- Hyundai will start exporting the Equus to the US beginning in July (story also here). I don't know how well that name will go over in North America, it being associated with a naked Harry Potter gouging out horses' eyes and all.
- Apple is being asked by the ROK government to include local search engines, in addition to default Google, on the iPhone.
- Mercedes Benz Korea sales rose 24 percent in 2009.
- Richard Halloran, located right here in Honolulu, writes about North Korea "facing the likelihood of widespread upheaval."
- Meeting in Ottawa, Canada, the G8 leadership is discussing North Korea, but mostly Iran.
- US Representative Ed Royce introduces a bill on North Korean adoption.
- Actress Kim Yunjin of "Lost" and Shiri fame will be getting married here in Hawaii, where her show has been taping. Just be careful what airline you take on your honeymoon, Sun.
- South Korea has become a leader in mud flat land reclamation. Not necessarily an honor.
- Seoul the 13th most global city?
- Ch'ŏngdo County wants to make bullfighting a betting sport.
- Did you know that the noses of Japan's iconic Shinkansen bullet trains are molded with a decidedly low-tech method, a hammer?
Wow I loved her in Shiri! It's amazing that the only thing I've seen her in since then is lost! I didn't even know it was her!
ReplyDeleteHopefully big things happen after the show ends.