http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,881746,00.html Trial by new media on the eve of the tournament, he was given his marching orders as a result of a report that appeared in another country, another language and another medium. Fred had probably never heard of OhmyNews until the influential South Korean online news site brought about his downfall with a withering criticism of one of the World Cup preview stories that he had written for the Japan Times. That story - an introduction to Seoul - began with Fred reminiscing about being propositioned by a prostitute during his first visit to the South Korean capital. It was exactly the kind of old-fashioned, run-down, sleazy image that the host nation - which has never been more self-confident or assertive - did not want to present to the world. The URL of the offending article was sent anonymously to Bae Eul-sun of OhmyNews, who criticised the contents and the writer online in her own trademark aggressive style. Although Ms Bae had not called for Fred to lose his job, her article spawned a furious online campaign for his dismissal.
キタ━━━━━━(゚∀゚)━━━━━━ !!!!! Fred's Korean wife received email death threats and the South Korean embassy in Tokyo twice visited the Japan Times to demand action.
前スレの994の記事に有る >South Korea's entry into the fray was little more than a thinly disguised gesture to spite Japan. >No way was South Korea going to sit by and let Japan help itself to a whopping portion of sporting glory >The K. League, by comparison, attracted miserable crowds and played on lumpy pitches in fourth-division stadiums and nobody had even heard of its foreign stars. や>>13の >Japanese and the Japanese themselves are basically no more or less prejudiced than Americans or Europeans. >The Koreans, though, are a completely different matter. みたいな良い事を書く外人を締め出す一方で、 デビトのような、糞害人を持ち上げる日本終ってるよ。 何とかして変えなきゃ。
When asked if he still thinks the Koreans were up to no good, he replied: "That's a very delicate question and I can't answer that."
However, he continued: "I did hear there were things going on, there were gifts of money and so on. You've seen what happened with the IOC and the Olympics and in the end you can't say that these things never happened. If someone wants to do that, there are things that you can do."
Kamamoto insists that Japan fought a clean fight: "For Japan, finances were tight anyway and all we could do was to rely on past alliances and to treat everybody decently."
Harassment and obstruction The British daily The Guardian revealed on 24 January 2003 that sports journalist Fred Varcoe was unfairly dismissed by the daily Japan Times on 4 July 2002 as a result of pressure from the South Korean authorities.
「pingpong100」 Ohmynews and VANK, Those are cyber terror organizations.
There is similar incident is going on in S.Korea right now. It's called "English spectrum incident"
``I fell in love with him because he offered to help me carry my luggage, unlike typical Japanese men who rarely help women unless they are asked,’’ Mei was quoted as saying.
A Korean pilot and a Japanese flight attendant are to be married in March, demonstrating the true spirit of the ``Korea-Japan Friendship Year.’’
>>31 それ朝日だけがその見出しなんだけど。 国務省のその発表の記事は、世界中のマスコミが報道していて、 中国、北朝鮮、スーダン、エジプトが酷いってのばかり何だけど、 世界中の新聞を捜しても「日本XXXX」とか書いて有るのは、唯一朝日新聞だけなんだけど。 ま〜前スレ終了間際に有ったこの記事を見ればチョンの犯罪だと分かるよ。 The University of Chicago →Abducted at the age of 14 from her village home in South Korea by a group of Korean criminals, she was repeatedly raped, then sent to one of the infamous "sex farms" used by the South Korean army, where she was made a sex slave for two years. In the early nineties she was moved to the US legally through a sham marriage with an American GI and has served ever since as a Korean massage parlor prostitute in various locales stretching from Chicago and Houston to New York City1. →Mu Yung Shin is just one of several thousand Korean women abducted, raped, and virtually enslaved by the multimillion-dollar international prostitution network run by the Korean Killers, or KK. Korean Killers, and other major Korean gangs in the US such as Korean Power, based in New York, deal not only in prostitution, but in drug trafficking, extortion, and firebombings, mostly directed against the Korean community. Take Tae Sook Lee (not his real name), a longtime member of the Korean Killers based in Los Angeles' Koreatown. With two accomplices, called his "enforcers," Tae would visit Korean businesses in the area, mostly car dealerships, and demand payments of money ranging from $30,000 to $50,000. If threats and intimidation failed to net him the money, arson would result. According to Ray Futami, a detective with the LAPD, "If they [Korean business owners] didn't pay, Tae would send in his boys, his enforcers, and they would burn cars and dealerships." http://home.uchicago.edu/~dae/korean_pride.htm
このBBCの記事に物凄い悪意を感じるんだけど、 日韓基本条約で全ての賠償が済んでいると言う部分や、書面での謝罪も済んでるなどの部分を きちんと全部報道しない事によって、読者への誤解を誘導してる気がする。 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4307393.stm BBCの記事にはこの部分の説明が無い 「documents show that South Korea agreed never to make further compensation demands, either at the government or individual level」 BBC版 In January, Seoul declassified documents revealing that South Korea's post-war government agreed to accept an $800m economic package as reparations from Japan when the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1965.
BBC版 チョン国大統領の発言を載せただけで、それに対する説明は無し。 Japan has expressed regret for its actions before and during World War II, but Mr Roh said Japan should make a formal apology. 米国シンクタンク Center for Strategic and International Studies http://www.csis.org/pacfor/pac0132B.htm In 1995, then-Prime Minister Murayama used the August 15 date to provide one of the clearest, most direct apologies to Japan's neighbors. More recently, then-Prime Minister Obuchi even put it in writing, at least to South Korea, during his 1998/1999 exchange of summits with ROK President Kim Dae-jung
A former South Korean soldier (L) pretends to beat his colleague who is impersonating the Japanese ambassador to South Korea (news - web sites), Toshiyuki Takano, during an anti-Japan protest near the Japanese embassy in Seoul March 1, 2005. The Japanese ambassador prompted anti-Japan sentiments after he said on February 23 that Japan had rightful possession of the Tokto islets situated halfway between the two countries in the East Sea. REUTERS/
人権擁護法の件えだけど、一応Reporters Without Border(国境なき記者団)にも連絡しても良いのでは? 2003年の「個人情報保護法案」関して既に報道の自由を奪うと批判をしてるし、少しでも日本政府を批判する所が多い方が良いのでは? Japan Tokyo Maru Bldg. 502 3-2-7 Yoyogi, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo 151-0053. Japan.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=10192 Parliament adopted a very controversial protection of privacy law in May 2003, after more than a year of debates. It posed a threat to the often sensationalist reporting of some magazines that investigate corruption and sex scandals within Japan's political and economic elites.
Japan Today で Spanishwoman なるハンドルが「V−Day」を宣伝 日本兵士が女性をだまして拉致して性奴隷にしたと非難 http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=9&id=329217 >The filipina women here were kidnapped by Japanese soldiers being told >that the would be working in a plant to make military suits or something similar >(most testimonies are like that, see my link above). >Then they found themselves in a "comfort station" were they had to "serve" (or be raped) by so many men dayly >that very often they would not be able to walk straight or lay on their backs to sleep. Many of them were still children.
アイアム ザパニーズ(ジャパニース) 金になるため、日本人と偽り、体を売る韓国人女性が海外には多数います。(韓国人では客が入らない) 海外での日本人女性のイメージが悪くなり、 日本人女性にとっては物凄い迷惑な話しですね。 イエローキャブ(ヤリマン日本人肉便器)も、 実は日本人では無い韓国人売春女が世界中で「日本人」と偽り売春をする為に ぱっと見た目でアジア人の区別が付かない欧米人に誤解をされてしまったのです。 http://eroticmassage.blogs.com/tales/2004/05/korean_massage_.html The Koreans like to pretend to be Japanese, so that is another aspect that sets the Korean massage parlor apart from Chinese or American massage parlors. Korean massage businesses may portray themselves as Japenese spas, and may adorn the property with waterfalls and Zen gardens, and wear the colorful embroidery of the Japanese traditions.
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200503/200503020023.html Korean 'Cyber Diplomats' Detect Slights at London Sights British Museum for describing the country under the Chosun Dynasty as a "vassal Kingdom" of China. along with the fact that the Korea gallery is only one-fifth the size of the Chinese or Japanese galleries, is like confirmation that Korea was a vassal state of China," he said. "We hope the government shows interest in this."
The self-styled "cyber diplomacy" group is also unhappy that a world map in the underground station at Piccadilly Circus, a major London tourist attraction, marks the East Sea as the "Sea of Japan."
Prostitutes sue pimps in landmark case ( 2004-01-07 15:34) (Agencies) Nine former South Korean prostitutes have filed lawsuits against their pimps seeking damages in a landmark legal case, their lawyers said on Tuesday. Seven of the women say they were lured into prostitution rings as minors under the age of 18 and never received promised up-front payments of as much as 10 million won ($8,400) in addition to room and board. Prostitution is illegal in South Korea but flourishes in myriad forms -- in large brothel zones, barber shops, bathhouses and "ticket coffee shops" which send prostitutes bearing hot drinks on house calls. Lawyers representing the nine said they were seeking punitive damages as a way to discourage prostitution involving minors. "We are dealing with cases that ruin a young woman's whole life," Lee Sung-hwan, one of the lawyers, said by telephone. Kang Ji-won, who heads the legal team, said seven of the women were seeking 100 million won ($84,000) each for emotional distress and back wages. The other two are seeking 50 million won each in wages withheld.
Promised advances to prostitutes are usually withheld by pimps as security, the lawyers said. Prostitutes can find themselves in debt to pimps -- many of them in the pay of organized crime groups -- who deduct penalties from the advance if they fail to secure a set number of customers in a given period. Interest is charged when the penalties exceed the advance. Police in recent years have broken up prostitution rings which keep women as virtual slaves until they earn enough to pay back advances, sometimes until they are too old for the trade. "They think that one day they will get their money," said Lee Kyung-eun, a director at the Commission on Youth Protection, referring to the indentured women. "So they stay." The cases are the first brought on behalf of prostitutes by Kang's team, set up in early 2003 with the help of the commission he once headed. Lee Kyung-eun said the law in South Korea made it difficult for prostitutes to file suits, let alone win them. The law punishes prostitutes as well as pimps, she said. In addition to the difficulty of collecting evidence in cases which took place years ago, women face possible counter-suits from accused pimps for fraud and defamation, she said. An amended law on youth protection is set to take effect in March, and it is expected to make lawsuits against prostitution ring operators easier, the lawyers said. ttp://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2004-01/07/content_296559.htm
How the U.N. Hides the Truth of Domestic Violence March 1, 2005 http://www.mensnewsdaily.com/archive/r/r-misc/rosenthal030105.htm Now, efforts to stop violence against women have become mainstreamed into the full range of UN agencies that address health, human rights, and refugee protection. These agencies include the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Population Fund, and the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Over 100 studies have examined the extent of DV in developed countries such as the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia. These studies have reached a consistent conclusion: men and women are equally likely to engage in partner aggression
But what about partner aggression in non-Western societies, many of which are less developed economically?
1. Kim, K., & Cho, Y. (1992). Epidemiological survey of spousal abuse in Korea. In E. C. Viano (Ed.) Intimate Violence: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. (pp. 277-282). Bristol, PA: Taylor and Francis. Utilized the Conflict Tactics Scale in interviews with a random sample of 1,316 married Koreans (609 men, 707 women).
Compared to findings with American couples, results indicate that Korean women were victimized by their spouses three times as much as American women!!!!
LAで、調子にのる朝鮮人狩りを実行した男Joseph Martin Danks 韓国人移民6人をLAで刺殺。
In 1986, Joseph Martin Danks stabbed to death 6 Korean immigrants in Los Angeles. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. http://timelines.ws/
http://www.totse.com/en/religion/miscellaneous_religious_texts/japanaum.html Asahara's own father is Korean. The conservative daily press and TV won't touch that one, for fear of stirring up anti-Korean resentment and, possibly, alienating the South Korean government which Japan has recently been bending over backwards to befriend. It was reported that, when the crackdown on Aum began, the cult gave some of its assets to another, unnamed religious organization for safekeeping. The Moonies.
http://www.japan-101.com/culture/aum_shinrikyo_cult.htm Aum and Unification Church: Unification Church is Korean cult founded and led by Sun Myung Moon who, claiming that Jesus failed, has declared himself the title "Messiah." Co-founder of Aum Hayakawa Kiyohide was sent by Unification Church. He brought methods of mind control and millions of dollars and at least 12 Unification Church members to Aum.
massage parlors are dominated by Korean and Korean-American owners, managers and employees, said Derek Ellerman, co-executive director of the Polaris Project, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that works against human trafficking http://www.polarisproject.org/polarisproject/news_p3/gazette_p3.htm
Ellerman and other experts say the case appears to have common elements. "It doesn't sound good, especially knowing the Korean networks," he said. Derek Ellerman's Polaris Project works to rescue Korean women who become entangled in a nationwide network of massage parlors that are fronts for prostitution.
Some women come to the United States through sham marriages to U.S. servicemen, who have been paid for their role. Once the women arrive here, they get a quick divorce and are left with few language or job skills, and growing debt, says Donna M. Hughes, a professor of women's studies at the University of Rhode Island who has studied the trafficking of Korean women. http://www.polarisproject.org/polarisproject/news_p3/PortlandHerald_p3.htm
The more I write about the Yomiuri the more I get to dislike it. I think it has a thing about foreigners, in that it doesn't like them, even though it publishes one of the biggest English language dailies in the country. was an editorial from last week [there are no editorials specifically in English, they are all translations from the Japanese paper]. The title of this editorial was 'Sufferage for Foreigners Insufferable Nonsense', which just about sums up the mood of the piece. There is a body of opinion in this country that non-Japanese with permanent residency status should be allowed to vote in local elections that choose things like school Principals and local bye-laws and stems, in part from the no taxation without representation type thing that kicked off the American War of Independence.
Anyway the point here is that this week Lucie's father was in Tokyo to see the first steps in the trial of this unpleasant chap who is accused of doing this srt of thing to a great deal more women than Lucie, and where did I read about this first? That's right, the good old Telegraph online, whilst the Yomiuri to whom we doff our thinking caps of a morning, has carried not a word of this. Indeed precious little of it has been seen or heard in the media So, Japanese man rapes and murders his way through foreign hostesses and nary a peep from the papers, just about par the course really, but you can be assured if it was a foreign man and some Japanese women the story might just be a little bigger... http://bogueintokyo.blogspot.com/
S. Korean prof creates Japan studies institute http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20050305wo61.htm the Institute for Japanese Studies in Seoul National University. Kim will serve as the institute's director. Kim decided that if South Koreans looked only at the good things about Japan, they would become pro-Japanese, while those who focused only on the bad aspects of Japan would become anti-Japanese. So he decided to style himself more neutrally as a person "knowledgeable about Japan" and started pointing out the need to establish objective Japanese studies within South Korea.
Kim is known as one of the top academic researchers of modern Japanese history. He studied under Edwin Reischauer (1910-1990), who was U.S. ambassador to Japan between 1961 and 1966, and other leading academics at the graduate school of Harvard University in the United States, earning a doctorate in history and East Asian languages in 1979.
I went to the labor arbitration office of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in order to negotiate a settlement. The Japan Times would only offer to pay my airfare back to England.” After that insult (the offer, not the destination) and the lack of enforcement powers by the Labor Office and arbitration service, the only recourse Varcoe had was to take this matter to the courts.
By the time the union was set up, it was too late to help Varcoe. So he joined a Tokyo-based workers union, and they had a meeting with the Japan Times.
前回は、意図的に問題のソースの部分(ヤクザや在日)を書かないで読者に誤解を招くように誘導してるのでは? と言うメールを送ったのですが、返信が貰えないようなので、もう少し待ってみて、 返信が頂けないのでしたら、エディターの方に、エディターが私の意見をどう思うか聞いてみます。 それと、NYTimesの過去の駐日記者のHoward W. French記者もJames Brooke記者もKen Belson記者も 皆なんらかの返信を送って来たのに、返信をくれなかったのはあなただけです。 的なメールを今回送りました。
何でも良いから返信欲しいですよね? それで大西哲光の本性が判断出来ると思うし?
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=Norimitsu+Onishi&ie=UTF-8 Japan, Easygoing Till Now, Plans Sex Traffic Crackdown New York Times - Feb 15, 2005 By NORIMITSU ONISHI. TOKYO, Feb. 14 - After years of denying it had a problem with trafficking in humans, Japan is now putting the ...
The photos, taken by a Swiss photographer near Shanghai in 1937, all depict the brutality of Chinese soldiers toward Japanese prisoners. The photos are so disturbing that Tom Simmen, who was in Shanghai on business and asked to witness the executions by the Chinese, kept them hidden away. "They enjoyed it,"Simmen said. "They (were) waiting for the head to get cut off, then they took the head and played football ... I mean that was a terrible thing." http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9609/23/rare.photos/image3.lg.jpg
"Japanese citizens today should not be blamed for what their country did in World War II to China." U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard H. Baker said Los Angeles Times Aug 6, 2004
Baker said he told the Chinese official: "Well look, the United States and Japan really had a first-class war there for a while, and we've gotten over it and we're best friends and allies." He added, "It's time for you to get over it." The Chinese official "didn't like that a bit," said the American ambassador.
He said, "You don't understand,"
Baker recalled. "And I said, Well, somebody doesn't understand."
>>167 例の芸者映画ソニーなんだよね。 この記事今は見れないけど、その内に見れるようになると思う? 中国人とかが日本人の役を演じるから騒ぎになってる事や、チョン女優が日本人の役は嫌だと断わった事もきちんと書いてある。 結局制作会社の馬鹿ソニーが、中国人ではNGと、その部分を譲らなければ良いだけなんだけどね。 March 6, 2005 The geisha, in translation. By Bruce Wallace. MOVIES: In Rob Marshall's "Memoirs of a Geisha," with Chinese stars and a pan-Asian cast, will some essence go missing? http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/more/
>>171 最初にスピルバーグが直で担当していた時にはRika Okamotoと言う、 現在ブロードウェイでミュージカルに出てる日本人を主役として選んでるし、 結局主役になった、チャン・ツィイー(章子怡)は、脇役オーディションさえも落されてる。 今でもエギュザクティブ・プロデューサーに名前だけは残ってるけど、 スピルバーグの手元を離れてしまったのが元凶。 糞Rob Marshallになってから、めちゃくちゃになった。 桃井とか渡辺出るなよな、日本人0の方が、 全て捏造で100パーセントフィックションと叩き安い。 Rob Marshallが関る物は、今後日本と日本人は全てボイコットするべき。 Rob Marshallに、ユダヤ人の役を日本人にやらせろよと言ってみたい気分。
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/166821.stm Steven Speilberg's next film, Memoirs of a Geisha, will star two unknown Japanese actresses, chosen from thousands who answered an advertisement in the showbiz press. Newcomers, Rika Okamoto, a former dancer
both japan and china's history writers are delusional. japan is just as guilty of fabricating history by not acknowledging their war crimes and by claiming tokdo as being part of japan. please!
March 7 Bloomberg News The World Trade Organization ruled that South Korean shipbuilders illegally benefit from export credits, following a complaint by the European Union, which wants to limit subsidies that have boosted Korea's market share. Korean yards such as Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Samsung Heavy Industries Co. and Samho Heavy Industries Co. are able to sell ships at less than the cost of production because subsidies offset losses, according to the commission, the EU's executive. The credits helped Korea's share of world shipbuilding grow to 35 percent last year from 28 percent in 1999 and pushed the EU into filing a complaint at the Geneva-based WTO in October 2002, according to the European Commission. The EU's market share was 15 percent in 2004.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200503/07/200503072214016079900090109011.html Korean women's rough road Today is International Women's Day. The issue is a serious one for our society. There are two factors in our society that bring about, and aggravate, women's poverty. Yet as of 2003, only 61.6 percent of female college graduates had jobs, 28.1 percentage points lower than men in the same year. For a woman, having an advanced degree makes it even harder to find a job. That is an enormous loss. As of 2003, only 23.2 percent of working women had jobs that guaranteed a regular income. That means women, to a large degree, are working at temporary and daily-wage jobs. Furthermore, the average working woman's income is only 64.2 percent that of working men's. That figure has fallen even further over the past three years. No wonder women quit their jobs at a higher rate than men do. Overall, then, Korean women work in unstable, low-wage jobs, and face poverty and loneliness in their senescent years. To stop the vicious cycle of the female poverty, the quality and quantity of jobs must be simultaneously increased. Correcting discrimination against female temporary workers can be one way. Women workers must also be allowed to return to their jobs after maternity leaves through reeducation programs.
そうなの? I also hear that other names Mark uses is "Xiaou-qien" and, according to a reviewer on Amazons review page, "monkeymagic" I also heard Sensual Tokyo NEW bashing handle is "Radical Rightous" (good cover) But Read the posts he is starting. He's slandering America by post info that America provoked world war 2 and how dumb we are. Another moderator, blvtzpk, uses the handle "Kwan-e" are these guys shitheads or what
米国の話しだけど、朝鮮人は世界中何所へ行っても同じやり方で犯罪を犯すので 日本にも同じやり方で不法に滞在してる朝鮮人が沢山いそうな気がする。 Green Card Scam in 1990s Being Deported February 22, 2005 Los Angeles Times ttp://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/796105901.html?did=796105901&FMT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Feb+22%2C+2005&author=John+M. +Glionna&desc=CALIFORNIA%3B+Victims+of+Green+Card+Scam+in+1990s+Being+Deported%3B+Legislation+to+aid+ South+Korean+immigrants%2C+some+of+whom+were+teens+when+the+fraud+occurred%2C+is+introduced+in+Washington.
Broker Daniel Lee spent two years behind bars for his part in a scheme that paid a San Jose immigration supervisor $500,000 in bribes to authorize green cards for South Korean immigrants throughout California. Jung Hwan Kim, the New Jersey accountant is among 275 Korean immigrants singled out for deportation. In the scam, which dates to the early '90s, brokers Daniel Lee and John Choe collected as much as $30,000 in each case to "expedite" processing of green card documentation. Federal officials point out that because an average green card application costs less than $700, the fees charged by the brokers should have suggested that their activities were illegal. Virginia Kice, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said that under the scheme, applicants got visas for specialized professions in which they were not skilled. In one case, she said, a truck driver with a high school diploma received a visa for a research professor. "Clearly, that was a stretch at best," she said. "Many of these people came in for interviews supposedly petitioned by an employer, and literally none knew who that employer was. This clearly was a fraud scheme." "People need to understand that a visa scheme is a very serious matter that undermines the system and presents a very serious security threat. We have to send the message that this kind of behavior will not be tolerated."
After the BBC reported that 50 percent of Korean women in their 20s have had some form of plastic surgery, a slimming business now claims Korean women are the least satisfied with their looks in six Asian countries.
The Hong Kong branch of MarieFrance Bodyline clubbed together with MSN Hong Kong to conduct a survey of 7,235 women from Asian countries where the company has offices - Korea, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand - and found that 71 percent of Korean respondents were unhappy with their looks, the lowest satisfaction rate.
Daewoo fugitive is working in France By Henry Samuel in Paris 08/03/2005 Telegraph UK http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2005/03/08/cndaew08.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2005/03/08/ixcity.html The disgraced founder of the Daewoo Group, Kim Woo-Choong – sought by South Korean investigators and Interpol to answer billion dollar fraud and embezzlement allegations is leading the quiet life as a consultant in eastern France, it emerged yesterday. He had amassed an estimated $42 billion (£22 billion) in debts. It transpires that the self-made billionaire, now a French citizen, is acting as a consultant for Lohr Industrie a French transport company based near Strasbourg in the Alsace region that is using his contacts to secure tramway deals in South Korea.
South Korea says islets more important than relations with Japan Agence France-Presse Seoul, March 9, 2005 http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1272134,0005.htm Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon said on Wednesday South Korea was prepared to risk ties with Japan to defend its claims over a group of disputed islets in the Sea of Japan (East Sea). "The issue of Dokdo concerns our sovereignty. It is a concept high above maintaining the South Korea-Japan relations," Ban told a weekly briefing. "We will sternly deal with it to defend our territory." Earlier on Wednesday South Korea's foreign ministry lodged a complaint with Japan's embassy here a day after Seoul's defence ministry sent four F-5 jets to block a Japanese plane from flying toward Dokdo islets.
>>209 粘着力と反日にでは団結力の有るチョソに数では敵わないと思うので、 日本人は、Quality, Not Quantityで勝負する。
ネットが普及したチョソにピッタリの言葉 Now, this isn't rocket science here...quality vs. quantity is not a new concept...but it is one that is forgotten by many in the Internet age.
ASIAN LIVES: Killing is easy, says former North Korean spy who ... At unit 695 in an elite North Korean spy school, killing is all in a day's training, says Ann Myeong-Jin, who graduated in 1993
In Flushings, NY, an area in Queens with a large Korean community, recruiters will go to legitimate Korean massage establishments for women, and may say that the women can make much more money at another job doing the same thing. The recruiter will arrange for the transportation of the women to a Korean massage parlor in another state. When the women arrives, she discovers from the brothel operator that she must pay back the value of the transportation, the lodging and food, and will only receive tips, forcing her to provide sex to customers to make enough money to pay off the debt.
An alternate arrangement may involve a recent Korean immigrant arriving in New York or L.A., with thousands of dollars of debt to pay off. A Korean taxi service driver will advise her that the fastest way to pay off the debt is to work at a massage parlor. For a fee, he brings her to a massage parlor, where the woman is pressured strongly to provide commercial sex to the customers or risk being fired. The Korean taxi services monitor the needs of various brothel operators, and transport women between them. They are well known in the networks for taking advantage of the women through fraud and exorbitant charges.
By Lee Hyo-sik Staff Reporter The new anti-prostitution law, which took effect from the beginning of this month, is expected to slash about 1 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2005, according to the Ministry of Finance and Economy (MOFE).
The MOFE predicted that the revenue loss resulting from the implementation of the anti-prostitution law would reach 8 trillion won ($7 billion), 1 percent of the estimated 800 trillion won in GDP next year, as not only the sex industry, but also related sectors, including lodgings and restaurants, are expected to suffer from heavy revenue losses.
The MOFE’s forecast was derived from a report by Korea Institute of Criminology, which estimated the number of sex workers and people engaged in related businesses to top 1 million, about 4 percent of the economically active population.
The report also said that total output generated from the sex industry nd related sectors amounted to as much as 24 trillion won, 4.1 percent of GDP in 2002, according to the institute. The MOFE estimated that the nation could lose up to 1 percent of its GDP in 2005 if combined annual income of those affected by the law drops by 25 percent.
Sex and denial in South Korea It's the world's oldest profession, and in South Korea it's a recession-proof industry that contributes more to the nation's economy than the agriculture and fisheries industries combined. And it's expanding. The Ministry of Gender Equality estimates that South Korea's sex industry generates profits in excess of US$22 billion a year, while employing some 500,000 women and girls. But non-governmental organizations and civic groups suggest the number may be even higher, concluding that if all informal venues of prostitution, such as the myriad wonjokyoje, or younger girls "dating" older men for cash, were factored in, the number of prostitutes could well exceed a million.
Venues where women and girls are available for a price total at least 390,000, according to civic groups, and they are quite literally everywhere in South Korea. Every neighborhood has at least a few singing rooms, room salons, business clubs, tea rooms or barber shops where sexual services can be bought. Given the openness of the prostitution and the leaflets and flyers advertising the multitudes of locations where women can be procured, one could be forgiven for not realizing it's all illegal.
Legal prostitution was abolished in 1948. The anti-prostitution law - a bill that also gave a virtual green light to red-light districts - was enacted in 1961. And in 1999, legislation provided for publication of the names of those who procure sex from minors, though it is rarely enforced. The nation's Commission on Youth Protection asserts that more than half the girls arrested for prostitution are under 16.
With the help of the Korean Bar Association, some prostitutes have begun taking ruthless brothel owners to court for violating their human rights. And as these women come forward and give testimony about being physically confined and forced into the sex trade, often to repay loans proffered by the same gangsters who own the sex clubs, the ugly realities of South Korea's sex industry are beginning to come to light. Women receiving loans from gangsters must pay ridiculously high rates of interest, making it impossible for the girls and women ever to pay them back.
Groups of sex workers from South Cholla province in the country's southwest told of being forced to perform sex for fear of suffering violence. They said they were held captive and their every move was monitored, making escape impossible.
And what of the police who are sworn to uphold the law and protect the weak? According to recent reports and testimony from sex workers themselves, many police officers have long been taking payoffs from brothel owners, with some even demanding sex with prostitutes in return for turning a blind eye to the brothel's activities. In one recent incident, again in Cholla province, two police officers are being questioned, and another two sought, for allegedly having group sex with at least four junior-high-school girls working at area sex clubs.
I do not have any problem with the Japanese not understanding other countries' culture, as this is universal. What surprised me is their general ignorance of some very basic facts about the rest of the world. I heard university-educated people who thought that Argentina was in Europe, that Napoleon was an armoured knight from the Middle Ages, that Belgian people spoke Belgian (have you ever heard of a language called Belgian ? Ever !?), or that only Japan had four seasons. A recent study has shown that 3% of Japanese university students (and they have presumably tough entrance examinations) cannot point out at the US on a world map, and 44% don't know where is Iraq ! Don't even get me started about people with less good education.
I'd be interested to have comparative studies on general knowledge with Western countries. However I expect the Americans average to be close to the Japanese one, as surveys have shown that an incredibly high number of Americans think New York is their capital ! (of course, even 1% would be an incredibly high number, but I think it was more like 20%).
I would like to travel to Japan, but I'll probably be a freak of nature being black and all. It'll be something I'll learn to deal with. That is something hard to believe, I felt like laughing when I heard that lots of japanese believe their the only country with four seasons. But I'm not one to laugh at other peoples ignorance, no matter how hard it is not to. This just my opinion, but it seems to me that japanese people tend to display their ingnorance about other countries, than anyone I've ever met. I'm not saying that Americans and other people aren't ignorant about other countries, I'm just saying from what I have learned it seems that the japanese show it more. But then again, I could be wrong.
? Thirty-four percent of the young Americans knew that the island used on last season's "Survivor" show was located in the South Pacific, but only 30 percent could locate the state of New Jersey on a map. The "Survivor" show's location was the Marquesas Islands in the eastern South Pacific.
? When asked to find 10 specific states on a map of the United States, only California and Texas could be located by a large majority of those surveyed. Both states were correctly located by 89 percent of the participants. Only 51 percent could find New York, the nation' s third most populous state
Killing is easy, says former North Korean spy who defected Mar 9, 2005 http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050309/lf_afp/afplifestylenkorea_050309195014 The prisoner holds a knife and waits for the assailant to enter the cell with orders to kill him. The door opens and the assailant, using only his bare hands, completes the brutal assignment within two minutes inside the small windowless room. At unit 695 in an elite North Korean spy school, killing is all in a day's training, says Ann Myeong-Jin, who graduated in 1993. Unit 695 of the North Korean People's Army, also known as liaison office 130, is known to spies the world over, says Ann. "We assumed they had already been condemned to death and were mostly political prisoners," says Ann. "Even with a knife they were up against the impossible. We had gone through harsh training. In most cases the killing was done inside one or two minutes."
Ann, who also speaks Japanese, now divides his time between his home in Seoul and a second home in Tokyo. He says he also lectures and writes and acts as a consultant on North Korea, mainly in Japan. "Defectors here are astonished to find that South Koreans are now trying to be friends with the communist North and are actually propping the regime up," he said. Some 6,000 North Koreans defectors live in South Korea, among them a small number of party, government and military officials as well as spies, many South Koreans tend to look down on them as backward and idle.
>I heard that lots of japanese believe their the only country with four seasons. これは在日外国人の間での、日本人が主張する馬鹿な「日本はユニーク論」として 有名な話しの例。 他に日本人は腸が長いとか、日本の雪は雪質が独特だから外国のスキーは輸入させないとか。 日本人だけが旨みを感じられるとか、日本人だけが左右の脳の働きが違うとか。
> This interesting question is being discussed in a Japanese mailing list > for a few days now. I am not sure I can describe this in English > properly. Since the people in this newsgroup are familiar with the > Japanese culture, I am sure you will understand what I am talking about. > > We Japanese enjoys the collective chirps (I am not sure this is a proper > word) of cicadas in summer. It gives us the feel of the season. We > feel that the world is very quiet (it is the irony that non-Japanese may > not understand) and calm. The chirps of cicadas is much more than just > the chirps of insects for us. > > Q: We wonder if non-Japanese can see it in the same way. Or do you take > the chirps of cicadas just as a noise? > > We Japanese stops to listen to the chirps of crickets. Or we enjoys the > brief sound of an insect flying past my face and feels the eternity in > the calmness after that. > > Q: We wonder if non-Japanese spends time to listen to the chirps of > crickets. We wonder if non-Japanese feels happiness in the chirps of > crickets. > > The questions may sound a bit stupid for some of you. But these are our > honest questions. If you feel insulted by these questions, it is not my > intention and I apologize. > > Nobby Miura
Why do Japanese insist on saying "We Japanese" and referring to themselves collectively?
Further note, slightly off-topic, to "you-Japanese": seasons are the result of latitude and geography, not of nationality. Many if not most places at a similar latitude will have --gasp!-- four seasons. There is absolutely no good reason for anyone to think that only their country has four seasons. Unfortunately, I have heard Japanese high school teachers of English tell their classes that only Japan has four seasons. I have never gotten a good answer to "well, how many seasons did you think there were in Nebraska?"
To answer the man's question: I (I don't speak for any of the other roughly 6 billion non-Japanese) like or dislike the sounds of insects based on the situation. Sometimes the sounds of (what was the name of those insects?) are very pleasant and remind me of my childhood in Nebraska, where we have the same or at least a similar insect. Other times, it detracts from my enjoying of a work of Bach, or an attempt to sleep.
BTW, my Japanese wife has once or twice called those insects "noisy".
> BTW, my Japanese wife has once or twice called those insects "noisy". > Well I just asked my wife (Japanese) about those bugs, and the first thing she said was "noisy". The first time I visited Japan I thought that sound was a divice to keep birds off the buildings, we don't have bugs like that in England and I'm quite happy about that.
> Why do Japanese insist on saying "We Japanese" and referring to > themselves collectively?
It's a common mistake made by Japanese speakers of English. I've noticed it especially in written work. I think it's a transference of the Japanese "ware ware Nihonjin" - we Japanese. Japanese is a 'speaker orientated language.' Anyone had trouble with kuru and iku in Japanese? Go and come in English? The viewpoint is different and that can affect your expression in a foreign language. (The book 'Understanding Japanese - A handbook for learners and teachers' by Yasuko Obana has an interesting chapter on this subject.)
I usually tell students that whereas 'we Japanese' is culturally acceptable in Japanese, it isn't in English.
On the other hand, Nobby shows that he is culturally aware in English because rather than using the common word 'foreigner', he uses the more acceptable 'non Japanese'.
'We Japanese' can seem like an exclusive or even racist statement, but it's best to treat it as a learner's mistake. I don't think Nobby meant anything by it.
By the way Nobby, it's better to use the phrase 'Japanese people' rather than 'we Japanese.'
>Is it true that the Japanese handle language in the opposite brain >hemisphere to Westerners or is this just something that I have imagined? > >Thanks,
This particular theory was put forth in a book, "The Japanese Brain Uniqueness and Universality, by Dr. Tsunoda Tadanobu, a professor of auditory disorders. 東京医科大学名誉教授、角田忠信 『日本人の脳』 I haven't read the book myself, but Karel Van Wolferen wrote:
"Dr. Tsunoda implies that Japanese reasoning is different from that of other people because they use their two brain halves differently. His testing methods are highly suspect. My impression, based on an account by one o his foreign guinea-pigs, is that auto-suggestion plays an important role."
"The Enigma of Japanese Power," p. 348 I'd say this is yet another myth designed to promote the idea of the "uniqueness" and/or "superiority" of Japan and Japanese people.
Some others that have been propagated in the past include:
- Japanese have longer intestines that westerners, which makes imported beef unsuitable for their consumption.
- Japanese snow is unique, and therefore unsuitable for foreign-made skis.
- Japanese soil is unique, and therefore American building materials and techniques cannot be used here.
Some that I have encountered personally are:
- The Japanese language is one of the most uniquely difficult in the world, especially for westerners.
- Japan is the only country in the world with four seasons.
- Japanese peoples' eyes are different, better able to stand bright sunlight, which is why Japanese people don't wear sunglasses as much as westerners.
- "Smaller but harder." (Westerners, especially men, who have had any in-depth discussion of "adult matters" with Japanese people will know what I'm talking about here.
The recent ruling by the Seoul High Court that a young female American soldier (only 19) , raped by a Korean taxi driver, after she missed the last bus at Incheon International Airport and accepted the rapist’s offer to drive her to her camp, was not actually rape is a case in point. The Inchon District Court found the taxi driver guilty, but the Seoul High Court reasoned that she gave up physically resisting the taxi driver too early in the assault, and thus it was not rape! With this sort of reasoning one must wonder what the real rape rate is in Korea.
It is nice to know there are some things in the Land of the Morning Calm I know will never change.
The Seoul High Court yesterday overturned the conviction by a lower court of a 49-year old taxi driver who had been charged with the rape of a 19-year old U.S. female soldier. The man had received a 10-month prison term in the original trial after being convicted of luring the newly-arrived servicewoman from Incheon International Airport to a hotel near there where the woman said he raped her. The woman reported the incident to U.S. military authorities, who asked for assistance from Korean prosecutors. The appeals court ruled that the woman had shown no evidence of having refused the man’s advances, and that he used “not enough violence to constitute rape.” The prosecution said it would take the matter to the Supreme Court. The U.S. servicewoman returned to the United States in February; the defendant’s appeal was decided without her presence.
Japan does have integration problems when it comes to allowing largescale immigration. Relative honesty and the lack of precautions against violent or calculated crime make Japan a paradise for the criminally-minded gangs, including Chinese (mainly Overseas Chinese) and Korean gangs with international linkages.
NY州が不法移民の運転免許を取り上げるのは差別ニダ! チョン団体が記者会見。 An immigrant advocacy group in Flushing is mounting a campaign to prevent the state Department of Motor Vehicles from suspending undocumented immigrants' driving privileges "YKASEC (Young Korean American Service and Education Center) has been receiving so many hundreds of phone calls saying, 'What can I do without the driver's license?'" YKASEC Executive Director Yu-Soung Mun said at a news conference. To answer the question, Mun urged undocumented immigrants not to go to the DMV until a court case over whether or not the state commission can double-check Social Security numbers is settled. His comments run contrary to a statement state Sen. Frank Padavan (R-Bellerose) released last week in support of a bill that would require driver's license applicants to prove they are living in the United States legally. On the federal level, YKASEC is encouraging residents to write to U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and ask them to block the passage of the REAL ID Act, which has the potential to deny licenses to undocumented immigrants The federal Social Security Administration created an on-line verification program for state DMVs in 2001. The New York commission began running checks on Social Security numbers in 2002, after which it found 600,000 questionable driver's licenses. http://www.timesledger.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14073460&BRD=2676&PAG=461&dept_id=542415&rfi=6
ニュース動画 http://www.ktvu.com/video/4273200/detail.html 記事 In Wednesday's Oakland robbery, three men carrying handguns demanded money from the owner and also robbed about 10 patrons of their jewelry and wallets, owner Steve Lee said. restaurant with filled with more than 50 During the ordeal, the suspects allegedly pistol-whipped one victim.
子供を何百回も鞭で打つのは子供の虐待では無く、韓国の伝統文化ニダ! カナダで子供の虐待で逮捕された朝鮮人被告が弁明。 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050311.wxcaning0312/BNStory/Front/ The father of the 16-year-old North Vancouver high-school student waited for his son to respond before delivering each blow with the cane. “I'm remorseful and I'm ready,” the boy said over and over again. For at least three hours on Jan. 19, the father, who cannot be identified under a court order, caned his son with hundreds of blows. During the police interview, the teen told officers he was hit 300 times and feared he had another 200 strikes “owing,” because he had misbehaved for five days and his father had threatened 100 strikes for each occasion of misbehaviour. In an earlier caning on Jan. 7, the teenager said he was hit about 100 times. The father returned to Canada and caned the teenager again on Jan. 19. School officials called in a social worker from the Ministry of Children and Family Development who contacted police to investigate when the youth's injuries became evident the next day. Police described the youth as shuffling, slumped over and walking like an old man. The father pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon and assault causing bodily harm. During his sentencing hearing, he said caning was “traditional Korean culture” The father did not know that what he was doing was illegal, because caning is a traditional form of punishment in South Korea. discipline, said Sally Kim, a spokeswoman with the Korean Society in Burnaby. “It was something that happened in the family and inside the home,” Ms. Kim said." The incident has embarrassed the community, which is about 30,000 strong in the Greater Vancouver area.
勝手に日本人を語るのは止めて欲しい。 日本人のイメージが悪くなって物凄い迷惑。 http://www.nbc30.com/news/4220922/detail.html February 22, 2005 Police arrested three employees, including the alleged madam, of the Japanese Accupressure Center Sauna on Dixwell Avenue in Hamden Monday.
The three arrested are all Korean nationals based out of Flushing, N.Y., and may be in the country illegally.
流石韓国人女、一発$10! 10回通うとサービスポイントで11発目は無料。 March 9, 2005 Police bust Bucks massage parlor http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1_2spamar09,0,857698.story?coll=all-newslocal-hed http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/113-03092005-460483.html A steady stream of customers from as far away as New Jersey and Delaware, some bearing $10 ''grand opening'' discount coupons clipped from a magazine, traveled to K-Spa in Quakertown. police say, the real business of K-Spa wasn't massages, but sex. One of the women showed an undercover officer a "frequent customer" card that gave the 11th visit free. Chong Kum Kim, 59, of College Point, N.Y., was charged with promoting prostitution. During the raid, police said they found a naked man on a table. He told them Ok-Soon Kim had just performed a sex act on him for $60. "I'm not aware of any connections between K-Spa and any other massage parlors in the area," Sgt. Don Bender said. He did say many of the spas have Korean employees. "We did see a connection and similar addresses to Flushing, N.Y., where there is a heavy Asian population," Bender said.
http://www.thehour.com/335819905146891.bsp during last week's prostitution raid of the Tranquility Spa on 261 Main Ave. Speaking before the court Wednesday afternoon during a follow-up bond hearing for the eight South Korean women arrested in the Feb. 17 raid,
the seven of the eight women are being held by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security even though they have produced valid South Korean passports and visas. "My clients are being wrongfully being held by the federal government, and their rights were violated," I'm upset at how the federal immigration authorities treated these people rather than the Norwalk police.
Third Korean student attacked in Vancouver CTV News http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20020721/korean_student_attacked_020720 For the third time in just two months, a Korean exchange student has been attacked in Vancouver. This comes after a local Korean organization received a letter filled with hate, threats of murder and kidnapping. Compounding fears in the community, The Korean Society of B.C. recently received a hate letter. In it, the author threatens to kill a Korean each week and use Korean women as sex slaves. There are more than 10,000 Korean exchange students studying in Vancouver
CIA&ゴールドマンサックス社 今でも大した存在価値が無い韓国は、放って置いても2020年までには存在価値が0になります。 http://www.iht.com/getina/files/221092.html In the recently released report on the 2020 project - "Mapping the Global Future" - the National Intelligence Council under the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency compared the impact of China and India in 2020 it is noteworthy that the report identified both China and India as protagonists of the "Asian era." we should not underestimate the growing international role of the European Union, Russia and Japan,
Brazil, Indonesia and South Africa are behind China and India, albeit distantly, but the presence of Korea, the supposed hub of the Northeast Asian era, is nowhere to be found. Korea was also missing in the list of projected top 10 largest economies in 2050 by Goldman Sachs' global research center in its October report.
2004 Goldman Sachs Economic Research, Global Economics Paper, projected top 10 largest economies in 2050 Of the current G6, only the US and Japan will be among the six largest economies in 2050. http://www.new-frontiers.org/classicdocs/thebricsreport.pdf
>>327 これの何所にそんな事が書いて有るの? 捏造乙。 China Gives No Ground In Spats Over History By Edward Cody Washington Post Foreign Service Wednesday, September 22, 2004; Page A25 BEIJING, Sept. 21 -- With diplomats jetting
>>328 このあたりじゃねーの? For China, the answer has long been obvious. Their culture, they have been taught, radiated far and wide over the centuries, embracing great historical events ranging from Genghis Khan's empire to the invention of spaghetti and meatballs. According to Chinese history, not only did Goguryeo begin as an ethnic minority in the Chinese fold, but neighboring Japanese civilization got started when 1,000 Chinese boys and girls sailed over in 209 B.C. to colonize the islands in hopes of finding immortality pills
But competitors in the recent Asian Cup soccer tournament here were amused to be told by some of their Chinese hosts that this country also invented soccer. Members of some golf clubs, giving a homegrown spin to a sport that is swiftly becoming popular here, have told prospective members that archaeologists uncovered drawings indicating the sport originated sometime during the Tang Dynasty, from A.D. 618 to 907.
According to Chinese folklore, Marco Polo or some other Italian traveler took back the idea of bing-zi, which archaeologists believe was made here in one form or another as long as 5,000 years ago on terra cotta grills and enhanced by a Domino's-like list of toppings.
火病キタ━━━━━━(゚∀゚)━━━━━━ !!!!! はっきりチョンは悪用するからだと言えば良いのに。 MS Accused of Discriminating Against Korean Customers Microsoft, the U.S.-headquartered software giant, is accused of discriminating against Korean customers in operating its Hotmail e-mail service. Microsoft Korea yesterday conceded that Korean subscribers are not eligible to extend their storage capacity in Hotmail. The policy has been applied to nine countries, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Canada and Australia, but Korea was excluded from the list.
今この記事読んでてふと思ったんだけど、ザパニーズ防止策として日本は寿司を商標登録べきでは? Just Don't Call It Tequila ...Or even Temequila. A California distiller comes up against the Mexican government, which disputes the name of his 100-proof concoction. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-tequila13mar13,1,7452724.story?coll=la-headlines-business&ctrack=1&cset=true フランス産以外の泡のでるワインを「シャンパン」と呼べなかったり、 スコットランド産以外のウイスキーを「スコッチ」と呼べなかったり、 アメリカ産以外nナマズはを「キャットフィッシュ」と呼べなかったり、 メキシコ産以外のテキラーを「テキラー」と呼べなかったり この他にも多数の同類の世界協定が有ります。 日本政府も日本できちんと修行を積んだ職人さん以外が作る物をSUSHIと呼べないルールを作り、 世界中で横行するザパニーズレストランを防止するべきでは無いのでしょうか? チョンが作った御飯の上に刺身を乗せるだけの物は寿司と呼ばずに刺身乗せ御飯を強要させるべきでは? 首相官邸や外務省や、「寿司協会?」などにはたらきかけませんか?
>neighboring Japanese civilization got started when 1,000 Chinese >boys and girls sailed over in 209 B.C. to colonize the islands in hopes >of finding immortality pills
これまじで笑えるんだけど、キムチは鶏インフルエンザとSARSに効くニダ! 世界中でキムチが大人気になるニダ! Korean dish 'may cure bird flu' By David Chazan BBC News Monday, 14 March, 2005, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4347443.stm South Korea's spicy fermented cabbage dish, kimchi, could help to cure bird flu, according to researchers. Scientists at Seoul National University say they fed an extract of kimchi to 13 infected chickens - and a week later 11 of them had started recovering. South Koreans are reported to be eating more kimchi as a result of the study. "I'm eating kimchi these days because I've heard in the media that it helps prevent bird flu infections," one man said. There was an increase in kimchi consumption two years ago, when thousands of people in Asia contracted Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome). "After the Sars outbreak, I went to China and I noticed that the Korean restaurants there sold most of the kimchi they'd made that day," a Korean man said. So one of Korea's national specialities may soon find a much bigger market.
http://www.inthenews.co.uk/celebrity/general/general-models/paris-hilton-phonebook-hits-web-$7860379.htm A supposed hacker attack on the multi-millionairess' T-Mobile phone resulted in both her contacts list and personal musings becoming available to anyone with access to the web. Contact details for stars like Christina Aguilera, Vin Diesel, Eminem, Anna Kournikova, Andy Roddick, and Victoria Gotti were offered up for public consumption. All these, and 400 more, were posted South Korean-hosted website illmob.
韓国で犬肉論争が再燃 http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=27769 http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/03/14/200503140005.asp A government decision to impose strict regulations on processing and selling dog meat has reignited an old controversy over the traditional Koreans' practice of eating dog meat. The Cabinet last Wednesday decided to draft measures that prohibit any brutal slaughtering of dogs and set hygiene guidelines on the processing and sale of dog meat. Seen as a move to bring the sale of dog meat under control and as a result officially recognize the controversial practice as legal, the government announcement drew immediate responses from animal rights activists and some people who oppose the time-old practice of eating dogs. “Setting a hygiene standard on dog meat means nothing but legalizing the dog meat industry,” the Korea Animal Protection Society stated in a news release. “We cannot believe the government is moving to legalize the dog-eating practice of some Koreans, which is not only harmful for national interests but also disgraceful and reproachable.” The Web sites of Cheong Wa Dae and other related government offices were hit with a flurry of postings following the announcement, with some supporting Koreans' dog-eating tradition and the government decision and others strongly criticizing the government for not outlawing such a 'barbarian' conduct. 「冬季オリンピックに立候補するらしいけど犬猫食い止めないと無理だな」でも書いて送る? Cheong Wa Dae Office of the President, Republic of Korea http://english.president.go.kr/warp/app/home/en_home?_sso_id_=90edc922369cf0900f0668ad1abefeba http://english.president.go.kr/warp/app/home/en_home
As to the issue of comfort women, or women rounded up in Korea, China, the Philippines and elsewhere and forced into prostitution to "comfort" Japanese troops, an estimated 100,000-200,000 were forced into this sex slavery, about 80% of them said to have been Korean girls and women. Others were Filipinas, Chinese and a handful of Westerners. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/GC10Dh01.html
チョンって本当に馬鹿だね。 米Insurance Institute for Highway Safetyの死ぬ確立の高い車種が発表されたんだけど、 早速反論記事出してやんの、マジ馬鹿で直ぐファピョルんだよな。 Deadliest cars The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety computed the fatality rate per million vehicles from 2000 to 2003 for cars and trucks from the 1999 through 2002 model years. This study is based on facts and figures from the years 2000 to 2003. http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/15/Autos/fatality_results/ http://www.nbc4.com/consumer/4288154/detail.html
Korean Automakers Question US Auto Safety Survey Korean automakers expressed doubt Wednesday over a U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) survey that ranked some of the Korean cars being sold in the United States low in terms of driver safety during accidents. The IIHS said it collected data on traffic accidents involving passenger vehicles and small-sized trucks from 2000-2003 on U.S. highways and calculated the death rates of drivers for each vehicle. Hyundai and Kia claimed the survey lacks credibility because it only considers the number of accidents and the drivers who died. http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/biz/200503/kt2005031615453011860.htm
Argentine Coast Guard “targets” fine paying trawlers Monday, 14 March
"Six Korean vessels were in the area closer to the Argentine territory but they went straight for the Galician vessel, and they do this because we pay the fines"
"When arrested, Korean vessels prefer to abandon the vessel and won’t pay a cent. We Galicians pay immediately because we want to keep working",
"they went after the Galician vessel because the Argentines know we pay the fines but the Chines and Koreans prefer to sink their vessels before been taken to port, since the lightest fine is close to a million dollars" said Captain Soage http://www.falkland-malvinas.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=5262
カナダの地図会社が竹島だけだは無く、慶尚北道鬱陵島も日本領にしてるニダ! しかも東海を日本海表記ニダ! By VANK Canadian Map Distributor Labels Ullungdo as Part of Japan 03-16-2005 http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200503/kt2005031617354311950.htm A Canadian world map distributor was found to mark Ullungdo, a South Korean island in the East Sea, as part of the Japanese prefecture of Shimane. The Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK) on Wednesday said they found out that Geocortex labels the island, which controls the rocky islets of Tokto, as a territory of the Japanese prefecture. The Shimane Prefecture passed an ordinance on Wednesday to designate Feb. 22 as ``Takeshima Day.'' Geocortex is a geographic information provider based in Canada which delivers its products, such as world maps, to North America and the rest of the world on its Web site. The civil group also discovered Prentice Hall, a world-renowned education publisher, is distributing a textbook to Canadian schools that say the southern island of Cheju, which has always been Korean territory, was ruled by the Japanese government until 1890. 火病↓アジアの小岩など誰も気にして居ない為に出た間違い(慶尚北道鬱陵島)だと思われるのに、思い込みが激し過ぎ。 "These happenings show how much the Japanese government exerted efforts to promote self-made historical contents, which is favorable of the country, to the world. Now it is talking to the CIA," said Park Gi-tae, executive director of the non-governmental group.
Recently, the Web site of the CIA, the United States' spy agency, is drawing South Koreans' concern as its online information on the international geography as well as history was found to be tilted toward the Japanese government's claims and is providing it to many other international information and geographical institutes.
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Human slave trade' and the attempts to stop it Smuggled from East Asia to the U.S. Published: March 6, 2005 http://www.rrstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050306/NEWS0107/503060311/1004/NEWS Federal and local agents who swept through five Rockford spas last Sunday snagged not only their intended targets but several undocumented aliens -- women from countries caught up in a worldwide slave trade. Evidence collected by local and federal authorities suggests that the young women from Korea and China not only worked at the spas but also lived there, virtually locked down in tiny rooms where they also serviced their customers. But experts in the field of human trafficking say parts of the Rockford case - the illegal status of the workers, their living conditions - parallel what's been discovered in other sex-trafficking cases across the United States. "These circumstances are typical of what one would find in other instances of human trafficking for illicit sexual activity," said Mohamed Mattar, law professor and director of the Protection Project of the Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. Likewise, the official estimate is that 14,500 to 17,500 people are trafficked into the United States. The primary sources are: South Korea, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Thailand, China and Russia in Asia. "They remain in our custody and are awaiting an immigration/deportation hearing," said Gail Montenegro, spokeswoman with the Immigration Service in Chicago. Montenegro said of the people in INS custody, one was from China, the rest were from Korea. Two of the women - Mihwa Yuk and Jina Choi - had previously been deported and will be deported again. The others will go through the process.
I was a mechanic at a Hyundai dealer from 93-95 and at a Kia dealer from 99-01 (they were both secondary car lines) and believe me when I tell you the Korean cars are pieces of @#$% you would not believe the problems we encountered like for example in the early 90's Hyundai had a run of Elantra engines in which the timing belts were glued together with glue that was water soluable (sp). One car we put 2 engines and rebuilt the transmission 4 times in less than 30K miles (and not due to mechanic error). In the 2000's we had Kias commong from the factory with the bodies assembled with no seam sealer in the rear half of thre car. These are just some of the things I encountered, I know every car line has it's quirks but I've worked at a Nissan dealer for the last 9 years and have never encountered the same lack of quality. One thing I will give to Kia and Hyundai is that their factory support for their dealers is outstanding. That's enough of me ranting, I would never buy a korean car. http://63.99.108.76/ubb/Forum8/HTML/011042.html
ちと話題がそれてスレ違いになってしまうんだけど、>>367のテスト結果で1番安全となった メルセデスEクラスと最悪2位の三菱ミラージュが事故って、メルセデスを運転していたチョンが奇跡的に助かったと言う記事です。 事故はIIHSが結果を発表した日と同じ日に起きました。 >>367を読んで直ぐ後に読んだので、もうこの記事読んだ時にはギャクかと思いました。 踏み切りで止まっていたメルセデスに後からきたミラージュがオカマを掘り、メルセデスが線路に押し出され列車に激突し炎上、乗っていた朝鮮人の親子が危機一発で脱出。 メルセデス炎上画像 http://www.ocregister.com/newsimages/local/2005/03/16train.car.jpg http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/03/16/sections/local/local/article_444603.php Eight steps made the difference between life and death for Young Ran Kim and her 12-year-old daughter Tuesday afternoon. That's how far they managed to run from Kim's Mercedes E320 before a Metrolink commuter train smashed into the car, dragging it 80 feet and throwing it off the tracks. The car burst into flames as the train screeched to a stop. Kim said she stopped before the crossing arm came down. Seconds later, she felt a jolt and heard a "bang." A Mitsubishi Mirage driven by a 16-year-old girl had rear-ended Kim's car, pushing it onto the tracks. "I was trying to back up, but the arm came down," Kim said at the hospital. "Then I looked to the left and saw the train coming." Kim ordered her daughter out of the car, then grabbed her purse and ran. "I looked behind me and saw the train hit the car," Kim said. "We just kept running." The crash occurred almost two months after a Los Angeles-bound Metrolink train derailed in Glendale when a suicidal man left his car on the tracks. That accident killed 11 people.
Seoul to Impose Korean Language Test on Migrant Workers 03-17-2005 http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200503/kt2005031716504011990.htm SEOUL (Yonhap) - Chinese and Southeast Asian nationals who want to work as industrial trainees in South Korea will be required to acquire a certain level of Korean language proficiency starting next year, the Justice Ministry said Thursday. Under the new regulation, all aspiring industrial trainees should take the Basic-KLPT, or Korean Language Proficiency Test, and acquire a score of more than 100 out of a maximum possible 200 points, ministry officials said. Basic-KLPT, a test intended to evaluate the ability in commanding the basic Korean language, is administered in 16 countries worldwide annually. Chinese and Southeast Asian workers who arrive here in their status as industrial trainees are assigned to local small- and medium-sized manufacturing companies by the South Korean government on a three-year contract. But their increasing defections from the program in pursuit of better pay and working conditions has given rise to various social problems. Against such a backdrop, the government also decided to exclude from the industrial trainee program any country with a defection rate of over 20 percent, ministry officials noted.
Korea Shuts Down Pro-Japanese Online Communities 03-17-2005 http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/biz/200503/kt2005031715272111860.htm The Korean government and telecom industry have begun to counter Japan’s recent claim to Tokto, Korea’s easternmost islets. The state-backed Information Communication Ethics Committee (ICEC) Thursday said the panel ordered the portal site, Daum, to shut down overly pro-Japanese online communities. "We made the decision because the communities distorted the history, thus doing mental harm to our youth. We will continue to keep a watchful eye on such problematic online activities,"said Han Myeong-ho, who leads the committee's supervisory team. In compliance with the order, Daum closed five communities, which claimed Japan’s sovereignty over Tokto, and plans to continue shutting down other similar Web sites.
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>>399 English Spectrum事件とか、 English Spectrum事件後在韓米国大使館が在韓アメリカ人に警告を出したり、 イラクやアフガンでさえも出ていない、在韓米軍と米軍米軍関連で働く民間人に攻撃される恐れが有るので夜間外出禁止令が出たりと、 韓国に有る程度の期間滞在した事の有る欧米人は、韓国の火病は良く分ってるでしょ?
Tough Korea Curfew for U.S. Civilian Contractors Monday, 14 February 2005 http://www.usabroad.org/2005/02/us_civilian_dod.html No other overseas military post, including those in the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan, has a curfew policy that puts civilian workers under the same restrictions as military members, according to Department of Defense spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Greg Hicks, reports Stars and Stripes. USFK commander Gen. Leon J. LaPorte amended the ongoing curfew for servicemembers in September in response to a State Department warning that cautioned all U.S. citizens in Koreaa about potential protests and violence against Americans.
Japan Seeks to Repair Frayed Ties with South Korea Fri Mar 18, 2005 01:05 AM ET http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7940616 On Friday, Japanese Education Minister Nariaki Nakayama told reporters that he hoped the dispute would not reverse the trend toward improved ties seen since the two countries jointly hosted the World Cup soccer tournament in 2002. "The Japanese people have a feeling of closeness to South Korean culture and the South Korean people. I would like the South Korean people to understand that," Nakayama said.
http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/takeshima/position.html At the beginning of the Edo period (1618) the Ohya and Murakawa families of Houki-Han were granted permission from the Tokugawa Shogunate to take feudal tenure of Utsuryo Island, and ever year the families conducted fishing on and around the island, sending some of their catch of abalone in tribute to the Shogunate. Takeshima was en route to Utsuryo Island and was used as a stopover port and for fishing. In addition, at the latest by 1661 the Ohya and Murakawa families had been granted feudal tenure of Takeshima from the Shogunate.
チョンの言い分、ここの中の捏造を指摘すれば良いのか。 http://www.korea.net/News/Issues/issueDetailView.asp?board_no=5727&title=History%20of%20Dokdo In 512 A.D., the Silla Kingdom (one of the Three Kingdoms of ancient Korea) conquered Usan‐guk (Usan State), of which the main part was Ulleungdo. Since then, the Korean people have considered Dokdo to be a part of Ulleungdo. Samguksagi (History of the Three Kingdoms) is an official history book written in 1145 A.D. on the Three Kingdoms of Korea, namely the Silla (57 B.C. to 935 A.D.), Goguryeo (37 B.C. to 668 A.D.), and Baekje (18 B.C. to 660 A.D.) kingdoms. This book, edited by Kim Bu‐sik, a historian and the then prime minister of the Goryeo Kingdom, contains the story of the conquest of Usan‐guk in 512 A.D. by Isabu, a general of the Silla Kingdom under the reign of King Jijeung.
Korea.net is the Korean government's official English homepage Run by the Korean Overseas Information Service (KOIS) of the Government Information Agency, it serves as a gateway of information about Korea, offering a convenient and user-friendly environment.
"Not unlike chicks from a certain island nation in Europe. LOL."
Gotta agree with ya mate, K-girls just seem to luv us gaijin-lads. Teeth on most J-girls would scare a vampire. But havin'said that, j-girls are easier in bed, K-girls are betta'in bed. Can ya tell us why? Where do ya birds learn their skills? Me and me mates just live to visit K-land for a quick shag.
For lastest news about 21bodies killer, I had seen a stupid police kicked a mother whom her daugher was killed. This screen made me surprised what type of South Korea police are.
Fishermen swim for land from Korean vessel 20.03.2005 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10116270 Crew members of a Korean fishing vessel have attempted to swim ashore in Wellington Harbour. The squid fishing vessel was anchored 1km off Aotea Wharf when five men made the attempt. Police picked up two of the men and a fishing boat picked up another two. They were Chinese nationals, Newstalk ZB reported. Another man, said to be North Korean, was still missing and it was not known if he had made it ashore or drowned.
<丶`∀´> 竹島問題のネット戦で日本に勝ったニダ! コリアタイムズ Korea Dominates Online Tokto War http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/biz/200503/kt2005032017173911880.htm On the strength of its state-of-the-art Internet infrastructure and its net-savvy populace, Korea overwhelms Japan in cyberspace in the recent dispute over the nation’s eastern-most islets.
>>440 この辺りか、NYTimesと言えばNorimitsuOnishi最近大人しいよね。 先月の半ばに半島海女と松ケンサンバと人身売買の記事を3本立て続けに書いて以来何も無い。 皆苦情メールしてるのかな? もしそうだとしたら、効果が現れ出した? A senior official traveling with Ms. Rice said she was trying to send a clear message that it was time to bring talks over the North's nuclear weapons program "to a satisfactory conclusion." Ms. Rice's action was a departure from diplomatic protocol on several levels. It is highly unusual for a secretary of state's first destination in a country to be a military site instead of a diplomatic event, especially an American installation instead of a South Korean one. While her first move on Korean soil was aimed directly at North Korea, the major push of her visit is to persuade China to "squeeze the North," as one aide said. On Friday, Ms. Rice said, "Well, I assume that because China says it wants a nonnuclear Korean peninsula" that "they are trying to be effective in their diplomacy." But she added that she would urge the Chinese to do more "when I get to Beijing." In her Tokyo speech, which aides described as a major policy address, Ms. Rice pushed China to change its form of government, saying, "Even China must eventually embrace some form of open, genuinely representative government." While in Beijing, her aides said, she intends to attend Palm Sunday services at a Protestant church - a potentially provocative act in a nation without freedom of religion. The last session of the regional talks with North Korea was last summer, and the United States is not considered likely to wait past this summer before considering other options, like going to the United Nations Security Council for a resolution. 動画、ライスの画像クリック http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7233303/
Give me info. My girlfriend and I just latched onto each other and rolled off the bed. What was the intital time. Will there be aftershocks. I got smashed dishes around. Worst I've ever felt in Japan. I feel bad as hell for you Niigata people.
I'm in Kasuga City, just outside of the epicenter zone in Fukuoka City. Was on the phone with my parents at the time and they could hear everything falling off of my shelves! Never want to experience this again.
Rice Remarks With South Korean FM Ban Ki-Moon http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0503/S00343.htm チョン記者: At the current situation, due to the problems concerning the Dokdo Island, ROK-Japan relations are -- have been -- are in a bad situation. Korean government has expressed that it will be difficult for us to support the Japanese government in its bid for entering into the U.N. Security Council if the Japanese government does not show a certain degree of apology. And this is the same with other countries who have been -- who have received the scars of war from the Japanese. However, at a lecture, Secretary Rice has expressed -- at a lecture in Japan, Secretary Rice has expressed that the American government supports Japan's entrance into the U.N. Security Council. The Korean people are wondering why this remark has been made at such a situation. Is this done intentionally, or does Secretary Rice need a deeper understanding of the relations between ROK and Japan?
ライス長官: Well, first of all, the United States first made known publicly that we intended to support Japan for a permanent seat in the Security Council last August. It was made public by Secretary Powell. And we have also said that we support Security Council reform in the context of broader United Nations reform. And we are at the beginning of that process, not at the end of it.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS ALGERIA, BENIN, BRAZIL, PHILIPPINES, ROMANIA TO TWO-YEAR TERMS ON SECURITY COUNCIL, BEGINNING 1 JANUARY 2004 Number of ballot papers: 182 Number of invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 182 Abstentions: 0 Number of members voting: 182 Required majority: 122 Number of votes obtained: Benin 181 Philippines 179 Algeria 178 Republic of Korea 1 http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/ga10181.doc.htm
March 21, 2005, South Korea acted a political performance in the international Friendly match. a big signboard to which political message was written was put up. Isn't this a violation of the rule?
中国KFCに報復? Delight over KFC Tibet decision There are more than 1,000 KFC outlets in China, which is Yum's fastest growing and most profitable market outside the US. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3836927.stm
S Korean engineer charged in alleged computer break-in http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2005/03/22/2003247352 An engineer with a South Korean company that makes computer games was arrested yesterday for allegedly breaking into the computer system of a Taiwanese competitor and stealing vital business information, the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) reported.
Fulford says he pitches articles to Japanese magazines that many Japanese journalists will not, or cannot, cover. "The big taboos are 'burakumin' (Japan's former outcast class), the Imperial Family, yakuza, negative stuff about big corporations -- any sort of corruption or big scandal that is not being investigated by the police," he says. "It is safer to say it through me," says Fulford. "I have been told many times that if I was Japanese I would have been killed already."
反創価ってのは良いね。 http://www.sgi-usa.org/publications/wtexpress/WTE-091004preview-No282.htm I have never before met a reporter with such a clearly hostile and biased agenda as demonstrated by Mr. Benjamin Fulford. I also noted that he had already written an anti-Soka Gakkai screed for one of the Japanese tabloids. "In the end, I'm not overly concerned. President Ikeda has repeatedly encouraged us to continue to advance with equanimity even amidst storms of unjust criticism. I am determined to use my voice to speak up for truth to the best of my ability."
S. Korean MD held for raping maid Malaysia Star, Malaysia March 22, 2005 PETALING JAYA: A South Korean managing director has been arrested for allegedly raping his 21-year-old Indonesian maid in his office in Section 16 her employer had asked her to watch a pornographic movie at his office before pushing her into a small room. “The maid managed to push her employer aside but he threatened to assault her if she screamed for help. He then raped her.
Korean firm repays grant millions Last Updated: Monday, 21 March, 2005 The Korean firm which failed to bring 1,400 promised jobs to south Wales has paid back the £36.65m it received from the Welsh Development Agency (WDA). Hynix, formerly LG Semicon Wales Ltd, had pledged to create hundreds of jobs in Newport when it was awarded grants to set up in the late 1990s. But the semiconductor plant was never brought into production.
Hmmm thats why Korean pop culture, Korean movie stars, Korean actors and actresses have been dominating most of East Asia. Especially in Japan, where BOA will always be #1 and where Korean actors and actresses are more popular than the native Japanese stars. Korean actors can't even get out of the airports in Japan because of your horny obsessed women. Japanese people love Koreans so I dont know what you're talking about. I doubt you'll ever see something like that in Korea for a Japanese star. Who can blame japanese women falling for koreans, though? All you guys are short, dark skinned, crooked teeth, horny rapists that have distorted facial features that reek "japanese". Look for an east asian that doesn't look "Right" almost as if he was made of plastic or whatever and you'll know he's a japanman. The bombs from the U.S really did a number on you guys. Being radioactively, nuclearly deformed isn't fun, is it Syunsuke Arigato Mr. Roboto?
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大西キタ━━━━━━(゚∀゚)━━━━━━ !!!!! 韓国を先に書く馬鹿チョン丸出し。 普通アルファベット順に並べるからTakeshimaでもTokotoが後に来るし、 JapanとSouthKoreaでも日本が先の筈なんだけど。 ってかお前ついに在ソウル記者になったか? ずっとソウル発の記事ばっかだよね? ソウル発なら仕方ないのか? Dispute Over Islets Frays Ties Between Tokyo and Seoul By NORIMITSU ONISHI Published: March 22, 2005
http://businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_06/b3919001_mz001.htm In Guam, the Secret Service in July uncovered a network selling bogus North Korean-made pharmaceuticals, cigarettes, and $100 bills. In January, U.S. Commerce Secretary Donald Evans blasted the Chinese on a visit to Beijing, demanding they step up efforts to police intellectual-property violations. Evans singled out the case of a General Motors Corp. (GM ) subsidiary that is suing Chinese carmaker Chery Automotive for ripping off the design of its Chevrolet Spark minicar. The uncanny resemblance between the two cars, said Evans, "defies innocent explanation." The World Health Organization says up to 10% of medicines worldwide are counterfeited -- a deadly hazard that could be costing the pharmaceutical industry $46 billion a year. Honda's (HMC ) workhorse CG125 -- selling for about $300, or less than half the cost of a real Honda -- especially popular. Shanghai Mitsubishi Elevator Co. discovered a counterfeit elevator after a building owner asked the company for a maintenance contract. "It didn't look like our product," says Wang Chung Heng, a lawyer for Shanghai Mitsubishi. "And it stopped between floors." Kyocera Corp. (KYO ), had to recall a million cell-phone batteries that turned out to be counterfeit, costing the company at least $5 million. Cigarette maker JT International has boosted its anti-counterfeiting budget from $200,000 to $15 million in the past six years, spending the money on a network of investigators, lawyers, and informants in factories suspected of making fakes. More alarming, say police, is counterfeiting's connection to the underworld. "Organized crime thrives on counterfeiting," says Ronald K. Noble, Secretary General of Interpol. So does terrorism. One cigarette executive estimates North Korea earns $100 million per year in fees from pirates producing there.
チョン夫婦、49歳の妻が歌手セリーヌディオンさんの夫にレイプされたニダ! ギャンブルで$1ミリオン損したニダ! もっと金よこすニダ! $20ミリオン払うニダ! 脅迫罪で有罪判決! Presbyterian minister from California has been convicted of trying to extort millions of dollars with his wife's rape allegation against Rene Angelil, who is singer Celine Dion's husband. March 22, 2005 http://www.nbc17.com/entertainment/4307584/detail.html http://www.canada.com/entertainment/story.html?id=cb6cbca0-1dea-44be-886c-8860f73f3e67 http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3109801&nav=8faOXlnC http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3110635&nav=168XXmEv http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Mar-22-Tue-2005/news/26126843.html Ae Ho Kwon, 52, could face probation or up to 12 years in prison and deportation to South Korea following his conviction Monday on felony charges of extortion, conspiracy and soliciting a bribe. "He kept saying to me, 'I don't understand,'" said Kwon's attorney, Lisa Rasmussen. "He doesn't understand what he did wrong." During last week's trial, Kwon took the witness stand in his own defense, saying he never wanted Angelil's money. Instead, he said, he wanted an apology. Las Vegas police investigated, but closed the rape case after Sung and Kwon failed to turn over to detectives a dress the couple contended had Angelil's DNA on it. According to authorities, Kwon and his wife, Yun Sung, tried to extort some $20 million from Angelil. The couple said Angelil raped Sung in a hotel room at the Imperial Palace in 2000. Prosecutors have alleged Kwon and Sung sought more money because Sung owed almost $1 million in gambling debts to Las Vegas casinos. Angelil originally paid Sung and Kwon $2 million in 2000 as part of a confidential settlement. Angelil's lawyers have characterized the $2-million payment not as an admission of guilt, but as an effort to protect his and his wife's health and public images.
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03-21-2005 South Korea’s national football team beat Burkina Faso 1-0 in a friendly match held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Sunday night, with midfielder Kim Sang-sik scoring the winner in the 55th minute. The South Korean players celebrated the goal by gathering in front of and drawing attention to a sign reading "Tokto is our territory" in Korean, referring the small Korean-controlled islets in the East Sea to which Japan’s Shimane prefecture recently laid claim. http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/sports/200503/kt2005032115065011620.htm http://yoshiworld.exblog.jp/1769570/ 昨夜、サッカー韓国代表チームはアフリカのブルキナファソと2006年w杯2次予選前の親善試合を行い勝利したのだが、また、やってしまった・・・。 独島は我々の地!」と書かれた広告看板。ゴールを決め、選手全員がこの看板の下で「わ〜い」とやっていた。これじゃ、まるで小学生と変わらない行為。 どうにかならないものか。この広告看板、引き続き2次予選のUAE戦でも掲げるらしい。
Quote: Originally Posted by junjunforever so what. anytime anybody says crap to us, we're supposed to bow down and obey you and repent our history? if anything, Korea has cleaner history than most of western Europe or the USA.
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I'm sure the world's canine population would strongly disagree with your closing statement, Junebug.
LAS VEGAS — A California woman was found guilty of trying to extort millions of dollars from Canadian singer Celine Dion's husband with a threat to go public with a rape allegation. A Clark County District Court jury deliberated five hours Thursday before also convicting Yun Kyeong Kwon Sung, 49, of conspiracy to commit extortion and bribery. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1099082639203_94491839?hub=Entertainment
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200503/200503230040.html A local bank is under investigation for using pirated software in what police said Wednesday was likely only the tip of the iceberg. Seoul Jungbu Police Station said it was investigating a complaint by Microsoft Korea lodged against the bank on Feb. 4 for installing and using pirated office software worth W3 billion (US$ 2.97 million). The police said 7,900 of the bank's 11,400 computers, or 61 percent, were running pirated Microsoft programs. The bank reportedly asked the IT maintenance company it employs to install illegally copied Microsoft software on the hard drive of all its terminals in 2003. Microsoft also charges the bank with failing to renew its contract for the 4,500 terminals, which expired in November last year.
Korean Pride. Korean Power. Especially at a place like Stanford, these phrases tend to be greeted with questioning glances. Even for those more familiar with the gang affiliations which these phrases represent, the images invoked tend to be of a rather harmless nature: baggy clothes, ghetto talk, and lowered Hondas with skyscraper spoilers and oversized exhausts. At its most extreme, Korean gangs are seen by some as being involved in the occasional fight involving fists, knives, or the more infrequently imagined gun. These stereotypes alone seem hard to swallow for a vast number of Koreans, especially when confronted with gang-affiliated children or friends. Unfortunately, they are also stereotypes that, in many respects, prove in many ways to be grossly tame and naive.
Ask Mu Yung Shin (not her real name), presently a prostitute at a Korean massage parlor in Dallas. Abducted at the age of 14 from her village home in South Korea by a group of Korean criminals, she was repeatedly raped, then sent to one of the infamous "sex farms" used by the South Korean army, where she was made a sex slave for two years. In the early nineties she was moved to the US legally through a sham marriage with an American GI and has served ever since as a Korean massage parlor prostitute in various locales stretching from Chicago and Houston to New York City1
Mu Yung Shin is just one of several thousand Korean women abducted, raped, and virtually enslaved by the multimillion-dollar international prostitution network run by the Korean Killers, or KK. Korean Killers, and other major Korean gangs in the US such as Korean Power, based in New York, deal not only in prostitution, but in drug trafficking, extortion, and firebombings, mostly directed against the Korean community.
Take Tae Sook Lee (not his real name), a longtime member of the Korean Killers based in Los Angeles' Koreatown. With two accomplices, called his "enforcers," Tae would visit Korean businesses in the area, mostly car dealerships, and demand payments of money ranging from $30,000 to $50,000. If threats and intimidation failed to net him the money, arson would result. According to Ray Futami, a detective with the LAPD, "If they [Korean business owners] didn't pay, Tae would send in his boys, his enforcers, and they would burn cars and dealerships." Tae was finally apprehended in 1989 through information gained in the shooting death of Ha-Seung Lee, a sort of Koreatown "Godfather." In an ironic, and ultimately saddening twist, it was discovered Tae's parents themselves are the owners of several businesses in the Koreatown area2 .
In 1993, five members of New York's Korean Power gang were arrested on charges of extortion from at least 100 Korean small businesses, using threats of physical pain or firebombings to keep their victims silent and obedient. These were not the actions of hardened criminals, but of Korean youths ranging in age from 16 to 233 . Neither were these crimes rare aberrations. From Los Angeles to New York, prostitution and extortion are practiced on a daily basis by Koreans against Koreans.
Asking the question of "why" is in many ways a fruitless exercise; every community has its share of gang problems, and none have managed to fully understand, much less contain such actions. But a much more pressing question is reflected in the ignorance, skepticism, and silence that seem to be the stock response of the Korean community to the actions of Korean gangs. Why do so few Koreans hear or know of the problems, and why do fewer still choose to speak out about them?
The seeming inability of the Korean community to properly face up to its gang problems has had many damaging repercussions. Not only has it left multiple police investigations languishing due to lack of support and cooperation from the victims of these crimes, but it has created a culture of ignorance and denial within the community as a whole. When Korean-language media fails to report such stories, it only bolsters the individual Korean's vehement denials that the problems exist. When parents see children with cigarette burn scars on their arms and "Korean Pride" (another moniker used by multiple localized Korean gangs) caps atop their heads and fail to realize the full extent of the implications, it bespeaks of a breakdown in the idea of community. It has sacrificed the idea of honest, sometimes painful communication for the false salve of unqualified support. These attempts to provide support for the community's individual members, especially its children, have gone too far when, in doing so, they choose to ignore, and by turn exacerbate, gang problems which cannot simply be wished away
Jump now to Washington D.C., where in a span of 18 months from 1985 to 1986 eleven Korean businesses were mysteriously firebombed. Though the investigation, handled by both local and federal authorities, first focused on tensions between Washington's Black and Korean communities, patterns and circumstances similar to Korean against Korean firebombings in Los Angeles and New York led investigators to suspect the work of a local Korean gang styling itself in the image of the better known KK and Korean Power gangs. Though the police had no firm evidence pointing to any specific Korean gang activity, several signs existed. All the businesses were Korean. The firebombings were all of a more threatening rather than destructive intent, unlike the heavy damage that would be more likely in racially motivated bombings. Except for the Korea Times building, the other businesses had no tell-tale outward signs of being Korean-owned. At the least, such evidence pointed to broadening the investigation to include the possibility of Korean gang activity. What investigators did not quite count on was the utter lack of cooperation given by the Korean community. One Korean business owner whose store was firebombed insisted that Koreans were "absolutely not" responsible for the firebombings and that any theories to the contrary were "without substance." The treasurer of the local Korean Businessman's Association was even more strident in his denial, saying that "there is no possibility, not even one percent" that Korean gangs might have anything to do with the string of firebombings. He insisted that the bombing resulted from "hostility against Koreans...Whenever I join some Black community meeting, I can feel some hostility exists there."4
The Washington firebombings were not a case of casting guilt upon Korean gangs without firm evidence, as the forceful tone of the Korean response might suggest. The defensive nature of the Washington Korean community's reaction in not allowing even the slightest possibility of Korean gang involvement, indeed insisting that no Korean gangs existed at all in the Washington area, amply illustrates the dysfunctionality with which the Korean community has dealt with these issues. When the community cannot even ponder the idea that the firebombings were Korean in origin, even in the face of multiple similar incidents in Los Angeles and New York, there is more than a lack of communication or knowledge involved.
The Korean community has often been proven guilty of reverting to attitudes of programmed ignorance and instantaneous denial in the face of issues and events which have the power to reflect negatively on Koreans. An extreme form of the community's own extreme and unjustified sense of "Korean Pride," this knee-jerk tendency to react with unrationalized and vociferous denial in the face of issues which could lead to some sense of "communal shame" has unwittingly caused heavy damage to the community as a whole. The desire for Koreans to want to focus only on the academic and social achievements of their children while turning a blind eye to a thriving criminal counterculture has served as a major factor in the growth of Korean gang activity in the recent years. Without acknowledgment, the Korean gang problem can only get worse, and the Korean community will continue to be victim to its own suspension of reality
1 Gallagher, Mike. "Prostitution Ring Traps South Koreans." USA Today - International Edition. April 7, 1995 : News, p. 5A.
2 Crane, Alice. "Reputed Leader of Koreatown Gang Arrested." U.P.I. Sept. 15, 1989 : Regional News.
3 "Korean Gangsters Held in Extortion." The New York Times. May 9, 1993 : Section 1, p. 26.
4 Anderson, John Ward. "Extortion Eyed in Firebombings of Korean-Owned Businesses; Police Probe 7 Incidents in 10 months in NW Area." The Washington Post. Oct. 19, 1985 : D1.
半島駐在のこの女性記者俺は好きだな、総連の悪事とか韓国プロパガンダ政策とか、裏金は常識とか、汚い部分の記事どんどん書いてる人 'Intelligence Fiasco' Stirs Up the Korean Peninsula Some in the South believe U.S. officials overstated the North's nuclear activities. The flap roughly parallels the disputes over Iraq. By Barbara Demick Los Angeles Times Another Intelligence Fiasco," is how the English-language Korea Times referred to it in an article Wednesday. The conservative newspaper, Chosun Ilbo, has demanded an investigation Although the South Korean government remained silent, the left-of-center ruling Uri Party issued a tough statement Tuesday accusing the Bush administration of destabilizing the Korean peninsula with its "distorted" intelligence and "oppressive" policies toward the North. The State Department released a statement Tuesday in Seoul saying, "The United States has not misled allies or anyone else about the matter." http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&q=%27Intelligence+Fiasco%27+Stirs+Up+the+Korean+Peninsula&btnG=Search+News http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/complete/la-fg-uranium24mar24,1,1749146.story?coll=la-iraq-complete&ctrack=2&cset=true
Japan has long been North Korea's shopping mall of choice when it comes to military components. It has the advantages of proximity, advanced technology and a large population of ethnic Koreans, many with family ties to the North or to the pro-Pyongyang General Assn. of Korean Residents in Japan.
Korean guilty of people smuggling by air March 24, 2005 http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12641530-421,00.html A KOREAN shoe salesman has become the first person convicted of smuggling illegal immigrants into Australia on an international flight. Prosecutor Felicity Johnston said Cho's crime was a serious violation of Australian sovereignty. "Prior prosecutions have related to illegal entry by boat ... and that has been prevalent," she said. Cho faces a maximum jail term of 10 years on each count.
ニューズウイークジャパンが変な企画してるぞ。 皆日本の会社の良い事を書いた体験談送れ。 日本人名だと採用されないと思うので偽名使うべきだよね? http://www.daijob.com/dj4/ja/campaign/newsweek/ Live in Japan and work (or have worked) in a Japanese company? On April 20th, 2005, Newsweek Japan will publish a cover story about Japanese companies - How Global Are They? (published in Japanese only). Please help Newsweek Japan to gather data about what it's like to work in a Japanese company as a cultural outsider by participating in our online survey. It should only take ten or fifteen minutes, and you go automatically into a draw for several great prizes
An extreme form of the community's own extreme and unjustified sense of "Korean Pride," this knee-jerk tendency to react with unrationalized and vociferous denial in the face of issues which could lead to some sense of "communal shame" has unwittingly caused heavy damage to the community as a whole. The desire for Koreans to want to focus only on the academic and social achievements of their children while turning a blind eye to a thriving criminal counterculture has served as a major factor in the growth of Korean gang activity in the recent years. Without acknowledgment, the Korean gang problem can only get worse, and the Korean community will continue to be victim to its own suspension of reality
the "Takeshima" in question is the one in Shimane, NOT the one in Kagoshima. It's called "Dokdo" (独島) in korean. "Liancourt rocks," is the best name cuz all they are are some rocks in the middle of the ocean.
Quote: Originally Posted by Ichirou Ohgami When you had heard of Japan for the first time, what was your reaction and what was the first thing you learned about it?
I heard about it first time from the anime Voltes V (since you're a Pinoy, you should know it^^ It was also popular in Indonesia) Reaction? "Coooolll!!! I wanna learn that language!!!" (so I did, after convincing my parents that my English is fluent enough, and able to move on to learning another language)
We also learned about Japanese occupation of Indonesia in WWII at primary school. I also learned that my great grandpa got tortured to death by Japanese soldiers because they thought he was an American spy. But I noticed that of all the SE Asian countries, Thailand was left untouched. So I'm convinced that we got occupied by the Japanese because we were occupied by the Allies before that (Indonesia was occupied by the Dutch for 350 years until the Japanese kicked them out). Strategically, it makes sense to pound Allies occupied territories in the region and occupy them in place of the Allies. Yes, they lied to us about freedom, etc. etc. but what are we going to do? Invade Japan and rape their schoolgirls? I'm more inclined to invade Holland, thanks. MUAHAAHHAHAHAA!!!
これガイシュツ? Internet Providers Block Partner Swapping Sites The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) is blocking access to swingers' or partner-swapping websites after police busted a local swingers community earlier this week. The MIC asked 12 local high-speed Internet providers to block access to recently opened overseas-based swingers' sites. Nine of the providers including KT and Hanaro have already blocked the sites, while the other three plan to follow suit. The MIC said it was stepping up Internet surveillance to block information harmful to youth like obscene websites. A ministry spokesman said regardless of whether swinging was illegal or not, such sites could have a negative influence on children. Police said Tuesday there was no law against consensual partner swapping . ttp://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200503/200503240017.html
With this having been said, it is shocking to find so many people engage in wife swapping and that some of them have the audacity to run their own Internet site and go so far as to show indecent sexual acts to its members, if not to the general public.
ある国外のサイトでの「美人生産国はどこ?」のアンケート結果。日本人もコレアンも いなさそうなサイトだけど、日本の票が多いのはちょと不思議。 ------------------------------------------- USA 103 venezuela 77 Japan 75 Brazil 69 Canada 33 Sweden 32 Czech Republic 26 All the countries of Europe 24 UK 20 India 20 Spain 18 Philippines 16 France 15 Thailand 13 Netherlands 11 Alabama 8 Colombia 8 australia 8 Russia 8 China 7 puerto rico 7 Trinidad&Tobago 6 Wales 4 Kenya 3 South Korea 3 Costa Rica 3 Norway 3 Samoa 1 Alaska 1
http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=22068 My perplexity increased when we were talking about hometowns. "Where is your hometown?" a middle-aged man asked me. I replied, "I was born and raised in Incheon. Where is yours?" He responded: "I was born in Japan, but my hometown is Chinju. Have you been to Chinju? I haven't." Doesn't hometown mean a place where one is born and raised? How can he not have been there before? It turns out that Chinju is a South Korean city where his father was born. His
His father was brought to Japan during the Japanese colonial period (1910-1945). When Korea was divided after its liberation from Japan, he "remained" in Japan and chose North Korean nationality because of hope for the communist country. He knew that he could not return to his hometown as long as he called North Korea his "homeland," but he never thought that Korea would be divided for such a long time, even after his death. He passed down his idea of "hometown" to his children and grandchildren, along with hope for Korea's reunification and a strong belief in the political system of North Korea.
http://discuss.agonist.org/yabbse/index.php?board=6;action=display;threadid=20905 The World Health Organization's (WHO) influenza branch responded later in December, convening a teleconferenced meeting of flu experts to analyze the GenBank information and exchanging a flurry of e-mails. They concluded somebody had made a lab error. On January 27, the South Korean government confirmed a laboratory error had been made and promised to send samples of the six viruses to WHO's Hong Kong collaborative lab. But at press time the South Koreans had not sent the promised samples.
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/02220502/Spontaneous_Generation_WSN33.html The mysterious origin of the WSN/33 swine sequences at GenBank remains unsolved. If the sequences are real, and no credible evidence has been presented to show that they are not, then at a minimum there was a major laboratory lapse that allowed a dangerous human virus to escape and infect swine in conjunction with avian flu viruses. As Julie Gerberding said today, people, pigs, and poultry are a dangerous combination when it comes to avian flu. That defines the unresolved situation in Korea. It is hard to imagine someone suggesting the sequences at GenBank are a wrong computer file simply looking at the sequences alone would have eliminated the "wrong file" nonsense. The issue of contamination is always a difficult one. However, in this case it seems unlikely. The lab says it does not have WSN/33 in the lab or in the facility. Moreover, the viruses were not isolated in cell cultures, but were isolated in chicken eggs. Thus, it is hard to see how so many different WSN/33 sequences could have gotten into all six isolates in a non-random manner. However, the above difficulties did not prevent South Korea from telling WHO that the sequences were a lab error, using yet another human virus as evidence. It is extremely difficult to even come up with an improbable scenario to implicate a different human sequence. The data at GenBank are public, and the sequences do not have this other human sequence. Moreover, no one has been able to confirm these other sequences because the material has not been released. Even if confirmed, there would still be the questions of where did 30 different WSN/33 sequences originate, and how did they get deposited at GenBank as sequences from six swine?
'Sea of Japan' Is the Right Term Friday, March 25, 2005; Page A18
A map included with the March 17 news story "Islands Come Between South Korea and Japan" used the terms "East Sea" and "Dokdo."
Regarding the term "East Sea": Japan believes it is essential to refer to this body of water as the "Sea of Japan," a name used widely by the global community since the early 19th century. Although South Korea asserts that the name "Sea of Japan" came into general use as a consequence of Japan's colonial past, the name was common long before colonization in the 20th century. Therefore, Korea's attempt to change the name to "East Sea" is without merit.
Further, in March 2004 the United Nations confirmed that "Sea of Japan" is the standard term for that body of water and declared that dual designation breaches the prevailing practice of the single use of "Sea of Japan" and infringes upon the neutrality of the United Nations.
Regarding the term "Dokdo" appearing on the same map: These islands are an integral part of Japan, and thus they should be referred to as "Takeshima."
Islands Come Between South Korea and Japan Ordinance Intensifies Diplomatic Dispute
By Anthony Faiola Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday, March 17, 2005; Page A19
SEOUL, March 16 -- South Korean officials denounced an ordinance passed Wednesday by a Japanese local council that reinforces Japan's claim to a disputed island chain between the two countries. The new law, and South Korea's reaction, escalated a quarrel that analysts say could damage their diplomatic ties.
The bill was approved by Japan's Shimane prefecture assembly as hundreds of nationalists sporting paramilitary gear urged the council on. The measure established an annual Takeshima Day, which highlights Japan's claim to the uninhabited volcanic outcroppings. The islands are known as Takeshima in Japanese and as Dokdo in Korean.
South Koreans guard the disputed islands, known as Takeshima in Japanese and as Dokdo in Korean. The uninhabited chain is coveted for fishing rights. (Chosun Ilbo -- Reuters)
Debate on the measure has sparked more than a week of violent anti-Japanese protests in South Korea, which lodged an official complaint with Japan over the law. Lee Kyu Hyung, a spokesman for South Korea's Foreign Ministry, called the law an "impure intention to impair our sovereignty" and vowed that Japan would be held "fully responsible for any incident that may occur" as a result of its passage.
Last week, South Korea canceled a visit to Tokyo by Foreign Minister Ban Ki Moon after Japanese officials said the issue was a local matter in which the national government could not interfere. On Wednesday, Japan's prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, called for calm. "Both sides need to deal with this in a levelheaded manner with the basic tone of friendship between Japan and South Korea, not swayed too much by the recent emotional conflict," he said in Tokyo.
South Korea announced a series of "counter-measures" aimed at Japan, including allowing citizens to make regular visits to the islands, something largely forbidden in the past. A Seoul city assemblyman visiting the Shimane prefecture assembly hall Wednesday was seized by Japanese police after he appeared to make preparations to cut his finger with a knife in order to write a statement in blood.
South Korea's National Security Council was also set to release a new policy statement on Thursday "redefining" relations with Japan, a country that has had a poor image here since its occupation of the Korea Peninsula from 1910 to 1945. The island issue has vanquished goodwill between the two countries, which had earlier proclaimed 2005 their year of "mutual friendship."
The islands are located in the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, about 100 miles northwest of Japan's Oki Island and 46 miles from South Korea's nearest island. Occupied by South Korea in the 1950s, the islands are coveted largely for their fishing rights. The Japanese have called the occupation illegal.
Japan first claimed the islands 100 years ago as part of Shimane prefecture. The Japanese government notes that Korea at the time did not protest the claim. South Korean officials have said authorities were not in a position to do so given that the claim came during a Japanese military buildup that ultimately lead to the invasion and occupation of the Korean Peninsula.
Japan's ambassador to South Korea, Toshiyuki Takano, ignited a controversy on March 1 when he reiterated Japan's claim to the islands. He returned to Tokyo this week for consultations
Korea, Japan Take Spat to Washington On Friday, Agawa Naoyuki, the Japanese Embassy in Washington's public affairs officer, wrote to the Washington Post claiming the proper name of the East Sea was the “Sea of Japan” and the Dokdo Islets should be referred to as “Takeshima” since they were part of Japan Korea’s Ambassador to the U.S. Hong Seok-hyun plans to meet with the paper’s editor-in-chief on Sunday to explain Korea’s position. Korea will also write to the paper's letters pages to counter the Japanese claim. http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200503/200503270013.html
but I have yet to bitch about hating Islamic Muslim or Korean whores. Let's start with Islamic. Look you sons of bitches, you are fucking sick and I hate you. I hope Iraq burns straight into hell. I don't care if the US kills innocent civilians because anyone of the can go on their crazy little "jihad" at anytime. When I get out of college, I have already decided that I will join the Air Force, fly bombing planes, and bomb the hell out of anyone without remorse. I'll fucking bomb Canada for free. I mean seriously, what the fuck is up with the Islamic language? When I hear it, I can translate it easily. Usually, it's some Islamic fuckface saying "I hate America because my life sucks and I live off a diet of sand and camel shit. I wish I was an American because then I could be better then everyone. I'm so jealous I might go on a JIHAD!" FUCK YOU SAND NIGGER. Next, I'll travel the world and pay a visit to Koreans. Shut up you stupid short fuckers. Go ahead and get nuclear technology. You'll never get the chance to do anything with it anyway. Why you ask? BECAUSE YOU FUCKING SUCK. I'll drop the god damn nuclear bomb on your ass myself...just give me a few years. Every Koreans name sounds like something you would eat. Sun Yung Tang, San jing ding, PUSSY. See? All of them are the same. I hate all these non Americans. Canadians, Mexicans, Africans, Islamics, Koreans, Jews, Indians, and French are all in my "you should DIE" file. I hope I have pissed you off, especially if you're a hippy.
Hey all of Korea Republic People n all of FIFA Crew... You`re Fuck...Just Fuck. This Is The True Sport...Dont Bring Your Fucking Froud Here...!! Maybe You Can Pay FIFA's Referee Like Your President's Son Have a Bad Characters!!! But You Can Make Blind all of The World About Your Froud That Give Me a Reason To Say..."Fuck Korea Republic" You Make a Very Very Bad History In Foot Ball In The World In Indonesian Language It Mean "Korea Selatan Bajingan" ....!!!! I Want All of The World Know Your Badness Your Froud and Your Fuck Italia and Spain Lose But They Lose Not Because Your Skill. They Lose Because Your Froud You Can Follow Japan They Not Froud Like You Mother Fucker
Authorities said it was possible the victims had been locked in the four-storey building. Another fire in September 2000 in southern South Korea killed five prostitutes who had been locked in a brothel room.
Wired Citizens Wage ‘War’ in Korean-Japanese Territorial Dispute Mar 27, 2005
News web sites in both Korea and Japan were bombarded with public comments, including hate-mongering, opening the never-healed wound of Japan's colonization of Korea during World War II. Sensitivities have persisted in the wake of Japan's refusal to apologize for its role in enslaving women for sex and other Koreans for work gangs during the war.
Chinese and South Korean Netizens Unite SAN FRANCISCO | Chinese and South Korean netizens, as those who surf the Internet are dubbed in Asia, are uniting on the web to campaign against Japan's bid for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.
South Korea Considers Pay-Per-Usage For Broadband Connection
Japanese prime ministers have, of course, expressed profound regret before. In 1995, then-Prime Minister Murayama used the August 15 date to provide one of the clearest, most direct apologies to Japan's neighbors. More recently, then-Prime Minister Obuchi even put it in writing, at least to South Korea, during his 1998/1999 exchange of summits with ROK President Kim Dae-jung, in return for a commitment from Seoul to put the past behind them http://www.csis.org/pacfor/pac0132B.htm
Late last week, a Japanese Internet user posted a parody photo on a web site that promotes cultural exchange between Japan and Korea, Enjoy.com (enjoyjapan.naver.com).
抗議しろ、中韓の洗脳教育はスルーして、日本だけが悪いみたいに書いてるぞ。 To contact the writer of this column: William Pesek Jr. reachable through the Tokyo newsroom at [email protected]
To contact the editor responsible for this column: Bill Ahearn at [email protected].
William Pesek Jr. is a columnist for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are his own.
Rocks Roil Waves for Korea, Japan Economies: William Pesek Jr. March 28 (Bloomberg) http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000039&refer=columnist_pesek&sid=aYvbzixyvlJ4 Koizumi's visits to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine -- which honors several class-A war criminals -- and textbooks that whitewash history only perpetuate antipathy and mistrust. That Japan's leader can't even set foot in China, Asia's most vibrant economy and the key to Japan's economic future, hurts regional cooperation.
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200503/kt2005032817463712020.htm Korea University’s student council on Monday released a list of the school’s 10 former professors who it said were pro-Japanese collaborators during the 1910-1945 colonial period. The professors include Kim Seong-soo, university founder, Ko Won-hun, Son U-sun, Shin Sok-ho, Yu Chin-oh, Lee Kak-jong, Lee Byong-do, Chang Dok-su, Cho Yong-man and Choi Chae-so. All of them are scholars and writers who have often been regarded as pro-Japanese collaborators by nationalism history academia. All of the 10 former professors have passed away. The university council will hold a meeting to set up its future projects, such as removing the statue of Kim Seong-soo, who it says supported Japan’s mobilization of the Korean people as its soldiers and encouraged them to join Japan’s war. It also plans to cooperate with other universities to organize joint committees to root out pro-Japanese collaborationism in the academic field.
"This black woman thinks rather a lot of herself."
"She's so ugly she's losing face. Even a dog would be put off its dinner while she's being fed."
The 5000 years of civilisation on which the Chinese pride themselves were not so evident this week in the comments on Condoleezza Rice's visit to Beijing posted on the internet site "New Tide Net".
As monitored by the media analyst Liu Xiaobo, the overall tone of the 800 postings was hostile and about 10 per cent were racist, sexist or both, reflecting what Mr Liu calls a pervasive phobia here about dark-skinned races.
Similar undercurrents well up in neighbouring South Korea and Japan, which Dr Rice also visited on her introductory Asian tour as Washington's foreign minister.
Korean Textbooks Distort Dokdo History: Yomiuri TOKYO -- Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun said Monday Korean middle school history textbooks distorted the truth about the Dokdo islets. In a commentary in its morning edition entitled "Historical Background to the Frictions", the paper said, "Korean state-sanctioned history books claim that Japan took the Dokdo Islets by force during the Russo-Japanese War, but Japan never exercised force in the matter, nor were there protests from Korea." http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200503/200503280023.html
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>>634 起源はコロンビア大在学チョンじゃないの? 起源はネチネチ粘着するチョンのネットユーザーから来た。 マジレスをすると死語で、現在では発展途上国の中韓でしか使うやつが居ない。 The term has been used most frequently recently in Korea and China where there are vigorous netizens movements. The election of President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea in 2002 is widely attributed to the support for him among South Korean netizens. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netizen
Noh Kyung-sun is one of South Korea's leading child psychologists.
NOH KYUNG-SUN: It's pure and simple ignorance. A lot of Korean kids, a lot of Japanese kids born in the United States are growing up there, not having any problem with English pronunciation. It has nothing to do with the tongue.
MARK SIMKIN: The tongue surgery reflects South Korea's obsession with learning English.
You can also listen to the story in REAL AUDIO and WINDOWS MEDIA formats.
Noh Kyung-sunは、結構まともな英語話す。 LEE HYUN CHONGは、諸朝鮮訛り英語。
ヒュンダイグループ、北朝鮮の核兵器開発を支援 http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200503/200503240018.html Hyundai Helped Fund N.K. Uranium Program: Expert Larry A. Niksch of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), who regularly publishes reports on North Korea and the Korea-U.S. relationship, said in his Feb. 22 report Hyundai funds went into accelerating North Korea's secret HEU development program.
インディアナ州の田舎新聞だけど、読売GJ! http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/editorial/11257084.htm The Japanese government should quickly try to fathom the real motives behind South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun's recently stepped-up criticism of Japan. Roh's Uri Party emerged victorious in South Korea's general elections in April last year, securing a two-seat majority in the National Assembly. But recent public approval ratings of Roh's government have been as low as 30 percent. The public approval rating of the Roh administration jumped to more than 40 percent in the wake of his criticism of Japan, according to Thursday's issue of The Dong-A Ilbo, a major South Korean newspaper. Roh's close aides in the Blue House, the presidential palace, and the ruling party belong to the so-called anti-Japanese generation that grew up in the period during which anti-Japanese sentiment was high in South Korea. In addition to domestic factors, the South Korean government has been in turmoil over its international policies. Roh took the helm of the government in 2003, declaring he would not hesitate to say no the United States, which has been Seoul's ally since the end of World War II. But he had no choice but to dispatch South Korean troops to Iraq despite vehement opposition from the South Korean public. As for his stance toward North Korea, Roh, an advocate of the so-called sunshine policy of engagement with the North, has long been at odds with the hard-liners in the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush, and the gap between them is only growing deeper. Japan should be aware of the possibility of South Korea building ties with China, at the expense of the present triangular alliance involving Japan, South Korea and the United States.
何所へ行っても同じ言い訳をするのが不法滞在チョン http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050326/NEWS08/503260322/-1/NEWS Article published Saturday, March 26, 2005 Deportation sought for couple in West Toledo U.S. says pair here illegally since 1996 In the predawn semidarkness of a small West Toledo apartment, Dae and Yung Jung stumbled toward the thumping at their front door. Seconds later, officers in dark jackets emblazoned with Homeland Security crammed into the couple's living room demanding passports and drivers' licenses. Mrs. Jung was escorted to jail. Upstairs, the couple's son, Andrew, hid, stunned and baffled. According to the government, Dae Jung and his wife have been living in the United States illegally since 1996. The Seoul area was congested and busy and noisy. Young Andrew could not communicate well with other Korean children. ザパニーズ he began working at Kotobuki restaurant, becoming a sushi chef. The restaurant asked the U.S. Department of Labor for permission to hire Mr. Jung. On Aug. 14, 2000, he was issued a certificate allowing him to work - a sort of first step toward a green card Dennis Chung, owner of Kotubuki, said he has entrusted Mr. Jung to operate the sushi bar, by himself, at the downtown Navy Bistro's wine bar. http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/news/0327_deportation.html Yung Jung, the mother of 14-year-old Andrew Jung, was taken away by immigration and naturalization services last month. Andrew was born here. His mother was not.
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/03/24/200503240007.asp When the obstetrician hinted to Oh Min-jung that her expected first-born would be a boy, the first thing she did was to head straight to a specialized travel agent to make arrangements for a "birth tour" to the United States. after paying a handsome fee, the agency made all the "tour" arrangements and three weeks later she hopped on a flight for Los Angeles - to deliver her unborn boy away from Korea's mandatory military service and fiercely competitive school system. In a system where draft-dodgers are punished by criminal law, those who can avoid it are condemned and envied at the same time. In recent years, the trend of traveling great distances, often to unfamiliar lands, has caught on like wildfire among Korea's pregnant moms. So much so that Koreans even coined the phrase "wonjeong chulsan," or "childbirth expedition." while opening up a vast new market where skyrocketing demands of education-zealous parents are being met by heated competition among travel agencies specializing "birth-tour packages" to western countries that offer citizenship to any child born on their soil. The United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are among the most favored countries by pregnant women who believe that acquiring citizenship there for their child will guarantee entry into a prestigious university, exemption from military service, and a shot at a better life. There are no official statistics on how many Korean babies are born overseas on a "childbirth expedition." But rough estimates by industry insiders over the past few years show their numbers are on a steady climb by the thousands. According to a leading travel agency, some 3,000 maternity trips were estimated in 2001, 5,000 in 2002, 7,000 in 2003, and peaked to nearly 10,000 last year.
http://www.asianpacificpost.com/news/article/353.html Mar 22, 2005 Canadian English teachers are among the main targets after a TV show painted a picture of foreigners in South Korea as an assortment of high-school dropouts, losers, drug peddlers and pedophiles. A homegrown campaign urging foreigners to leave South Korea has prompted warnings for western visitors to stay away from certain parts of Seoul. The Seoul Times reported that demonstrations against foreigners are planned and an online petition to keep foreigners out of South Korea has already received thousands of signatures. →The US embassy, the paper said, has warned American citizens to stay away from certain parts of Seoul. →The Canadian Embassy in Seoul on its website said that it is concerned at the rate of sexual assault against foreigners. “The use of public transport after dark may be safer than using taxis when travelling alone,“ it states. The Yonhap News Agency said that TV station SBS recently aired a program painting a picture of foreign teachers in South Korea as an assortment of high-school dropouts, losers, drug peddlers and pedophiles. The BBC car show Top Gear received criticism from Korean manufacturing groups after lampooning Korean cars as “fridge like“ in their design. The popular US TV show Lost was also heavily criticized after it was accused of perpetrating negative stereotypes of Korean men. Even Oprah Winfrey couldn‘t escape criticism after she accused Korean women of being obsessed with plastic surgery. 色々書くチャンス Post Your Comment Here. How about Korean students in Vancouver? They took over West End in Vancouver, Robson street is full with cheap Korean restaurants, buildings Downtown with noisy, drunk Korean students....I think Canadians are being more civilized in Korea than Koreans in Vancouver, Canada.
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Japantoday runs a sex forum were underage girls are posed in sexual positions. There are threads asking for Japanese school girl pictures, http://forum.japantoday.com/looking_for_japanese_schoolgirl_pics/m_141043/tm.htm And a former moderator posts pictures of naked very young underage girls. There is also a post in the news section that has a picture of a 12 year old chinese girl urinating on a Japanese flag. I find this type of material to be very lewd and in very bad taste. It boarders on child porn, if it's not child porn itself. This site should be reported to the authorities.
Japanese citizens today should not be blamed for what their country did in World War II to China."
Los Angeles Times Aug 6, 2004
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard H. Baker said Baker said he told the Chinese official: "Well look, the United States and Japan really had a first-class war there for a while, and we've gotten over it and we're best friends and allies." He added, "It's time for you to get over it." The Chinese official "didn't like that a bit," said the American ambassador.
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http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.dor?STORY_NAME=soccer/05/03/30/SOCCER_North_Korea.html FIFA are awaiting referee Mohammed Kousa's report before launching an investigation after he and two assistants were forced to seek refuge from angry North Korean fans following a World Cup qualifier against Iran. Kousa and his fellow match officials had to stay on the pitch for 20 minutes at the end of the match after missiles including seats and bottles were hurled towards them from the stands. It took soldiers and police to calm the supporters once it became apparent there was a serious problem following the final whistle. Their regulations demand that stadia are equipped to guarantee the safety of match officials, and the Kim Il-sung stadium may now face added checks. FIFA have yet to receive Kousa's written report, but they are likely to take a dim view of events.
>>684 Several said North Korea had stepped up its illicit trafficking and counterfeiting to help make up for lost missile sales and a crackdown on cash transfers from North Koreans living in Japan, some of which are illegal.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/US-on-N-Korean-money-trail-in-bid-to-kill-nuclear-program/2005/02/14/1108229934478.html?oneclick=true US on North Korean money trail in bid to kill nuclear program February 15, 2005 the US began developing new strategies to choke off its few remaining sources of income, based on techniques used against al-Qaeda, intelligence officials and policy makers involved in the planning say. Washington's tactics are contained in a classified "tool kit" of techniques to pressure North Korea that has been refined in recent weeks by the US National Security Council.
The new strategies are aimed at intensifying efforts to track and freeze financial transactions that officials say enable the Government of Kim Jong-il to profit from counterfeiting, drug trafficking and the sale of missile and other weapons technology. In interviews over the past three weeks, Administration officials denied the effort was part of an unstated initiative to topple Mr Kim.
the presence of Korea, the supposed hub of the Northeast Asian era, is nowhere to be found. Korea was also missing in the list of projected top 10 largest economies in 2050 by Goldman Sachs'global research center in its October report. http://www.iht.com/getina/files/221092.html
チョンは一生治らない! 馬鹿チョン、ソウル・オリンピックでのRoy Jones Jr事件に懲りて無いんだろね? http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA040105.12C.BOXzurita.19350f333.html Web Posted: 04/01/2005 San Antonio flyweight Maribel Zurita lost her IFBA world flyweight title to Shin Hee Choi of South Korea on Wednesday in China in a match clouded by controversy. Referee Byungk Kim stopped the bout at the Sunrise International Ballroom in Shenyang in the eighth round after ruling that a cut over Choi's eye was caused by an unintentional head butt. Going to the scorecards for the decision, the two South Korean judges scored the bout 68-65 for Choi. IFBA officials said they would review a tape of the fight and issue a ruling.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/3939219.stm The track record on Olympic corruption ROY JONES Bribery was not limited to the bidding process for Olympic cities. At the 1988 Games in Seoul, American Roy Jones Jr came up against South Korean Park Si-hun in the fight to decide the welterweight gold medal. Jones dominated the fight, landing more than two punches for every one he took, and was almost universally declared to be the clear winner. But the judges ruled differently, giving gold to the Korean to the astonishment of neutral observers ringside. a Korean millionaire bribed senior boxing federation officials to rig fights in favour of Koreans. Morocco's Hiouad Larbi, a judge in the Jones fight, admitted to newspaper reporters that he had falsified his scorecard.
http://www.aroundtherings.com/article.php?pid=1315 Korea Launches 2014 Winter Olympics Bid Posted: Thursday, March 31, 2005 The head of South Korea’s bid for the 2014 Olympics tells Around the Rings “confidence is high” as he prepares for a rematch with another contender for 2010, Salzburg, Austria. Gangwon Province Governor Kim Jin Sun says “we’ve made a lot of progress.” South Korea officially launched launches its latest bid for the Winter Olympics with the first board of directors meeting for PyeongChang 2014. The 91-member board met Thursday at the Olympic Park Hotel in Seoul
Japan's Invisible Minority: Better Off Than in Past, but Still Outcasts
By Nicholas D. Kristof New York Times November 30, 1995 KYOTO, Japan - A 23-year-old woman had just given birth to her first baby when she learned something devastating about her husband. He was secretly a burakumin, a descendant of outcasts. So the woman refused to touch her own baby. She returned to her parents' house and abandoned her husband and child forever. That was a generation ago, in Nagano Prefecture in central Japan, and the incident underscores a legacy of discrimination in Japan that has parallels in the United States. Even today, there is no better way for young Japanese to give their parents heart palpitations than by suggesting a marriage to a burakumin, and most burakumin still live in segregated neighborhoods riven by crime, alcoholism and unemployment. Yet Japan is also remarkable for the progress it has made. Today almost two-thirds of burakumin (pronounced boo-RAH-koo-min) say in opinion polls that they have never encountered discrimination. About 73 percent now marry non-burakumin, and most dismiss the possibility that the Japanese police might treat burakumin unfairly.
The E-word -- Eta, or "much filth," the traditional word for burakumin -- has been banished from discourse, so that virtually no Japanese ever uses it. "I haven't ever encountered discrimination myself," said Masuharu Okuda, a prosperous 53-year-old who was standing outside his dry-cleaning shop in a burakumin neighborhood in Kyoto. Mr. Okuda proudly pointed to his daughter-in-law, a woman in her 20's who was busy ironing shirts in the shop. "My son married a girl from outside the neighborhood, and she moved in here with us," he said. "There've been no problems." Yet Japan has not overcome its divide. For if the three million burakumin, amounting to a bit more than 2 percent of the population, are now rarely burdened by overt discrimination, they face the same problems as some minority groups in America: disproportionate poverty, high crime rates, low education levels, many single mothers,dependency on welfare benefits and resentment from a public that believes they are getting special help.
The issues are those that Americans associate with race; in Japan the burakumin are not a different race at all. They are an occupational minority group rather than a racial one. Indistinguishable in appearance from other Japanese, they were discriminated against simply because they were the descendants of people whose jobs were considered ritually unclean, like butchering animals, tanning skins, making leather goods, digging graves and handling corpses.
A related group of outcasts, also ancestors of some of today's burakumin, were hinin, or nonpersons. They were given tasks like torturing suspects, crucifying Christians and sawing off the heads of criminals for public display.
Outcasts were legally barred from marrying outside their group or from living outside their slums. These slums were called buraku, or hamlets, and that remains the term for a burakumin neighborhood. In Japan, the outcasts were formally emancipated in 1871, but for decades after that they were effectively barred from ordinary jobs or any life outside the slums. Some Japanese shopkeepers so loathed the burakumin that they would wash their coins upon being paid. Such behavior has vanished, but contempt still survives in some households. A university-educated housewife in Tokyo was scandalized when asked if she would allow her daughter to marry a burakumin. "Never, never, never!" she said. "Even if she wanted, I could not allow it. They're dirty. And they're not really Japanese."
Yet attitudes are changing in most families. A housewife in Mie Prefecture noted that the best friend of her teen-age son is a burakumin, and she said this had been a problem until the death of her mother-in-law a couple of years ago. "My mother-in-law was a very good woman, but she had a terrible prejudice," she said. "So I could never tell her where my son's friend lived, even though he visited us all the time. She would have been furious. She would have said things like, 'He can't be allowed in the house! He can't touch the plates we use!' "
Now the boy eats with the family often, and the mother says she does not know if her son even realizes that his friend is a burakumin.
Social workers say crime is a disproportionate problem among young burakumin, but the issue is so sensitive that no Japanese scholars have conducted research on it. One rare statistical study, conducted by Americans in the 1960's, found that burakumin youths were three times as likely as non-buraku youths to be arrested for crimes. One explanation is that young burakumin sometimes feel that they are outside the umbrella of middle-class society. Denied the benefits by society, they also spurn the responsibilities. Another explanation, aside from high rates of poverty and unemployment, has to do with one of Japan's open secrets: burakumin and ethnic Koreans dominate the organized crime gangs known as the yakuza. More than three-quarters of the members of the Yamaguchi Gumi, Japan's biggest underworld organization, are said to be burakumin or ethnic Koreans. In the buraku of Kobe, the nicest houses -- gaudy American-style homes with wide porches and Mercedes- Benzes in the driveway -- belong to yakuza bosses. As a result, the "success stories" whom children in the buraku see as they grow up are often mobsters. To be sure, there have been many brilliant buraku youngsters who have grown up to be doctors, lawyers, athletes and politicians. But they melt away into the overall society, keeping their background quiet, and so they do not serve as role models. One of Japan's best-known politicians is secretly a burakumin, according to several buraku social workers. This politician, who has held major Cabinet posts, was horrified when a reporter called his office to ask for an interview on the subject. By all accounts, the buraku connection could still hurt him at the polls, and so he refused to go public. Partly because burakumin are so invisible, and because mobility is breaking down the barriers that used to keep them apart, many Japanese believe that burakumin will become assimilated over the coming decades.
例の阿川氏のワシントンポスト紙への投稿に対抗するチョン広告がワシントンポストにウップされました。 特に日本海の件については説得力0で火病が一般読者へも伝わるかと? Letters to the Editorセクションなので、反レスを送る事が充分に可能です。 How do I submit a letter to the editor? You can e-mail your Letters to the Editor to [email protected]. Please do not send attachments; they will not be read. ttp://washingtonpost.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/washingtonpost.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1&p_created= 1067279449&p_sid=dGBOtWBh&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD0xMTMmcF9wcm9kcz0mcF9jYXRzPSZwX3B2PSZwX2N2PSZwX3BhZ2U9MQ**&p_li=&p_topview=1 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20076-2005Apr1.html Korea's Islands, Not Japan's Saturday, April 2, 2005; Page A20 In his March 25 letter, Naoyuki Agawa of the Embassy of Japan claimed that Dokdo belongs to Japan. Historically and legally, Dokdo is part of the Republic of Korea. Korea has exercised jurisdiction over Dokdo since the sixth century. However, the islands unilaterally were incorporated into Japan in 1905 with the purpose of supporting Japan's military campaign during the Russo-Japanese War. Dokdo was the first parcel of Korea's sovereign territory that Japan seized in the course of its colonization of the Korean peninsula. After having been under Japanese colonial rule for nearly four decades, Dokdo was reinstated as Korea's territory when Korea was liberated from Japan in 1945. Further, it was only in the wake of the Russo-Japanese War that the term "Sea of Japan" gained increased usage to designate the body of water legitimately known as the "East Sea." For obvious reasons, this historically tenuous appellation had been disseminated by the Japanese during their colonial rule of the Korean peninsula. SOO-DONG O Minister for Public Affairs Embassy of the Republic of Korea
阿川さん竹島に関してはこの2行だけなんだよね。 ちと弱いかな。 Regarding the term "Dokdo" appearing on the same map: These islands are an integral part of Japan, and thus they should be referred to as "Takeshima."
>>743 どうも阿川さんは、3月17日のWPの "Islands Come Between South Korea and Japan"という記事の中に、east sea と dokdoが使われているのを 見て、とりあえず反論訂正の手紙を送っただけに見える。そしたらチョソ国が 思ったより怒っちゃったんでは。 でもこうなったら、アメ人の目のあるところで徹底的に論争して欲しいですね。
Dont Visit this place!!!!!!! by: Asher13 (34/M/Korea) 11/25/00 07:25 am Msg: 1 of 9 The people here do not like outsiders and everyone who is not a Korean is an outsider. They do not want to really get to know you they just want to get their hands in your pockets. No Korean father will ever consider allowing their daughter to be seen in public with an outsider as the girl would be looked at by the whole community as less than pure from that point on. Extreme fear of anything from the outside. Trash is everywhere and the expats and locals do not mix at all except at the office. Take a look at the Yahoo club "I hate living in Korea" for more info. The museums here are similar to Nazi Germany in that they claim that "Koreans are a superior race".
A highly nationalistic and unscholarly site which is a very good illustration of the popular trend in Korea to attempt to associate early Korean history with the romantic figures of Chinggis Khan's nomadic Mongols. This site rants on about the "noble" qualities o f the nomadic archetype, and how these are responsible for making Koreans the clearly superior "race" that they are today. Perhaps of some minor use in the study of this type of ultra-nationalistic propaganda, and Korean popular attitudes towards their own history only. In Korean only. http://www.library.utoronto.ca/east/korean_history.htm
As a Korean-American high school student, I recall the anger of a close friend as he accused me of being a traitor. My crime had been the refusal to support his idea that Korea was the best country in the world and that Koreans were of a superior race and culture. This incident made me wonder what qualifications a person would need to be a "true" Korean as my friend professed himself to be. If I gave up burgers and pizzas and ate only rice and kim chee, would I be a true Korean? If I believed with all my heart that Korea was the best country in the world and forced others to believe it too, would that make me a true Korean? If I held a piece of legal document declaring me a citizen, did that make me a true Korean? I never reached a conclusion in my teenage years but the questions regarding culture and nationalism have been with me ever since. In this paper, I will discuss these ideas by exploring the concept of culture, the concept of a nation, and the tension that exists in Korea between the indigenous and the foreign.
I think koreans as a whole are least likely to sell out. Koreans are the most confident, self-assured, ass kicking ethnic group of all asians. If it weren't for koreans standing up for themselves and being aggressive & passionate about what they do, Asians would be seen as bunch of f****in weaklings that you are,i.e. chinese,japanese, etc,,,, Korean Fem in Dixie
in response to : Korean Fem in Dixie, I think you need to shut the f*** up because you have no idea what you are talking about. I know plenty of Koreans who don't stand up for themselves... it's all a matter of the individual and how they were brought up. So I suggest that you think before you voice your retarded, bulls*** opinions. Chinese Fem in NY
To "A Proud Korean Guy" When I was little, my parents always tell me that hey disliked Koreans-especially Korean men. I asked them why they are against Koreans and they told me that they are crude, impolite, rude, and have bad additudes. At first I thought my parents were being racists, but later it turned out my parents were correct. I went to a high school full of Koreans. And I must they you that they were the biggest assholes you'll ever meet in your life. Not only they were all gangsters, thugs, and snobs, but they were rude, disgusting, and downright racists. They have this "Korean Pride" thing and they think that they are the most superior race on Earth. And because of their arrogant and nasty attitudes, many whites in my school began to resent Asians, regardless if they were non-Koreans. This just caused many racial problems in my school. I'm not saying that all Koreans are bad, I've met some that are really nice, but many are bad-tempered and snobs. Why are they like that? I really don't know. Maybe that's why Imperial Japan hated Koreans because they're snobs and so they tried to destroy their culture and make them Japanese.
http://goldsea.com/Poll/Acceptance/acceptance_0309.html Chi-Fem, Koreans probably seem more confident because we are a very proud people, almost to the point of arrogance. Thanks to our deeply-entrenched beliefs, however nationalistic they may be, we believe in our abilities and take charge. You could even say we are confident and aggressive to the point of foolhardiness. I'm not afraid of most guys, even if they are bigger or better than I am at certain things. This includes work and sports. I have this stubborn belief that I will always come out on top. Call it arrogance, but I don't care; an aggressive, positive attitude helps you come out on top most of the time, even over people who are actually better than you.
I think this nationalistic arrogance also has a correlation with the low proportion of white-washed Koreans. I know many more Chinese people that are SEVERELY whitewashed, probably due to low self-esteem. Koreans generally have pretty high self-esteem, thanks to their arrogant pride.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/yearinreview/2003/sports/where/3.html Monday, December 29, 2003 Apolo Anton Ohno Death threat He drew his biggest headlines this season for a race in which he chose not to compete - a long-anticipated World Cup match in South Korea. Ohno and his U.S. teammates opted out of the match in Dechoun after a handful of Korean yahoos threatened his life on a Web site
Korea-Japan Battle Continues in WaPo Letters Pages The Korean Embassy in Washington has rebuffed claims by a public affairs officer of the Japanese Embassy there that the Dokdo Islets are Japanese territory. In a letter published in the Washington Post in reply to a letter by the Japanese Embassy in the same paper, the embassy said, “Korea has exercised jurisdiction over Dokdo since the sixth century. However, the islands unilaterally were incorporated into Japan in 1905 with the purpose of supporting Japan's military campaign during the Russo-Japanese War." The embassy's public relations officer O Soo-dong wrote, "After having been under Japanese colonial rule for nearly four decades, Dokdo was reinstated as Korea's territory when Korea was liberated from Japan in 1945.” He also said the body of water where the rocks are located should be properly called the East Sea. " It was only in the wake of the Russo-Japanese War that the term ‘Sea of Japan’ gained increased usage to designate the body of water legitimately known as the ‘East Sea’,” he said. http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200504/200504030009.html http://japanese.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2005/03/27/20050327000027.html
WIFR CBS News Mar 20, 2005 A hidden phenomenon in Illinois is being exposed in a new way. Sunday, steps are announced to combat human sex and labor trafficking. Just weeks ago federal and local agents shut down seven massage parlors in Rockford that were illegal sex shops. Several undocumented Chinese and Korean women were not allowed to leave the spas. Some of these locked down women became prostitutes. Two men and six women were arrested. It's situations like this that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich wants to stop. The governor has formed the first ever multi-agency task force to inform us about human trafficking and uncover victims.
自分達の事を棚に上げてこんな事言ってます。 Korean exchange students tend to go to countries with serious drug problems, like the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. If they succumb to the lure of drugs there, they are often unable or unwilling to break their habit when they return home.
Argentine Navy corvette ARA Drummond arrested a Korean jigger last March 9 allegedly poaching in Argentina’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), some 350 kilometers (190 nautical miles) east of the Port of San Julián, Santa Cruz province.
Korean flagged Jae Sung was air detected and when approached by ARA Drummond tried to flee. However after a short chase the Korean jigger finally stopped and was inspected by a boarding party which, according to Navy sources, discovered several mismatches between hold contents and documentation, and proceeded to its arrest.
This is the final in a three-part contribution by renowned history professor Shin Yong-ha on 10 reasons why Tokto (Dokdo) belongs to Korea. Shin has published a booklet called “A Story of Dokdo Island, A Korean Territory” to counter Japanese attempts to lay claim to the islets. - ED.
>>805のWSJの記事 元駐日NYTimes記者、現在駐中国NYTimes記者で、 少し前に中国の反日教科書記事や、日本に駐在していた時には反パチンコ記事を書いていた Howard W. French記者のブログページです。 惜しい人を中国に奪われたな、それで代りに大西って最悪。
http://www.howardwfrench.com/archives/2005/04/01/virtual_possibilities_china_and_the_internet_the_genie_is_out_of_the_chinese_bottle/ Virtual Possibilities: China and the Internet: The Genie Is Out of the Chinese Bottle (The Asian Wall Street Journal) April 01, 2005 Much of the anti-Japanese sentiment in China is a product of Communist education that relied on stirring up anti-Japanese sentiment as a way to legitimize the party’s rule. But now the rage has taken on a life of its own. In a further twist, public resentment now even threatens to be aimed at the government — for not being tough enough on the Japanese. This, of course, would be completely missing the point. If Beijing does aspire to finally soothe the public’s anti-Japanese antagonism, then it will require more proactive measures to both educate the people as well as create good will between the two neighbors. Tokyo’s “ignore it and it will go away” attitude toward China’s anti-Japanese sentiment has only exacerbated the problem.
But it bears repeating that Japan’s excesses took place 60 years ago, and since then Japan has been a model citizen to its neighbors and its people. Would that the same could be said for some other Asian nations.
> I'm planning a trip to Korea in late December and wondering if > anyone has visited any massage parlours...etc in Korea... I > need some tips and prices.....
Korea IS a massage parlor. Being a hooker in Korea is referred to as being a "business woman". Not a respected profession, but not disrespected either. You will have an unlimited number of choices, but be forewarned: most of the women their eat a type of salad called "kimchee". The sauce used is garlic based, and somewhat strong for Western palates.
そうそうたる帝国が枕を並べて討ち死に。スゲェ。 Terrible! Such all uncanny countries are defeated because of Korea. 味方に付けると恐ろしいが、敵に回せばこれほど心強い国はない。 Although it is fearful when it becomes an ally, however if it becomes an enemy, there will be no such secure country like this
Vatican Considers Cutting Ties with Taiwan -Bishop
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Vatican is reluctantly ready to cut ties with Taiwan and recognize China if Beijing can guarantee religious freedom, the head of the Hong Kong Roman Catholic diocese said on Tuesday. In comments to Reuters, Bishop Joseph Zen played down reports in Hong Kong media that quoted him as saying that the Holy See was "thinking of giving up" Taiwan. China severed relations with the Holy See in the 1950s after expelling foreign clergy. Believers must attend state-sanctioned churches which pledge loyalty to Beijing instead of the Vatican, though many pray to the Pope in secret. "If the Chinese government is willing to grant real freedom to the church in mainland China, then the Vatican would reluctantly be willing to give up its diplomatic relations with Taiwan," Zen told Reuters on Tuesday. "The unfair thing is, Beijing wants the Vatican to stop its relations with Taiwan first before it will talk with the Vatican." The South China Morning Post quoted Zen as saying after a Mass on Monday in Hong Kong "the Holy See had been thinking of giving up Taiwan." "This is a difficult (decision), but it has decided to do it," he was quoted as saying. Taiwan stands to lose its only diplomatic foothold in Europe should the Vatican sever relations.
China on Sunday expressed its condolences on the death of Pope John Paul and said it hoped to improve relations with his successor but on the condition that the Vatican cut ties with Taiwan, which Beijing regards as a breakaway province.
CHINA WARNS AGAINST INTERFERENCE
An official with China's state church also did not directly comment on the newspaper report but said on Tuesday the Vatican must pledge not to interfere in the country's internal affairs. "It is our long-standing hope to improve and establish ties with the Holy See," Liu Bainian, vice-chairman of the China Patriotic Catholic Association, told Reuters. "But the Holy See must completely sever ties with Taiwan. This is the biggest obstacle to normalization," Liu said by telephone. "And the Holy See must not interfere in China's internal affairs." The Vatican estimates it has about eight million followers in China, compared with about five million who follow the state-backed association. The former British colony of Hong Kong is now a special administrative region of China with promises of autonomy and religious freedom. Michel Lu, spokesman for Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressed relations were unchanged, noting that to establish ties with the mainland the Vatican would first have to break off ties with Taipei. "China does not have religious freedom. China is not willing to accept the Pope's authority. It also wants the Vatican to break off ties with Taiwan before forming ties with it. Especially on religious freedom, do you think China will accept religious freedom?" he said. (Additional reporting by Wendy Lim in Hong Kong and Lee Chyen Yee in Taipei, and Benjamin Kang Lim in Beijing) http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050405/wl_nm/pope_china_taiwan_dc_6
Korea has repeatedly demonstrated its unparalleled militaristic significance. It had played a pivotal role in many previous conflicts by deciding the fates of major powers of the world. The method through which Korea exerted such profound influence is military alliance, which resulted in the defeat of its ally, almost without fail. One could very well argue that Korea is the best enemy that you could hope for. Also, by the same token, Korea can very well be the most fearsome ally one could have.
>>827 そこにこれでも貼っておけ! CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Thousands at Risk from AIDS Infected South Korean Prostitute A 28-year-old South Korean prostitute has been arrested for having sex with thousands of clients without telling them she was HIV- infected, police said. The woman, identified only by her family name Koo, worked in a red light street in the southern port of Yosu between October 2000 and March 2002. "She said she had sex with up to 10 men a day," and "more than half of her clients refused to use condoms," according to a police official in the southeastern city of Gimhae. Health authorities in Gimhae monitored Koo after she was first detected as having contracted HIV in 1998 but she left the city without informing the authorities. The woman is now an AIDS patient. Under a law to prevent the spread of HIV, people infected with the virus can be sentenced up to three years in jail should they engage in activities that spread the virus. http://www.cdcnpin.org/PrevNews/2002/jun02/update060602.txt http://www.aegis.com/news/afp/2002/AF020621.html
DURING Japan's colonial rule, from 1910 to 1945, some Koreans came here seeking economic opportunities while others were brought as forced laborers.
Unwanted in Japan, she had dreamed of finding acceptance in South Korea, where she headed to study after graduating from college in Japan. "But what I faced was terrible discrimination," she said.
Koreans also claimed that Japanese changed the spelling of Corea to Korea so that they could march first in the olympics. But the truth was just difference between English(Korea) and Latin(Corea, Coree). In fact, Korea was Corea at the Barcelona Olympic. Why the spelling changed Corea to Korea in early 20th century was gaining of English language area states influence such as UK,US.
The Rising East BY RICHARD HALLORAN Sunday, June 30, 2002
The World Cup soccer tournament jointly hosted by South Korea and Japan closed today without having noticeably eased the century-old animosity between the neighbors in Northeast Asia. There were a few signs of goodwill, such as Japanese cheering for the Korean team after their own team had been eliminated. Underneath, the grudges, particularly among the Koreans, remained. Indeed, it is no longer pertinent to write in an even-handed manner about the antipathy between Japan and Korea because most of the ill will is found in Korea. This is a lopsided, asymmetrical relationship. The palpable Korean hatred for Japan is deep-seated, pervasive and obsessive. Koreans who are rational about everything else can become irrational when Japan comes into a conversation. In contrast, Japanese often ignore Koreans or are indifferent to them -- infuriating Koreans even more -- although some younger Japanese profess to be interested in Korea. The conventional explanation for Korean antagonism is Japan's harsh colonial rule of 1905-1945. That, however, doesn't explain why Korean anger has lasted longer that the colonial period itself. Something deeper and hard to discern is at work here. Trying to psychoanalyze an entire nation is undeniably risky but may be permissible when applied to Korea's tightly knit society. Koreans have long had difficulty in dealing with outsiders, partly because of the geographic isolation of the Korean peninsula. It is, American GIs once said, tucked into the upper left-hand corner of the world.
More comes from having been overrun and subjugated for centuries by the Chinese, Mongols and Manchus, which led Koreans to draw back into the Hermit Kingdom and try to fend off foreigners. That lasted until the mid-19th century when Western nations demanded that Korea open up. Then the Chinese, Russians and Japanese fought over Korea, with the Japanese winning out and seeking to absorb Korea into the Japanese empire. All of this seems to have bred xenophobia into Korean society, the Japanese being the latest target. Korean antipathy showed up in myriad ways during the World Cup. Most Koreans resented having to share the spotlight as host with Japan and insisted that the tournament be called the Korea/Japan rather than the Japan/Korea World Cup. Korea's Web site and publicity largely ignored Japan. Japan was rarely mentioned in Korean TV coverage. When Turkey defeated Japan to eliminate the Japanese, Koreans applauded. When Japanese cheered for Korea as the Korean team advanced, Koreans said: "They Japanese are faking their support for the Korean team." There was evidence that the support was not faked. A professor in Japan asked over 100 of his students what they thought of the Korean performance in the tournament. About 70 percent gave positive replies, 22 percent were negative, and 8 percent said they weren't interested in Korea.
A Korean-American who lives and works in Seoul said privately: "Koreans are taught by their grandparents, parents and the educational system that the Japanese are evil. Hear this every day since birth and you have a running experiment of a Brave New World."
He said he had found an "enormous insecurity/inferiority complex" among Koreans. "They do not like the fact that their economic and political status in the world is inferior to hat of Japan and the United States. They do not like the fact that nobody in the world really pays attention to them. They do not like the fact that they are not a power in the world."
"Korea," he concluded, "is still a nation learning to deal with its economic, political and cultural development."
http://www.nbc17.com/entertainment/4307584/detail.html Korean Presbyterian minister from California has been convicted of trying to extort millions of dollars with his wife's rape allegation against Rene Angelil, who is singer Celine Dion's husband. March 22, 2005
Largest Korean cult Unification Church. "There, according to reports, Moon involved his congregation in an unusual ritual known as "blood separation," during which female members of the church were required to have sex with him to cleanse themselves of Satan's influence."
その2 Did you know that moderator should be fair and should not take side? According to your message, it is ok to post anti Japan but it is not ok to post anti Korean, eh? Otherwise you would delete all the anti Japanese messages too!
Perhaps you should start calling Korea Today instead of the Japan Today!
"JT Moderator: This is not on topic. It's a recurring anti-Korean rant that you try to post everytime such a topic comes up"
My posts have a lot to do with someone in the church using his powers to commit horrible crimes. It just happened to be so many Korean in the religion are using their powers to commit crimes.
その3 I kind of understand why JT deleted your posts. JT is in Japan, they can't get away from threat by Mindan or Chosen Soren even the owner is westerner. Do you know Fred Varcoe incident? He was fired by Japan Times because of writing about Korea's sex industry. In fact, Korean embassy threatened Japan Times.
That story - an introduction to Seoul - began with Fred reminiscing about being propositioned by a prostitute during his first visit to the South Korean capital.
He refused to resign and was fired on July 4 for, among other reasons, "insulting the honour of Korean women".
Fred's Korean wife received email death threats and the South Korean embassy in Tokyo twice visited the Japan Times to demand action.
Japanese and the Japanese themselves are basically no more or less prejudiced than Americans or Europeans. The Koreans, though, are a completely different matter.