· February, 2007

Stories about South Korea from February, 2007

Korea and Japan: nationalism

James from Japan Probe collects a few youtube video on Japanese T.V programs (with English subtitles) about the tensions between South Korea and Japan. The video seems to suggest that...

27 February 2007

South Korea: traditional sense of beauty

Robert Koehler from Marmot's hole blogs about a study of the regional particularities of Joseon-era beauties through the drawing of faces in folding screen by professor Jo Yong-jin.

22 February 2007

South Korea: Ohmynews 7 years birthday

Today (Feb 22) is Ohmynews’ 7 years birthday, Jay Hauben writes an article reviewing the discussion about the impact of citizen journalism in the past few years.

22 February 2007

Korea: Lunar New years

Robert Neff from Ohmynews writes about traditional Korea Lunar New years custom: Kites, stone battle, etc.

19 February 2007

South Korea: artificial beauty

Michael Hurt from Scribblings of the Metropolitician maps the changing notion of beauty with the development of plastic surgery in South Korea.

15 February 2007

Korea: anti-Semitic comic book

The Simon Wiesenthal Center has denounced Rhie Won-bok’s comic “Far Country, Neighbor Country” for its anti-Semitic content. The issue has much resonance in the blogsphere. Robert Koehler from Marmot's Hole...

9 February 2007

Korea: Chicken

Michael Hurt blogs about the superiority of Korean Chicken, the secret is in the seasoning and the size.

9 February 2007

South Korea: suicide rate

Tania Campbell from Ohmynews writes an citizen reports on South Korea's suicide rate which is highest among developed countries. The reporter focuses on the social pressure of minority groups, such...

6 February 2007

South Korea: naturalized Korean names

Kim, Lee, Park are the most popular Korean surnames chosen by foreigners who have taken up Korean nationality and choose to change their names. – more from Robert Koehler, Marmot's...

6 February 2007

Korea: Anarchism

Matts at Gust of popular feelings has a very interesting post about the history of Korean Anarchist movement.

1 February 2007