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Nightswimming
After all these years in Korea, I still get a kick out the weird and absurd news that somehow finds its way into one of the English-language dailies in Korea. Today’s gem is about a drunken man who ra… more →
Stopping to smell the roses
Nightswimming
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Jeffrey wrote 1 week ago: After all these years in Korea, I still get a kick out the weird and absurd news that somehow finds … more →
Don't get your panties in a twist redux
Jeffrey wrote 2 weeks ago: This has got to be the fifth or sixth time since I came to Korea when I’ve read about some guy … more →
Investigators Probed over Free Drinks and Sex
Jeffrey wrote 3 weeks ago: There are some times when the way the news is reported in Korea that it reads like a Franz Kafka sho … more →
If you don’t succeed at first, try, try again
Jeffrey wrote 3 weeks ago: According to a story by AP, a 68-year-old woman in South Korea who tried to pass the written exam fo … more →
One night in Bangkok
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Jeffrey wrote 1 month ago: Imagine this scenario: a man travels to Bangkok on vacation. One night, after too much drinking and … more →
Wilma and Fred lighting up?
Jeffrey wrote 1 month ago: While surfing the internet the other day, I came across some rather bizarre, surreal and even distur … more →
WTF? Mariah Carey Lip Synchs in Korea
Jeffrey wrote 1 month ago: You know that it’s got to be a slow news day in Korea, or maybe not depending on how big a fan one i … more →
Elephants under suspicion for throwing rocks at Korean woman
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Jeffrey wrote 2 months ago: And in the WTF department here in Korea, it was reported today in the Korea Times (which seems to be … more →
Gee, don’t some people have bigger fish to fry or things to worry about?
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Jeffrey wrote 3 months ago: Or caps to screw back on? No, I’m not in a bad mood today, though this middle-aged female Korean sho … more →
Expensive "sticky fingers"
Jeffrey wrote 3 months ago: It’s probably true that most kids at one time or another have either thought about or tried shoplift … more →
Stealing a kiss? How about hypnotizing for one?
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Jeffrey wrote 4 months ago: A modern-day Svengali, in this case, a 32-year-old Korean man, was fined for attempting to hypnotize … more →
Panty Raids in Korea
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Jeffrey wrote 4 months ago: In all the years that I have lived in Korea I have come across stories about men stealing women’s un … more →
Hamburgers, Waffles and Beer at McKim’s
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Jeffrey wrote 4 months ago: The Stalinist country that you have come to fear the most with the saber rattling and nuclear threat … more →
He will sell well in Asia
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Jeffrey wrote 4 months ago: If the shortest distance between two points is not always a straight line, then how I ended up teach … more →
Giant hot dog crashes into house
Jeffrey wrote 4 months ago: Well, not exactly a giant hot dog, but the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile. I wonder what the occupants of … more →
Shutterbugs Caught for Taking Photos of Girls in Bikinis in Busan
Jeffrey wrote 4 months ago: Back when I first came to Korea and read the three English language dailies—The Korea Daily, Korea T … more →
Good Vibrations: Import of vibrators gets nod from top court
Jeffrey wrote 5 months ago: When the import of vibrators is one of the top “nation” news stories in Korea—just a few days after … more →
Fan Death
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Jeffrey wrote 5 months ago: Summer has arrived with a vengeance and time for one of my favorite Urban Legends in Korea: Fan Deat … more →
UFO over Seoul?
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Jeffrey wrote 5 months ago: This is definitely one for the X-Files. I snapped this photo back in February 2002 while taking some … more →
