You know, it never ceases to amaze me that I live in a city of so much poltical hijinx and exploits, clashes and demonstrations that hundreds can be arrested in a single day. And I wouldn’t even know it. In Central Seoul near City Hall seems to be where the majority of action takes place….
This weekend in Itaewon I notieced a couple of ladies sitting in front of Starbucks with a little table. They were signing up Americans to receive their absentee ballot. These gals from Democrats Abroad will diligently stay out there every Saturday and Sunday from now till November to get as many potential voters signed up…
I’m not sure if you know or not but this is an election year in South Korea. On December 19th a new President will reign supreme. The would be Presidents have been campaigning and clamoring throughout the country (Seoul) badgering the populace with reasons why they should be the head honcho in charge. Now, since…
On Sunday, November 11th, 2007 20,000 farm workers, college students, and blue collar workers staged a rally at City Hall in Seoul. The rally was held in protest of the US-Korea free trade agreement as well as the recent legislation that the groups claim discriminates against non-regular workers. The rally lasted from early afternoon well…
Well, the other shoe has finally dropped after the big fallout of the sex offender scandal. If you haven’t heard it turns out that early this month Interpol arrested Canadian Christopher Paul Neal on sex abuse charges. Mr. Neal had been abusing kids in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand. His base of operations to conduct these…
You may have heard the other day that shots were fired between North & South Korean soldiers along the border. It seems that North Korean soldiers fired shots at a South Korean guard post in the eastern part of the DMZ. Don’t freak out or anything or think that WW3 is on the way, because…
