Brian in Jeollanamdo brings us this wonderful example of what happens when you use a language you don't understand well. It's the T.T Dance from the band HAM (short for Heart and Mind).
September 2009 Archives
Even a wedding procession is not enough to stop an ahjumma from getting to where she wants to be. Behold:
Korea's beloved president, Lee Myung-bak, laments all the children playing Nintendo's DS.
Some links:
``A lot of our elementary school children have Nintendo game machines,'' theOne of the biggest challenges to such an assault against Nintendo is that Koreans have become accustomed to using pirated software and games. Some estimates suggest that 50% of computers here have pirated software, and anecdotally, I put that number higher. Game piracy rates are probably even higher. A simple request at any game shop in Yongsan Electronics Market will very quickly produce a giant catalog of pirated titles. Make your picks, and the shopkeeper makes a call. 10 minutes later, a courier runs your selections to the vendor. Thanks to f*&%ing region coding, I have little choice but to use these furtive methods.
president told senior policymakers, referring to the Nintendo DS handheld video-
game console that has sold more than two million units here since its release in
2007."
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An Italian photographer working for a Catholic NGO took some surprisingly vivid photos of the country's dire poverty. Also, the government allows Christian churches now?!
Check out the photos here.
Check out the photos here.
