On my drive home, I was listening to a radio program, in which Korea “experts” were discussing the Lee Myung-Bak victory. Someone from the audience asked the question to the effect of, “With which American presidential candidate would Lee be the most comfortable?”
Experts were stumped, beyond the usual “He will get along with George […]
I had a chance to appear on The O’Reilly Factor this evening to discuss the reaction to the South Korean hostage issue. First of all, I would like to thank Michelle Malkin (who subbed O’Reilly) for the opportunity.
If I looked and sounded ghastly, please forgive me, as I was on the tail […]
First, a little disclosure: long time readers of this blog, Joshua’s blog (One Free Korea), and the now defunct joint blog Joshua, Richardson and I created in the past (The Korea Liberator) probably remember that the joint project unraveled under a less than amicable circumstance. We had different ideas about how to run the […]
Over at ROK Drop, GI Korea has the must read post on, “the 5th anniversary of the 2002 Armored Vehicle Accident that killed two 13 year old Korean school girls Shim Mi-son and Shin Hyo-sun.” The post has several photos of the memorial setup by the 2ID. USinKorea has a related page on […]
Once again time to remember what happened in Kwangju on 18 May 1980; the 광주 사태, or the “Kwangju Uprising” (literally, the “Kwangju Situation”). Revisionist may refer to it as the: Kwangju Democratization Movement (광주 민주화운동), and while such a movement was bolstered by what happened there, that day was not about a democracy […]
Their subtitle for the article, “Anti-Europeanism is a bad response to anti-Americanism.” It presents an excellent example of them - Europeans - simply not getting it:
America’s anti-Europeans have three big complaints about the Old Continent. The first is that Europe is committing demographic and economic suicide. . The second is that, unlike America, Europe […]
South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun is probably making Kim Myong-chol, the “unofficial spokesman of Kim Jong-il and North Korea,” nervous about his position. First he defends North Korea’s decision to go nuclear:
President Roh had a press conference with members of the Internet media to celebrate the fourth anniversary of his inauguration. This day he […]
Update 2: Controversies of the Korean War: The Tragedy at No Gun-ri - Part #4
Update 1: Controversies of the Korean War: The Tragedy at No Gun-ri - Part #3
Original post: At the ROK Drop Blog, GI Korea has responded to comments on his blog attributed to Charles Hanley, the AP reporter who wrote the […]
The administrator of “Voice of Korea,” Jean-Baptiste Kim, has apparently had an epiphany and will no longer be a mouthpiece for the North Korean government (although he’s still against “cowboy” Bush, U.S. imperialism, etc.). As Kim was the organizer, this sounds the death knoll for the much anticipated “Rock for Peace” concert that was […]
Uberprotestor Cindy Sheehan has made her voice heard in the Pyongtaek Base Consolidation fight.
Clearly going into this knowing nothing about the situation, they didn’t even bother to make their own signs. Or, if they did, they forgot F7…
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A group of US peace activists led by Cindy Sheehan staged a protest […]
Via the Times: "The exhibition features 400 hand-painted posters dating from the peak of the Dear Leader Kim Sung Il's power in the 1950s to the present regime led by his son, Kim Jong Il." The article has only one image, but has several interesting propaganda quotes.
- #Young Korean Herrenvolk engaging in their version of Agoge, at least according to the New York Times. The two Korean schools mentioned in the article are similar to Exeter or Andover in the United States in someways (they are private academies that serve children of affluent parents). But my guess is that the studious atmosphere and intense regimen compare more to the likes of Stuyvesant (my alma mater) in NYC or T.J. in Virginia (both highly selective, but publicly-funded high schools).
- #North Korea claims that on 25 April 1932 the Korean People’s Army (KPA, 조선인민군/ Chosŏn inmin'gun) was formed. However, the more likely accurate date is 08 February 1948. It is celebrated as “Military Foundation Day” in Kimland.
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