Costco: I fought the law and the law won.
As devoted readers of this blog know, I have touched on the Costco issue on and off again. In short, Costco refuses to obey a law that apparently only applies to them. The law requires Costco to close...
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Korea selected to host U.N. Green Climate Fund; Korea also elected to U.N....
Art by Shanghai artist Yang Yong Liang that was part of a series commission by The China Environment Protection Fund. In my estimation, this is really beautiful work. Last week was a great week for...
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Renegotiate the KORUS FTA you say? Be careful what you wish for.
Artist Yee Soo-kyung’s “Translated Vase — the Moon.” Democratic United Party presidential candidate Moon Jae-in has pledged to renegotiate the U.S. Korea FTA (KORUS FTA) if elected. Why he would...
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Tiger mom madness: fake passports, fake schools, and even fake marriages
Hopefully the faked passports looked better than this. Over the last ten years or so, foreign schools have become increasing popular in Korea. These schools are established primarily (at least in...
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A tale of two dos: style makeovers for candidates Park and Ahn
I noticed that Ahn Chul-soo recently changed his coif. I often referred to him as a forward thinking man with a hairstyle from 1974. It sort of reminded me of Charles Bronson’s style, which is not...
View ArticleKorean court says assaulting your boss may not be grounds for termination
A three judge panel of the Seoul Central District Court has ruled that Taekwondo chopping your boss in the neck while swearing at him may not necessarily be grounds for termination. Apparently an...
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Coffee wars: KFTC bans new shops
Not too many people in Korea make coffee at home in this manner. If they make it home at all they usually use a tube filled with a coffee mix that they pour into a cup of hot water. Most young people...
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Watching the detectives: Korean prosecutors under scrutiny for bribery,...
Rembrandt’s St. Paul in prison, lost in thought. A senior ranking prosecutor in Seoul is facing charges of bribery. Allegedly, he received hundreds of millions of won in bribes from Cho Hee-pal (the...
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Court rules on law aimed at inexperienced judges
The white pine trees of the Constitutional Court of Korea. The Korean Constitutional Court has ruled that 2013 graduates of the Judicial Research and Training Institute may apply directly to become...
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My article in 10 Magazine on the Korean presidential election
I wrote an article for 10 Magazine left that summarizes some of the key issues in the Korean presidential election, including the leading candidates’ backgrounds and their positions. As I predicted in...
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Google in North Korea and what it might mean long-term
Readers of this blog know that I believe that Kim Jong-eun is up to something and North Korea is looking to change. With Kim’s New Year’s speech, the Disney show, and all the rest of it, 2012 was been...
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Sex on trial: Constitutional Court set to review laws punishing the sale of sex
On Thursday, a judge in the Seoul Northern District Court asked the Constitutional Court to review the constitutionality of Korean laws that criminally punish selling sex. Specifically, the judge...
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Korea’s obsession with cosmetic surgery. So what is the problem?
Before I begin, what does this post have to do with law? Nothing really, but that never stopped me before and I was inspired to write my thoughts down. I hope you find some worth in my musings. I just...
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Jampong post: the public transportation edition. Taxi drivers, burned buses,...
Jampong is a spicy Korean soup dish with seafood and noodles. Because it is made of a little of this and a little of that, the word also refers to something that is a mixture of many things. Sadly,...
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