World Taekwondo Culture Expo (#3)

dvm | Wednesday, 1 July 2009

The third World Taekwondo Culture Expo will run from July 4-11 in Jeonju and Muju. Read more at the Korea Times.

Flasher in the Ju

dvm | Wednesday, 1 July 2009

Police have arrested a flasher in Jeonju. A 58-year-old man had been exposing hiimself at girls' high schools in JungWhaSanDong and Ajungli. Flashers are called "Babari Man" in Korea, after Burberry Trenchcoats. In the original Korean article, a psycologist waxes eloquent about the flasher's need for shock value. [It's getting a little hot for trenchcoats, isn't it? Perhaps he was just cooling off. -Ed.] See a photo of the flasher flashing.  Courtesy, Jeonbuk Daily.

Bicycle Insurance Now Available

dvm | Wednesday, 1 July 2009

Size matters--at least in legal liability laws for Korean traffic accidents. If a truck and a car are in a scrap, the car wins; if a car and a motorcycle, the motorcycle wins. This is basically true, regardless of who is actually at fault. So, what happens if you are riding a bicycle and you hit a smaller bike, a pedestrian, or God-forbid, a kid? You guessed it, you are a sitting duck to a barrage of real and imagined expenses. Korea is the newest 'litigation society' and with a passion. Now, Kookmin Kank and Samsung have teamed up to offer pedallers the coverage a helmet just can't provide. Just go into your local KB bank. (LIG and Hyundae are expected to shingle copycat policies by August.) Courtesy, Naeil News.

Naked News Comes to Korea

gak | Sunday, 28 June 2009

Naked News is coming to Korea. The popular international network franchise is coming to GOMTV and will be available as a pay-per-view subscripton. For about 10,000won a month, you can add Naked News to your your Korean cable TV plan. Not surprisingly, the Korean version of Naked News will be different from the rest: news announcers will not remove braziers or panties. [So... it's Not Naked News. ^o^ -Ed.]  Courtesy: IS Plus News

Organ Donor Honored

gak | Thursday, 25 June 2009

This man choked on an egg and suffocated. In hospital, he was determinted to be brain-dead, and was sustained by life support. His family decided that his kidneys and liver could be harvested for transplant. Why is this in the news? An average of 119 people per year in all of Korea are organ donors upon their deaths. Courtesy, Jeonbuk Daily.

"Sins of the fathers"

gak | Thursday, 25 June 2009

A 38-year-old Jeonju man has been charged with sexually assaulting his own daughter. After a divorce, the 9-year-old girl was placed in an orphanage, because the husband won custody, but couldn't provide for her. Later, he removed her from the orphanage and took her to live in a one-room apartment with him and his own mother (her garandma). Investigators have determined that since April, he has raped her seven times while grandma was sleeping in the same bed.  Courtesy, Jeonbuk Daily.

Gus Huiddink Opens Another Center

gak | Wednesday, 24 June 2009

Former Korean soccer team coach, Gus Huiddink is in Jeonju to formally open the nation's fourth soccer facility for the blind. Mr. Huiddink has been involved with this effort for some time. It would be very interesting to learn how the blind have devised a way to play soccer.

Courtesy, Jeonbuk Daily