With the price of oil showing now signs of decreasing, the Korean government announced measures which they hope will save energy. Like Japan, Korea is virtually dependent on foreign oil imports, and as such, the rising price of oil has hit individuals and corporations hard.
In an effort to conserve and use less energy resources, the [...]
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Half Baked Energy Saving Measures
Korea declares War on Japan!!!!
On Monday July 14, 2008 the Japanese government started getting ready for the 2012 (2012!!!) school year by unveiling new and improved non-binding guidelines for middle school teachers and textbook publishers. This is to say, in four whole years, teachers and textbook publishers could, if they felt like it, look at the guidelines to draw [...]
Quote of the day
[Park Eun-jung] added that the cases [of men having sex with other men for money/gifts] do not necessarily mean that the persons involved were homosexual. “Many offenders were married and had families. The only difference we could trace was that they were relatively old but had a sexual appetite they could not control,” she said. [...]
What is up with MMXII?
The year 2012 is thrown around a lot these days, but why? For some, the year 2012 marks the end of times and for others it marks a period of spiritual awakening. Could our planners and leaders know something we don’t? Perhaps 2012 is being used because if all those wonderful plans fail, no [...]
It’s time to wake up Korea
While I am not a fan of Lee Myung-bak, I do think his government is being unfairly attacked over the beef issue. He was voted in on a platform of drastic change; change necessary to move Korea forward. Also, I do realize that beef isn’t the “whole” reason thousands are on the street every night, [...]