A working woman in Seoul insisted she’d never have children, “but something changed her mind: an apartment in Gangnam waiting for her if she only has a baby. . . ‘I just realized that swallowing my pride, listening to my mother-in-law, and having this child is actually the best road to successful personal wealth management.’” A sociopath in the making.
In an article at the Asia Times, Riddles and enigmas from North Korea, Andrei Lankov speculates on how governments get intelligence from inside North Korea, and lists some of the other valuable sources of information from the country.
- #From Mainichi and via the Chosun Bimbo, "In his first reported appearance following news of his hospitalization, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il lost his temper while watching a college soccer match, denouncing several players' long hair as "disgusting," according to a source close to the North Korean government. The outburst was followed by a nationwide ban on long hair for men." We'll all be watching the next soccer match to see if it's so.
- #Outward Bound, an international non-profit outdoor education program, is offering fully funded (including transportation to/from sites) outdoor adventure excursions to all OEF/OIF veterans. It doesn't matter what your current military status is (active, inactive, discharged, retired) - you're eligible to attend as long as you deployed in support of OEF/OIF combat operations while in the military.
- #Via AFP: “South Korea has lifted an overseas travel ban on Hwang Jang-Yop, the highest-ranking North Korean defector ever to come here and a harsh critic of the Pyongyang regime. . . Hwang, former secretary of the ruling Workers' Party and an ex-tutor of Kim Jong-Il, defected during a trip to Beijing in 1997.” His travel restriction was due to 10 years of pro-North ROK leadership, now over.
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November 25th, 2006 at 10:30 am
That is the sickest thing I have read in a long time. ‘Filial devotion’ prompted by unbridled greed. And, none of these people see how unhealthy this is?
November 27th, 2006 at 12:09 pm
I also found that particularly disturbing. One can hope that once she actually does have a child, motherly instincts will take over. Long shot.