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And While I Remember...

Mar 11, 2010 11:26pm

It looked like we might for a while there, but what do you know. We're not talking about the Cricket....

Reports Of My Death etc etc.

Mar 11, 2010 11:20pm

I'm not far from some sort of academic breakdown / murder spree at the moment. Posting to return to normal by Monday night at the very latest....

Get Your Tweet On: Korean Companies on Twitter

Mar 7, 2010 1:11am

Twitter has seen an explosion in Korea over the last six months, and especially the last 3 months since the launch of the iPhone. There are Thousands of Koreans out there that, just like their western and English speaking counterparts, are more than willing to share the intricacies about their daily...

Linux Hippies All Working In Unison for the Glory of The Dear Leader Comrade General Kim Jong Il™

Mar 7, 2010 12:10am

Its been a long week, I had meant to get this out sooner before it was spotted by other K-Bloglanders, but school being what it is nevermind.... It's not often one gets to combine one's two greatest hobbies. The sad reality of being an amateur "Pyonyangologist" is that you seldom have...

Bimbo Spotted in Pyongyang

Mar 7, 2010 12:01am

Well the banner image anyway. I'll get there one day. (Via Juche-Songun)...

Shooting Kangaroos

Mar 6, 2010 11:57pm

Before you start as the speaker points out in the below video, Kangaroos are both a pest and a source of food (not just for dogs either). This is both funny and heartwarming at the same time, notwithstanding the Australian penchant for using the C-word. (You've been warned). ...

Feeling Skeptical

Mar 2, 2010 6:40pm

This week I was lucky enough to be invited on The Conspiracy Skeptic Podcast to talk about North and South Korea and some of the conspiracies and things that surround it - especially North Korea. Hosted by Karl, formerly of Seoul Survivors it is a bit of an irreverant look at...

Happy Koreaversary

Mar 2, 2010 6:31pm

First week back in class after the "spring Break", and things are hektic as you can imagine. One thing that went by without me mentioning it was my 6 year Koreaversary came and went. (Though since I arrived on February 29 of a leap year does that make it only 1...

Mega Super 3D Ultra Full HD Madness!

Feb 27, 2010 7:01am

On Thursday I found myself deep within the giant Monolith that is Samsung's Gangnam building for the launch of their new Full HD 3D TV line. Samsung Building Gangnam, forgive the wobbly looking picture it's a composite stitched together in Autostitch. 3D has always been something of an anathema to me. The...

A Glimmer Of Hope For Phone Imports

Feb 25, 2010 12:33am

KT, Korea's number two Telco has done something that has been unimaginable up until now. My reading of the above picture is that if you bring in a foreign phone they will have it certified by the Korean FCC and put it on their network. For a fee of course....