Man, North Korea gets ballsier by the day. At a recent Worker’s Convention in Hamgyeongbuk-Do they proclaimed that: ”China was currently blocking deliveries of food to maintain the appearance of neutrality on an international stage, but if North Korea started selling missiles to Taiwan then China would have no choice but to hand the food [...]
Archive for October, 2010
Biting the Hand that Feeds You
Posted in China, KOR-US Relations, Korea, Military, News, North Korea, Translation on October 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Expanded Air Services in St. George?
Posted in Aviation/Airlines, News, Utah on October 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In reading the airline news today, I came across something quite interesting. Headwinds reviewed some recent applications for federal funding for airports that it deemed promising. One of these applications happens to be from a small, but recently upgraded, airport in St. George, Utah. While most people probably don’t know of St. George, it’s actually a [...]
Korean Air’s new A380s
Posted in Aviation/Airlines, Korea, News on October 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Korean Air has been making great strides in foreign coverage of their airline. I see their commercials at business hotels all the time. I would say that their international exposure ranks among the top, with the likes of Emirates, Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines. (Some attribute this increased exposure to the influence of one of [...]
Removal of the Part-Time Lecturer System
Posted in Education, Korea, News on October 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As many people who live in Korea know, an absurd amount of the population graduates from university and graduate school. An estimated 10,000 Koreans a year graduate with PhDs. However, with a limited population size and limited professorships most of these PhD grads end up working as part-time lecturers hoping that they will one day become a professor. Another [...]
Surrounded by Douche-baggery
Posted in Expatriates, 한국어, Korea, My Life on October 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Since the weather has cooled down some I have been a lot more proactive about getting out of the house after work on week nights. A friend of mine, who I hadn’t seen in several months, and I were chatting and she convinced me that we should meet in Itaewon for one of the local establishment’s “Wing [...]
Complex World of Airlines & Regulatory Affairs
Posted in Aviation/Airlines on October 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Most airline passengers never consider the complexities that come with operating an airline. One consideration that can be most difficult to navigate is the regulatory aspect. Airlines that fly to international destinations must work closely with the domestic regulatory bodies to secure traffic rights for operation on specific routes and adjusting air service agreements to allow for [...]
Why Koreans are like Mormons I
Posted in Korea, Mormons on October 12, 2010 | 5 Comments »
One of the most common questions I receive, both from Koreans and people back in the States, is whether or not it’s uncomfortable living in a foreign country and dealing with a foreign culture for such an extended period of time. Ironically, I tell them Korean culture is not quite as foreign as you might think. [...]
Hwang Jang-yop found Dead in his Home
Posted in Human Rights, Inter-Korean issues, Korea, North Korea on October 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hwang Jang-yop, the highest ranking North Korean defector to-date and the brains behind the Juche ideology, was found dead in his home on Sunday. Initial reports indicate that he died of a heart attack, but several articles have called this finding into question. The cause of death is only in question because, as the highest [...]
Airline Industry in South Korea
Posted in Aviation/Airlines, Korea, Korean Business, News on October 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a good year for the airline industry in general, but it has been particularly good in Asia. Asian airlines are expected to bring in $5.2 billion in profits this year, and in the airline industry, which is often a zero-sum industry because it is subject to the cost of fuel, labor union disputes, infectious diseases [...]
Hanhwa Group is Gangsta
Posted in Korea, Korean Business, News on October 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hanhwa Group is in the news again. Anyone who follows the news in Korea knows about a scandal last year involving Hanhwa Group Chairman Kim Seungyeon. For those who don’t follow it, allow me to summarize. Kim’s second son was beaten up by employees (read as pimps, thugs or bouncers) after getting drunk and causing trouble at [...]
