Yesterday I linked to nostalgic Korean tunes from the 70’s. The third one I linked was Cho Yong-Pil’s “Come Back to Pusan Port.” While I was looking for some more video material on Korea, I found the following, which is certainly a different performance of that song:
Yes, that is an African-American expatriate (”Jero”) in Japan, dressed [...]
Since things are a bit slow right now, I hope Richardson will let me indulge in a bit of nostalgia for the bygone K-pop music.
I wrote earlier of a famous song called “That Person of That Time” (”그때 그사람”) by Shim Soo-Bong (심수봉). The link in the original entry disappeared, so I found the song [...]
Namdaemun (the Southern Great Gate), which was perhaps the most renowned historical landmark in Seoul, suffered arson.
A little bit about the perpetrator:
Chae Jong-gi, a former fortuneteller who was angry about the amount of compensation the government had paid him for the loss of his house to a development project, showed up at Namdaemun.
He wore mountain-climbing [...]
These two leaflets (front and back) were sent courtesy of “NC,” who picked them up while on patrol in the DMZ in 1988. The DPRK-speak is entertaining, as always. Translations below each leaflet.
The vertical text on the left side says, “Dark Plot.”
Presidential candidate (1988) Roh Tae-woo is campaigning, saying, “I will reestablish democratization as your [...]
After missile and nuclear tests and uranium enrichment, the U.S. sanctions North Korean firms while Pyongyang reverses, making overtures. It’s not an accident, it’s a pattern of strategic disengagement.
- #Vanity Fair, of all publications, has a lengthy article on North Korea’s counterfeiting operations, including Office 39. Well worth a read. (h/t NE Asia Matters)
- #The Chosun Ilbo has an article about a new book by Chang Jin-song (formerly affiliated with the North Korean Workers' Party) that details Kim Jong-il private life, including the inside scoop on all his lady friends. According to Chang, one unfortunate young lady to get Kim's attention was, "brutally executed after she spurned Kim's persistent advances and fell in love with another man."
- #Gizmodo has an excellent array of Kim Jong-il photos; In Which We Provoke Kim Jong Il in 77 Offensive and Hilarious Ways. Some are sure to become often used classics.
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