Month: June 2012
Who Do You Love?: Korean Ethnocentrism, International Couples and the Dating Dilemma
By Bo-Kyung Byun One afternoon during the last precious minutes of breaktime before the class bell, a friend and I...
Changing North Korea: Andrei Lankov on Yim Su-kyong and Cracking the Propaganda Picture
By Andrei Lankov The only way to change North Korea’s international behavior while improving the lot for the North Korean...
Jeju Island: Blood, Beauty and the Need for a Naval Base
By Donald Kirk The school girls in white blouses and plaid skirts surrounded me as I was deciding whether to...
Clueless: How Korean Public Schools Got English Ed. Wrong
By Smurfy Stew To begin this story, I will have to take you way back to the idyllic and overly...
U.S. Soldier Accused of Arson Admits to Unintentional Fire, Depression and being Under Restriction
By John M. Rodgers The ongoing Hooker Hill arson case against Army Pfc. Marcos Pedraza-Pascual took a strange turn during...
Silver Linings: Making the most out of the MBC imbroglio
Words by R.M. Adamson, toon by Lee Scott There is, I think, some value in speaking the truth about what...
The View from Okinawa–Donald Kirk on the U.S. Military’s 21st Century in Asia
By Donald Kirk OKINAWA, Japan – Ask just about any of the 18,000 or so U.S. marines on this battle-scarred...
Korean Court to Sentence Man Who Scammed Travelers out of Thousands
By John M. Rodgers Since Kang was arrested and detained on February 13 of this year, victims of his chicanery...
Touching Down in Phnom Penh: Dust, Fumes and a Gritty, Frenetic City
By Mizaru Phnom Penh is not yet a CNN.go city. What it is is a go-kart city. Every sound and...