The Korea Times ran a wonderful article about how foreign banks in Korea are making profits from government initiated measures to counter the short-term loan crisis. It’s wonderful because it shows how truly fond Korea is of foreign companies doing business (and making a profit!!!!) in Korea. It really does illustrate how far this country [...]
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Let’s take things too far, mmmkay?
When I read this morning that more and more Koreans were showing signs of mental illness, I shrugged the article off until I read about Korean protesters so angry with Japan over the latest dokdo dispute that they used hammers to kill a bunch of pheasants in front of the Japanese embassy. It’s pretty damn [...]
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Hi. My name is Karl and I’m a newspaper-holic. I love my newspaper. I love it for the crossword I can do each and every day on my way to (and sometimes from) work. I read it from cover to cover through the course of the day and find I’m better informed for it. I [...]
Forget Sweatshops
Forget sweatshops employing kids to make shit. In Japan, its all about making Prisoners make shit. According to CNN, cotton aprons, tote bags and pouches manufactured by Hakodate Juvenile Prison are selling so well in Japan, that many of the items are sold out. Each of the many items for sale carry the prisons logo; [...]
Flickr and Getty Images Team up
According to the New York Times, Yahoo(Flickr) and Getty Images have inked a partnership that would see Getting using photos taken by flickr members and paying them the same rates they pay Getty Staff photographers.
Yahoo and Getty Images said Tuesday that they had entered into a partnership under which Getty editors would comb Flickr in [...]