Category Archives: Rants

“… We Call It Life”?

Posted on May 19, 2006 by Hong

I came across this Reuters article. It was about a TV ad titled “Carbon dioxide… we call it life” by a conservative group, Competitive Enterprise Institute. At first I thought it was a joke, but apparently it is not. The … Continue reading →

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Surveilling MinJokSaGwan HakGyo?

Posted on June 23, 2004 by Hong

We were watching some Korean TV programs recorded on the ReplayTV off of a local station, and there was a segment about MinJokSaGwan GoDeungHakGyo in HoengSeong, KangWon-do. It looked like a specialized high school and from the name I thought … Continue reading →

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Quality of a Leader

Posted on March 12, 2004 by Hong

Something happened in Korea that will be recorded in Korean history. President Roh Moo-Hyun was impeached by the opposition party parliament members for election fraud, corruption and incompetence. The matter is sent to the Constitutional Court to be decided whether … Continue reading →

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Boys will be boys, or else?

Posted on May 19, 2003 by Hong

I just read an interesting article, “The New Gender Gap” by Michelle Conlin in BusinessWeek (May 26, 2003, pp.74-82). The article has a “provocative” subtitle, “From kindergarten to grad school, boys are becoming the second sex.” Somehow I am not … Continue reading →

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Tonight’s Entertainment!

Posted on March 21, 2003 by Hong

To quote (loosely) a broadcaster on NPR for this “War” this morning: “This is the ‘Shock and Awe’ [show?] we’ve been promised.” Is this like a New York Fourth of July firework extravaganza? Is this the blockbuster dinner and the … Continue reading →

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The Things to Come for the Music Industry?

Posted on February 22, 2003 by Hong

I saw an article titled “Pop Stars Learn to Live with Pirates” on International Herald Tribune. This article is about how the musicians and the record labels have to adapt in order to survive in China, where “95 percent of … Continue reading →

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Diminishing American Powers?

Posted on January 22, 2003 by Hong

I just can’t help but think that if the current Bush Administration is doing much harm to the U.S.’s overall power than good. By “power”, I mean the power to influence others and convince them of one’s own agenda. It … Continue reading →

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How to Say “We Are Human beings too. You Can’t Hit Us Like That!” in Korean…

Posted on November 26, 2002 by Hong

This is a bit embarrassing. No, a lot. This newspaper article (in Korean) talks about a Korean language instruction booklet that has been circulating on the Internet. This Korean language book was made about two years ago by a Vietnamese … Continue reading →

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“I Don’t Know What I Want…”

Posted on September 27, 1999 by Hong

I’ve come to realize that I don’t know what I want, really, in “love”. Or maybe, I want too much and I know that’s unrealistic. On a certain level, I feel like I would be perfectly happy with any “decent” … Continue reading →

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