Some of this is a week or so old, since I've been busy and haven't been able to clear off my virtual desk. Still, just in case you missed some of these...
- Old news, but a Ssangyong union leader was arrested for organizing violent protests, which may signal a sea change in term of decades of tolerance of what has essentially been a ballet of violence between workers and corporations
- Budget airlines like Jin Air and Air Busan are doing quite well
- As South Koreans are outraged over cases like the brutal rape of Nayŏng, we hear that a large portion (around 40%) of sex offenders whose victims are twelve or under receive probation
Not-so-newsy stuff:
- Some men are asking the Constitution Court to rule Ewha Women's University's School of Law's women-only admissions policy unconstitutional (same story here). Ewha Women's University. Yeah, that one. (Same story here)
- A Korea Times discussion of the benefits of creating an Asian currency to offset (or bolster) the dollar and the euro
- Divorce is no longer a career-ender for Korean stars
- Sarang is "the loveliest word" in Korean; I'm guessing 똥 is the shittiest
- Reuters "fact box" on Japan's tensions with the two Koreans and two Chinas
- The Korea Herald lists the five "must-see" movies at the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), including "Good Morning President," in which, judging from the photo below, Jang Dong-kun apparently plays an alien
Non-Korea stuff:- A Los Angeles Times focus on Californians' growing preference for mega-churches (not unlike a few in South Korea), whose informal setting allows for curious or spiritually needy stragglers to come in and out under the radar
- Businesses in the United States that use "Olympic" in their name may get a call from the US Olympic Committee telling them to cease and desist (not unlike what happened to the Seoul Design Olympiad recently)
- Are "The Real Housewives of Orange County" the real housewives of Orange County?
- Safeway says their "coffee index" shows Americans are moving away from cheap items to some more luxury goods
- Cable stations are riveted by story of six-year-old Falcon Heene who was thought to have flown away in his out-there parents' experimental balloon but it turns out he was hiding in the attic
- Obama renews his vow to end "Don't ask, don't tell" restricting gays serving in the US military
Garrison Keillor (he of Prairie Home Companion) says that praying the US will slip into chaos, to make Obama look bad, is not a good place for the Republicans to be
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