Sunday, December 6, 2009

Daily Kor for December 6, 2009: Redemption

Okay, so the great Kim Yuna has redeemed herself. There's nothing more to say. I was remiss in announcing her career and her popularity had come to a tumbling end. People shouldn't listen to me anyway; I'm a washed-up has-been sitting on a beach in Waikiki banging out random thoughts on a Mac keyboard.

  1. Skating sensation Kim Yuna scores a gold medal in the ladies free sakting event at the ISU Grand Prix Figure Skating Final in Tokyo (AP via WaPo)
  2. Seoul keeps an eye on reports of unrest in North Korea over currency revaluation (UPI, Yonhap); North Korean soldiers reportedly issued orders to shoot anyone who crosses border without permission (AP via NPR)
  3. Swedish store decides not to sell North Korea's Noko brand jeans (AP via WaPo)
  4. US envoy for North Korea Stephen Bosworth arrives in Seoul Sunday en route to Pyongyang (Yonhap)
  5. South Korea draws Argentina, Nigeria, and Greece as competitors in Group B of next year's FIFA World Cup (Korea Times)
  6. Pyongyang criticizes Seoul's introduction of law pertaining to North Korean human rights abuses as "unpardonable and grave hostile act" (Yonhap)
  7. South Korea submits list of "sensitive" farm products to WTO in move to slow down effects of market liberalization (Yonhap)
  8. Tugboat sinks in rough weather off Pusan; crew is saved by passing boat (Yonhap)
  9. VANK activists convince basketball great Kobe Bryant to change name to Ulsan (Yonhap)

8 comments:

  1. Thanks. Just so we're clear, #9 is the only one that's supposed to be funny.

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  2. North Korean soldiers reportedly issued orders to shoot anyone who crosses border without permission

    Hasn't this always been the policy?

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  3. How dare you doubt the great Ms. Yuna Kim!

    Just for those blasphemous thoughts you are evil and wicked, your bones will dry-up and crumble to dust and the angels shall weep for you!

    Hey... I have to hold on to something... My Trojans lost again... :(

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  4. Adell wrote:
    Hasn't this always been the policy?

    Actually, I think they had a policy of arresting those who they caught trying to cross. And of course, some of them just simply got bribes from them.

    Shooting to kill is, I believe, an escalation of policy. Especially if the guards really do it.

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  5. Edward wrote:
    How dare you doubt the great Ms. Yuna Kim!

    I love her, really! I just need to be smug, aloof, and snarky sometimes.

    Just for those blasphemous thoughts you are evil and wicked, your bones will dry-up and crumble to dust and the angels shall weep for you!

    Well, that would be a change of pace. Usually I'm weeping for the Angels.

    Hey... I have to hold on to something... My Trojans lost again... :(

    Lost Trojans... Failed Trojans... there's a birthrate-boosting policy somewhere in there.

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  6. All I wanna say is that when you really need a Trojan, you don't want it to fail... ;)

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  7. I can see that kushibo has seen the futility of arguing against my iron clad logic!

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