Loose change for December 27, 2009

 North Korea news and stuff 

• The Los Angeles Times has its own focus on Robert Park, the Christian Korean-American who crossed into North Korea to protest human rights.  
• The San Francisco Chronicle does a review of Barbara Demick's Nothing to Envy. 

 Other Korea-related stuff 

• South Korean imports of American beef remain sluggish.
• GM Daewoo is said to be the heart of General Motors' subcompact operations. 
• The Joongang Daily does a focus on a beloved educator in P'aju.
• The Joongang Daily tells the story of a Korea-born child of Bangladeshi ethnicity who fears being deported as an illegal.
• One year later, the newly imposed law school system seems to be a success.
• The Korea Times presents the top ten national and international stories of the year.

 Miscellany 

• In a follow-up to this story, Orange County church youth group leader Timothy Han has been sentenced to ninety days in the slammer for having sex with an underage parishioner (in the church parking lot).