According to the Hankyoreh Seoul’s policy of witholding rice aid to North Korea is driving down the price of of the grain, prompting thousands of farmers to take to the streets in protest. Approximately 30 thousand South Korean farmers convened together for a National Farmers’ Convention to ask the government to address plummeting rice prices [...]
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My office is about a 20 minute walk from where I live, with four different routes all of which take roughly the same amount of time. Depending on how spritely I feel — and how many cups of coffee I’ve had — I could either go uphill or down. The former winds through scenic alleways [...]
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Madagascar’s new president has cancelled a land deal involving South Korea’s Daewoo two days after taking office, the Telegraph reports. The 34-year-old President Rajoelina said, “In the constitution, it is stipulated that Madagascar’s land is neither for sale nor for rent, so the agreement with Daewoo is cancelled.”
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Anthony Bourdain in Seoul. It’s an old video but entertaining. Enjoy!
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You’d never guess. It’s not New York, Tel aviv or Cairo. Years ago I was travelling in the north of Thailand and found myself in the city of Chiang Mai. For those who’ve never been, Chiang Mai is everything that Bangkok is not. There I met a young Israeli, a former soldier and Sephardic Jew [...]
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A photo showing Korean restaurant patrons enjoying US beef that appeared recently in the JoongAng Daily, one of Korea’s big three conservative media outlets, turns out to be completely staged. The two women in the photo, it turns out, are reporters for JoongAng. Hoping to do a story on Korean’s enthusiasm for US beef, they [...]
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