Year: 2012
Police Fail to Save Murder Victim Despite Seven Minute Phone Call, GPS Tracking–Police Commissioner Resigns
By Iwazaru According to developing reports, the man, Wu Yuanchun, 42, an ethnic Korean from China, was on his way...
Street Art and Escapism in Busan: down the Rabbit Hole at Taeguk Village
By Ben Cowles After canning it up the hill at what must have been record speed, I couldn’t get off...
Working China’s ‘Soft Power’ as A Western Journalist in-Country
By Tom McGregor at China Daily Some Westerners incorrectly assume that China should only be viewed according to its political...
Your Two Cents: Korea’s Election Campaign Circus
By Lee Scott As many of you may know, a major election is coming up on Wednesday, April 11. Not...
Living behind Bars as a SOFA Inmate at Korea’s Cheonan Prison
By John M. Rodgers Some 90 kilometers south of central Seoul in South Chungcheong Province not far off of Interstate...
Asia’s Territorial Disputes: Ieodo and Korea’s Short Man Syndrome
By David Wills A few weeks ago, a couple of articles popped up on Google News that brought the name...
Doing Business in South Korea–The Straight-Shooting Guide
By 3WM Consultants Type ‘Doing Business in South Korea’ into a search engine and you are hit with an avalanche...
Funky Seoul Corner 14: The Beginning Of The End’s ‘Funky Nassau’
By Scott Freeman The Beginning Of The End was one of those early to mid seventies bands from, you guessed...
Who and What Started the Fire on Itaewon’s Hooker Hill?
By John M. Rodgers The fire that tore through a strip of bars on Hooker Hill in Itaewon on November...
Smart Phone Thief Caught Red-Handed by Victims in the Hood
By Manley C. Fatz Now Vincent is a nerd, a nice nerd, a friendly nerd but a nerd nevertheless. When...
Expat ESL Teachers Face More Visa Hoops in Korea (Both E and F Holders)
By Matt VanVolkenburg It's interesting that, according to that KBS article, the Ministry of Education plans to require foreign hagwon...
The Seoul Nuclear Security Summit: Much Ado About Nothing?
By Iwazaru As the Nuclear Security Summit 2012 roars into action today, some might wonder what all the ado is...
One Drop East: The Show and The Band–Rockin’ in Busan
By Jesse Coy Nelson One Drop East was supposed to start at 11. The band was already playing when we...
Live Review–Rockadelic Night in HodgePodge: Vidulgi OoyoO, Wagwak, On Sparrow Hills, Angry Bear, + Sighborgg
By Mizaru It’s Saturday night, the big night out all over the world, and I want to go over to...