North Korea-run Restaurants Spread Propaganda and Kimchi Across Asia
Coyner’s Comment: I can see why some folks visit these places for the sheer novelty, but I personally don’t find them novel enough to visit. To do so is to support enterprises that fund some truly...
View ArticleAsia’s K-Pop clones dance to South Korean beat
Coyner’s Comment: This hallyu phenomenon continues – at least in Asia. And it may have hit me at last as to why this style of popular culture is so popular: safe sex. While similar to the long...
View ArticleG.M. Workers in S. Korea Plan a Walkout
For those foreigners who have lived more than a few years in Korea, one of the common observations is that Koreans are absolutely brilliant on short-term tactics and off-the-cuff decisions. But the...
View ArticleS Korean youths reluctant to report corruption: poll
Unfortunately those of us familiar with Korea should not find anything below surprising. For me, the major take-away is this poll documents the ingrained skepticism towards authority held by most South...
View ArticleAsia’s real problem is boosterism
Coyner’s Comment Recently, when Asian senior financial bureaucrats met with their American counterparts in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, they asked the US for better coordination with the Feds future changes...
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