on farm | wbir.com

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Departure of native English speakers sparks concerns: Dong-A Ilbo

Foreign Drug Crime in Korea
Drug busts, expanded drug testing, and MoE headaches for foreign hagwon instructors

Volunteer to Teach English to North Korean Defectors

American Doctor Gains Korean Citizenship

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The naughtiest children’s spoon-and-chopsticks set you will see today #FdAdFriday

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Greatest line about North Korea diplomacy ever

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Every line has been tested for optimum scaremongering–Huge asteroid likely to hit Earth in 2040

An end to the February fun (all the race related stories of the month)

Korean Hallyu: The good, the bad and who cares?
Blackface sketch gives hallyu a black eye
Korean Television: Please, Never Do This Again – Eat Your Kimchi

(from Roboseyo)
MBC apologizes

SKorean survey: Appearance-based discrimination is widespread

Eerily familiar–Japanese rightists angry about Korean men stealin’ their women
Foreign husband troubles (It’s TV’s fault?)

Government pledges to root out rip-offs of tourists

Fake marijuana causes seizure at Korea University

@JenniferTeacher would be pleased–Ricetard Comes to China | David S. Wills

Booze parties on the subway: not just for foreign louts

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Yonhap libels foreigners based on 0.2% of its members
Yonhap: “It’s regretful that English education is entrusted to marijuana smoking native speakers”

SMOE to cut 425 high school and middle school native speaking teachers this year

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Hello,  thanks for reading my email.  Here is my dilemma.  my wife and I have been discussing a move to Korea, but have concerns over our ability to support a family (2 children).  I am a civil engineer and she is a nurse.  She is a Korean national.  I have regularly scanned through different ESL websites such as ESL-Planet and find the salaries to be too low for a family of four.  Would it be possible to develop a good monthly income via contract teaching and private tutoring,  assuming that I would be working under an F class; guessing F2, visa.  I thought the cast of the seoulpodcast would have a unique view into this area.   Thanks again for any help.

Oh yes, I love the podcast.

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NEWS

Korean Government Pushes For Tougher Penalties Against Illegal Chinese Fishermen

No More Cool T-Shirts For Korea – South Korea and the Growing problem with Credit Cards

Video: Behind the Battle Between Apple and Samsung

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Read Marmot’s note–What? You mean to say there ISN’T a band of Chinese cannibals running around Gyeonggi-do?

Meet Saenuri Party

The ‘crooked dick’ defense? Really?

#1: Classy #3: Needed another mushroom #4: idiot #9: Doh! –Most-read Naver.com articles of the week — Feb. 5, 2011

Korean human rights commission disapproves women-only library

‘World’s worst building’ set to open in spring
Seocho-gu has the fastest Internet connections in the world
North Korea’s Diamond Resort – A business worth doing?
If you have to defend its fairness, likely it wasn’t–’7Wonders selection process fair’

Entertainment

Found in Korea–The Incredible Hulk Is Incredibly Constipated

Scribblings of the Metropolitician: On the Embarrassing Debut of Girls’ Generation on Letterman and Culture Codes
Lady Gaga Picks Seoul as Launch Pad for World Tour

“Superstar K3” Chris Golightly Calls Sexual Abuse Allegation “Lying Trash”

Seoul Court Ruled Jin-Young Park, Famous Korean Music Composer and Producer, Is Guilty of Plagiarism – Korean Copyright Law on Music Plagiarism and Copyright Infringement

Five Better Places to Visit than the Wonder Girls Suggest

Education

SKorea: Teacher arrested for secret camera photos

Nine in ten teens not getting laid

With a name like “Hackers Education Group” – what did you expect?

Books more satisfying than native speakers

EXPAT COMMUNITY

Pic: Foreigner Xing

Parents tremble at ‘pleasure parties’ thrown by foreign instructors

Foreign remittance charges to be reined in : Business : Home

Have you been filing your taxes?

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Shit Korean Girls Say (여자들이 많이 하는 말) – YouTube

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Foreigner Conversations in Korea – YouTube

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Take On Me by a-ha, North Korean Style – YouTube

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AP expands North Korean coverage, opens first full news bureau by international agency – The Washington Post

NEWS

North Korea To Punish Mourners Who Were Insincere

Kim Jong-il’s Eldest Son Attacks Dynastic Succession Again
What It’s Like Chatting Up Kim Jong-nam
Kim Jong-nam Believes Brother Is Only A Figurehead and Regime Is Near Collapse
We NEED to get him on the show–Kim Jong-nam ‘Trying to Position Himself as Voice of Reform’

North Korea defector learns to trust the stranger who saved him – latimes.com

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Farmer faces investigation over death of cows
South Korean inflation: home-baked

Thanks to everyone who emailed me the story about the smugglers with gold bars up their asses

Pinkberry co-founder beat homeless man with tire iron, LAPD says – latimes.com
Pinkberry founder arrested after assaulting homeless dude in LA

Han Sung Joo Ex Boyfriend Chris Xsu Claims Sexual Favors (Photo) « dedetillmanblogs
Worst. Breakup. Ever.

KTO chief stresses high-quality tourism, upgrading of the country’s image
Balancing Man tourism campaign
Seoul best MICE Award 2011 – South-Korea – korea4expats

Seeing the World One Bowl of Bibimbap at a Time – Korea Real Time – WSJ

It’s back – the Korean Church from hell

Can’t resist reading this with amusement–At Last, South Koreans Get Price Break on TVs – Korea Real Time – WSJ

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Abweh–abweh–whaa?–Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company Presents ‘Untitled Feminist Show’  | Korean Beacon

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NEWS

Kings, Kims and chaebol

FTA talks with China to begin

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South Korea Investigates Vote-Buying Scandal – NYTimes.com

South Korean Law Casts Wide Net, Snaring Satirists in a Hunt for Spies – NYTimes.com

Candidate for asshat of the year–I’m the Dojisa of Kyeonggi-do! (Stoop Before Me, Mere Civilian!)

Cows Gone Wild Could Be Coming To Seoul

Break oligarchy and allow ‘beer freedom’

Gestapo in Itaewon

Kimchi in tricky spot with NY inspectors

Comparing Apples with Apples

I’m not sure if they get the cultural subtext of that–Picture of the Day: Darth Vader Cuts Deal With KT

How the hell did SNSD’s concert for the troops get such a long piece in The Atlantic?
Kids React to K-pop – YouTube
Bonus – Kids React to K-pop – YouTube

EXPAT COMMUNITY

Joongang Daily article on SMOE NSET cuts

GI rapist asks for reduction in sentence. Serious, he did.

Expats Work To Develop “Footsteps of Wonhyo” Trail In Korea

Sick Babyseyo

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South Korea is #42–The 45 Places to Go in 2012 – NYTimes.com
50 beautiful places to visit in Korea | CNNGo.com

North Korean children playing the guitar. Creepy as hell. – YouTube

What a North Face jacket means in South Korea

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NEWS

Kim Jong Il Reported Dead
GP (Martin): Why the North Koreans cry
Spot the difference

Updates on the Chinese fish pirates

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A Leading Critic of South Korea’s President Is Jailed

Black-haired Foreigner Releases Sex Tape of Announcer Girlfriend
Leaker of ‘Miss A sex video’ identified

Hyuna the Stripper and Ajosshi Fans

Korean Adults Drink 1.5 Bottles of Soju Every Week
Blackout Korea is back

‘Pixelated clouds’ are not what comes to mind
Dutch architects apologize for 9/11 blast look-alike design – Yahoo! News

Floors 4 and 14
Daegu student suicide investigation is growing

SBS reports on the SMOE budget cuts and the fear of foreign teachers in hagwons

Seoul’s English teachers shocked at getting axe

What Do Koreans Really think of Native English Teachers? – A Girlandtheworld Girls Of The World interview

Hagwons not following new law allow stoned foreign teachers to wreak havoc in classrooms

EXPAT COMMUNITY

Foreigners make up 3% of Korea’s population
SKorea: Human Rights Commission calls for visa flexibility
SKorea: 80% of foreign kids don’t attend school
How To Collect Your Claim In Korea – Filing a Lawsuit in Korea: Overview

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Seoul 2012 – Whisky Live – World Whisk(e)y Tasting and Sampling Shows

Seoul Village (Six lanes of traffic)
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JEJU!! (or is Hawaii the Jeju of America?)

NEWS

Odds and Ends: The Park Won-soon Edition
Final voter turnout and Busan Dong-Gu

Goddamn Chinese fish pirates again!

Occupy Seoul protests have begun

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAA?
Additional measures against sexual assault on minors and the disabled (we did this last week)

Critical Beauty – Journal
Organizers Accused of Sexually Harassing Beauty Queens
Sexual harassment claims at beauty pageant probed
Beauty pageant contestants flee Korea alleging corruption, sexual harassment.

Seoul National University student rejects ‘education fever’

Trouble in podcast land

North Korea starting to show some T&A on TV–北 TV에 반라의 여배우?…전례없는 파격 [디지털시대 경제신문 디지털타임스]

Photographer Eric Lafforgue makes his 5th trip to North Korea. Check out his Flickr Stream

SHINee and South Korean K-Pop Groups at Madison Square Garden – Review – NYTimes.com

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TIME WASTERS

3D Korea International Film Festival (3D 한국국제영화제) in Gwangju, November 17th through 21st.

Night Fishing

Andong and Hahoe – Thomas Lee Coyner (SeoulMan)’s Photos

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NEWS

Site of South Korea’s Grand Prix Is Not Only Exotic, but Full of Surprises – NYTimes.com

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Political Moron of the Week Assorted lowlights

Oh, it’s okay to give alcohol to minors (as long as you’re not selling it) In criminal law, timing is important

45 years of calling for revisions to the SOFA
Itaewon grows quiet after USFK curfew

This is effed up–Naturalized Korean files petition with human rights council after sauna denies her entry
SKorea: NHRC probe after foreigner refused entry to sauna

Djamilya to return to Korea!

Zenith Travel owner arrested, finally.

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Babyseyo! Babyseyo! Babyseyo!

Seoul asks expats to make town meeting suggestions

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Paul Ajosshi: Best K-pop Medley Ever

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