Racism & Hypocrisy: The Korea Times and the Ministry of Justice |
The
Korea Times is a scummy publication at best. I guess that its purpose is simply
to spread the racist rhetoric of the Korean press into an area that might be
received by the rest of the world. B...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:28:00 GMT |
Roe Moo-hyun and Korea's Suicidal Tendency |
In
collectivist societies, suicide is often a common and honourable thing. Well,
perhaps its not honourable exactly, but rather it is connected to honour and
the prevention of increasing dishonour...
Posted by on Fri, 29 May 2009 04:59:00 GMT |
Getting Hotter in Korea |
May is rolling towards its end here in
Korea, as with everywhere else, and from this end of world things look a little
different from elsewhere. Its getting hotter, with temperatures hitting the
t...
Posted by on Tue, 26 May 2009 08:54:00 GMT |
Korea Hates Google |
We have voluntarily disabled this functionality on
kr.youtube.com because of the Korean real-name verification law.
That was the message that popped up on my computer
screen today when I t...
Posted by on Sun, 17 May 2009 05:19:00 GMT |
Cats |
In light of all the recent angry
comments and the fact that, well, I've pretty much said all the bad
shit about Korea that I really need to say, and that right now it's
raining and I don't have any...
Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 22:26:00 GMT |
Swine Flu Hits Korea, Finds Kindred Spirit |
Swine Flu
was identified in April, 2009, and has since become something of a menacing spectre
around the world. People are terrified of the mysterious, yet ineffective
illness, which infects many, ...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 23:25:00 GMT |
What the Book? |
After thirteen months in Korea, I was
beginning to forget all about literature. I hadnt read a poem in over a year,
or seen a book for sale that wasnt churned out by a generic airport-fiction
hac...
Posted by on Mon, 04 May 2009 07:33:00 GMT |
Sister Daria and the Church of Accidental Racism |
In Korea, as with
the rest of the world, I believe there are two types of racists. Firstly, there
are the overt racists, who in Korea are the ones that point and shout abuse at
foreigners, edit TV ...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:57:00 GMT |
Issue Three |
As you will all probably know, Beatdom has finally released a third issue, after more than a year of stalling. Issue One was released August 2007, with the intent of being a quarterly publication, and...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:59:00 GMT |
Bullfighting in Korea |
Bullfighting in Korea dates back over a
thousand years, to well before the beginnings of the bloodthirsty and savage
pursuit that exists in Spain and Latin America. Korean bullfighting does not
inv...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:59:00 GMT |
