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Post by bird11 on May 1, 2013 22:46:17 GMT -5
Ok- not quite News from Korea, but I just had to post something about a unique experience I had this evening.... I live in the Northwest Suburbs and one of the high schools in the area hosted the Gangnam Symphony Orchestra for a concert this evening. They had two singers Yi-kun Chung (tenor) and Ji-hyun Park (soprano) also. It was an amazing concert! The music was great-- so many violins-- sometimes they played so quickly it looked liked they were going to "saw" the violins in half! The conductor even had us clapping along to a song at the end and had a sense of humor that even had us laughing at times..... The singers were really good and so emotional when they sang..... Anyways, great night and just wanted to share!
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Post by TheBo on May 2, 2013 11:48:33 GMT -5
...the Gangnam Symphony Orchestra for a concert this evening... Did they do it... Gangnam Style? LOL. I had to. Sounds like you had a fabulous time.
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Post by bird11 on May 2, 2013 16:18:32 GMT -5
No Gangnam style-- although it was mentioned in the introductions when they talked about what part of Korea the orchestra was from! I was hoping for some historical-type instruments to add some special percussion sounds but alas there were none. It still was a awesome evening.....
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Post by ginnycat5 on May 24, 2013 16:09:13 GMT -5
KBC-tv just broadcast a report about a yacht race that included a Turtle ship (model?). It was hard to tell how big it was (not sure if the camera was a few feet away or tens of feet away from it). The race went around the Dokdo Islands, explaining that they wanted to show ownership of the islands.
I watched KBC on over-the-air channel 41-0, which had good sound but a grainy picture.
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Post by ginnycat5 on Jun 6, 2013 21:52:38 GMT -5
While I was watching a drama around 8:30pm tonight, there was a crawl at the bottom of the screen about North Korea launching 3 [something] missiles from the coast, IIRC.
I didn't post then, thinking I'd catch the news later by Googling, but nothing there from tonight. South Korean station is current, others aren't.
Edited to add: There was nothing on the morning tv news or in the paper or in Google search about the missiles. Probably the news crawl was from the original broadcast or at least an earlier one. Google said they launched 3 missiles on May 19.
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Post by TheBo on Jul 12, 2013 10:06:21 GMT -5
Huh. I figured ginny would have posted the crash report already, but here's a viewpoint on it from politicoI had no idea this strange "culture-blaming" was being put forward, I just had been looking for reports on the crash...
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Post by ginnycat5 on Jul 12, 2013 21:49:08 GMT -5
Thanks, Bo, I hadn't seen that point of view. But I saw film of the stewardess carrying a child and heard that she carried several others, even people bigger than she was. Wow!
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Post by ginnycat5 on Jul 17, 2013 21:07:01 GMT -5
(I hope nobody pays. )
Kim Jong-un 'Wants US$1 Million for Interview'North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is demanding a huge fee if the foreign press want to interview him for the 60th anniversary of the armistice on July 27 that ended the 1950-53 Korean War, a source said Wednesday. The North has invited scores of foreign reporters to the event. The invitation went out to leading news providers from the West and Japan like AP, the BBC and Kyodo News. The interview fee is around US$1 million, according to the source. The first foreign reporters arrive in Pyongyang on Thursday. The source said there is a chance that one or two news providers will bite "because Kim Jong-un likes to mimic foreign leaders and show off." North Korea has been trumpeting its space rocket launch in late 2012 and third nuclear test early this year as major achievements for Kim and plans a grand celebration of the armistice, which in the North is called "Victory Day." The North also invited foreign media to cover the rocket launch in April last year but then did not bother to tell them when the launch was going ahead, so none was able to witness the event first-hand. It has also invited thousands of foreign dignitaries. englishnews@chosun.com / Jul. 18, 2013 09:24 KST english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/07/18/2013071800662.html
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Post by ginnycat5 on Jul 17, 2013 21:11:53 GMT -5
N.Korean Ship Caught with Missile Parts in PanamaIn this image tweeted by Panamas President Ricardo Martinelli, part of a green missile-shaped object is seen in a North Korean ship docked at a container terminal in Colón, Panama on Tuesday. In this image tweeted by Panama's President Ricardo Martinelli, part of a green missile-shaped object is seen in a North Korean ship docked at a container terminal in Colón, Panama on Tuesday. {Panamanian authorities on Monday caught a North Korean ship carrying presumed missile parts. Photo didn't copy, but caption did.} Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli tweeted that his country interdicted a North Korean-flagged ship from Cuba because it was carrying "undeclared military cargo." He posted a picture of a green object that looks like part of a missile. "We had suspected this ship, which was coming from Cuba and headed to North Korea, might have drugs aboard so it was brought into port for search and inspection," Martinelli said on radio. "When we started to unload the shipment of sugar we located containers that we believe to be sophisticated missile equipment." The ship's captain attempted to commit suicide and the crew put up fierce resistance when Panamanian police moved in. The ship is being held for further investigation. "The world needs to sit up and take note: you cannot go around shipping undeclared weapons of war through the Panama Canal," Martinelli said. This is not the first time a North Korean ship has been caught with weapons or parts. In August last year, the Japanese government seized aluminum alloy bars that can be used to make nuclear centrifuges from a North Korean cargo ship in Tokyo Port. [snip] english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/07/17/2013071700594.html
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Post by TheBo on Aug 1, 2013 11:27:15 GMT -5
Ye gotts. I can never get over this shate. Yes, I know it's Japan not Korea, but it is in the region and affects them. Remember. He's the deputy PM.
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Post by ginnycat5 on Aug 5, 2013 13:48:20 GMT -5
Ye gotts. I can never get over this shate. Yes, I know it's Japan not Korea, but it is in the region and affects them. Remember. He's the deputy PM.That story sounds like it could be from The Onion.
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Post by TheBo on Aug 6, 2013 7:04:02 GMT -5
EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT!!!!!
SFS.
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Post by TheBo on Aug 16, 2013 9:50:57 GMT -5
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Post by ginnycat5 on Aug 16, 2013 18:01:14 GMT -5
Cute for a few minutes, but the kid can't wear it inside or the house will get sticky. Can't wear it outside if there are yellowjackets or even flies. yuck. I like a cotton bandana soaked in water and tied around my neck or wrist. Neat and tidy if I wring it out, and no flies or stingers (but there's no Cute factor).
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Post by TheBo on Aug 20, 2013 9:57:51 GMT -5
LOL. Just ask a mom, she'll ruin your fun. Actually, "let's make a watermelon baby romper!" seems like a dad idea, doesn't it. How about this one? Soju Culture (Slate article)
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