- Under a new World Bank program, state-owned investment vehicles in South Korea and a few other countries have agreed to invest $600 million in a bank-sponsored equity fund for less-developed countries. Though small, the head of the WB says it could prove important in creating a new "architecture" for the post-crisis global economy, according to the WaPo's Howard Schneider.
- The Japan Times notes that neither Kim Jong-il nor Kim Jong-un showed up for the recently concluded parliamentary meet. You know your rubber-stamp assemblies a farce when the leadership doesn't even bother to attend.
- Meanwhile, the Chosun Ilbo tells us not to get excited about the visit, saying no real change in Kim Jong-il's behavior will come from it.
- A defector working as a reporter for Free North Korea Radio is believed to have been abducted and detained by the DPRK near the Amnok (Yalu) River.
- AP has a chronology of North Korean attacks on South Korea.
- Doug Bandow of the CATO Institute has a Kool-Aid-tainted regurgitation of their every-man-for-himself ideology stating that the Koreans should be left to handle the Koreas. I don't know if they'll approve my three-part, 700-word criticism (reflected largely in this post and this post).
- The Educational Testing Service, makers of the SAT entrance exam used by American universities, will beef up security at their test sites in South Korea and a few other countries.
- South Korea will be among fifteen countries represented at the World Cosplay Summit 2010 in Nagoya on July 31 and August 1. Mark your calendars and alert Expedia.
- The Korea Herald examines the century-and-a-quarter of Czech-Korean history.
- Beijing is facing unrest in Qinghai Province following the devastating earthquake there.
- Park Chanho placed on the disabled list. Could it be excessive diarrhea?
- The Kogi Korean BBQ truck is camped out at Coachella — or should I say Koachella? Some big musical festival going on there or something.
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