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Adam Weinstein · 05/05/14 10:24AM
Transformed Into White Gods: What Happens in America Without Love
David Byunghyun Lee · 01/04/14 01:28PMIt started before a friend told me that he wanted to date white women and before another friend told me “fuck white people.” It started before two 14-year-old girls on their way to a birthday party were crushed to death on the Yangju Highway, before George Bush put North Korea on the Axis of Evil, and even before either of my parents was born.
Max Read · 11/06/13 04:40PM
How To Fail a Driving Test in Under 10 Seconds
Neetzan Zimmerman · 08/01/13 08:39AMStep 1: Get in the car.
The Only Thing That Remains
E. Tammy Kim · 04/13/13 11:45AMPhoto Shows North Korea's 'U.S. Mainland Strike Plan': L.A., D.C. and Austin, Texas
Max Read · 03/29/13 07:29AMFollowing a joint South Korea-U.S. stealth bomber practice mission, North Korea announced that it's pointing its rockets at the U.S. and putting them on standby, and a state news photo seems to show its main targets: Hawaii, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and, uh... Austin. (Just a few weeks too late, Un!) NKNews.org points out that this photo, released in state media organ Rodong Sinmun, features a large map conspicuously labelled, "U.S. Mainland Strike Plan"; a close examination of the map shows vectors pointed toward Hawaii, D.C., L.A.... and, as far as anyone can tell, Austin.
'Skulls on Screens' at Korean Banks, Broadcasters Following Massive, Malicious Viral Attack
Max Read · 03/20/13 07:14AMSouth Korea's three main broadcasters and two of its major banks were paralyzed on Wednesday by a massive outbreak of malicious code that crashed and displayed "skulls" on some computers, thought by many to be a retaliatory cyberattack from North Korea. The television channels KBS, MBC, YTN and the banks Nonghyup and Shinhan Bank had their computer systems simultaneously shut down at around 2 p.m., with employees unable to boot up their computers or access the internet; by 4 p.m., the systems had been restored. Media outlets were able to continue broadcasting, but Shinhan found that its internet banking and some ATMs were rendered inoperable. The South Korean government has launched an investigation and upgraded its information operations condition; North Korea has been threatening to launch a cyberattack since last week, when it accused the U.S. and South Korea of hacking computers in Pyongyang. The hack is believed to have come through services provided by LG. [BBC | Korea Herald | AJE]
Cord Jefferson · 03/07/13 01:21PM
Korean Kids Kicked Out of McDonald's for Throwing $250 French Fry Feast
Neetzan Zimmerman · 02/27/13 05:32PMThis 16th-Century Korean Love Letter from a Woman to Her Dead Husband Will Break Your Heart
Max Read · 09/06/12 05:35PMThis brutal, heartbreaking love letter was found in 1998, lying on the mummified body of Eung-Tae Lee, a 30-year-old Korean man who'd died in 1586, some four hundred years before. Lee was tall and bearded — "The dark mustache made me feel that he must have had a charming appearance," says the former director of the Andong National University Museum — and left behind him a pregnant wife, the letter's author. Here it is, via Letters of Note:
Someone Finally Explained That Insane Korean Rap Video 'Gangnam Style'
Adrian Chen · 08/23/12 11:08AMWho Is Kim Jong-Un's Sexy Mystery Woman?
Adrian Chen · 07/10/12 12:40PMLast weekend may have witnessed the geopolitical equivalent of the Kanye West-Kim Kardashian Date of the Century, when North Korean leader Kim Jong-un showed up at a couple events with a mystery woman in tow. But was it his wife, his mistress or just his boring sister at his side? And what does it all mean?
The Erotic Sculpture Garden of Korea: A Virtual Tour
Maureen O'Connor · 10/16/11 09:35AMTake a Photo Tour of North Korea
Max Read · 08/05/11 02:12AMPenis Size Related to Length of Index and Ring Fingers
Seth Abramovitch · 07/05/11 01:05AMFinding a way to assess a man's penis size with all of his clothes on has long been the holy grail of, well, anyone with a vested interest in penis size. The old standbys — hand, foot and nose sizes — have been discredited as viable indicators, the LA Times reports. (Though I'm not so sure if I buy that.) But a team of Korean researchers think they have at last unlocked the elusive Hung Code, and the answer lies in comparing the lengths of the index and ring fingers.