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Christ https://www.theatlantic.com/interna...tent=edit-promo quote:There are other passages in Woodward’s book, a copy of which was obtained by The Atlantic ahead of its release next week, that bolster this representation of Mattis. Woodward writes, for example, that the president “scared the daylights” out of Mattis and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford in January—around the time Trump was engaged in a nuclear button–measuring contest with Kim Jong Un—by proposing that he declare on Twitter that he would be evacuating all family members of U.S. troops from South Korea, which North Korean leaders would likely have interpreted as a clear sign that war was imminent. The tweet was never sent.
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Some Guy TT posted:South Korean media avoids talking about that at all if they can help it because they consider Japanese crimes against humanity a fringe left issue. Centrists and right wingers alike agree that it's best not to risk hurting the feelings of their rich Japanese friends. Lawsuits like this and similar cultural products are largely a result of decades' worth of activism and crowdfunding. WTF? Maybe my view is warped because I work in schools, but Koreans talk about Japanese atrocities all the time.
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Koramei posted:Or at least read a book/the start of one (Michael J Seth's A History of Korea from Antiquity to Present is probably the best non-academic one out there right now, although it's a very low bar) so you can learn to spot the more egregious stuff more easily. Paperback cost $95.39, no kindle version  History of Japan, which I have and rocks, $16.06 on kindle. I got my latest ancient Korean fix from this, I have no regrets. 
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Air quality is horrific today. (Jochiwon-eup, Sejong-si) While it has never been good since I came to Korea in '09 there has been a notable decrease in air quality the last few months. I use an ap that measures it as Green 0-50 good Yellow 51-100 moderate Orange 101-150 unhealthy for sensitive groups Red 151-200 unhealthy Purple 201-300 very unhealthy Maroon 301-500 Hazardous It was in the purple all day today until it finally dipped into the red at 4pm. First time I've seen it be purple ever, with numbers in the 240s. Been red all the last week just about. This is China level poo poo. Just ordered an air purifier for the apartment.
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Holy crap! KPop apocalypse has arrived! Big Bang was the biggest male group of the first half of the '10s. This scandal has been in the news for weeks, but it was unknown how much Seungri was involved in the running of this club. The staff was giving girls roofies and bringing them to back rooms where they'd call up VIPs to come rape them. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/03/12/entertainment/seungri-big-bang-burning-sun-kpop-scandal-intl/index.html Also this guy just got busted for filming girls without their permision and putting videos online. That's become an epidemic here. Other bigger stars rumored to be involved here. If one of those girls is really a member of TWICE this country is going to melt down https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/13/k-pop-scandal-widens-as-singer-retires-after-sharing-secretly-filmed-sex-videos
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SoggyBobcat posted:I was under the impression that widespread sexual abuse in the Korean music industry was something of an open secret, am I wrong? You're not wrong, but this time there are arrests.
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This is like that bug in a Paradox game where an AI country declares war on you and then offers a White Peace the next day. Also, eww... https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/20/asia/south-korea-hotel-spy-cam-intl/index.html quote:Hundreds of motel guests were secretly filmed and live-streamed online
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Article on toxic masculinity in Korea https://edition-m.cnn.com/2019/03/21/asia/kpop-korea-sex-scandal-intl/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F
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Holy poo poo Dude set his apartment on fire and then stabbed 5 people to death as they fled, wounding 13 others. https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20190417002151315
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chitoryu12 posted:It would be extremely easy for a force the size of the US military to invade and conquer North Korea even without South Korean aid. As long as China didn't get involved it would be doable with South Korean aid if you were willing to get some cities nuked. So not desirable in any case.
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Heer98 posted:Is monster pizza the same cardboard tasting cheap pizza that all the craft beer places serve here? This is absolutely blasphemous!  Pizza with fries  Cherry cola and jameson  Tasteful wall art 
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Baronjutter posted:Puzza over Butches? That's clearly an i
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Nobody even remembers you're still in Afghanistan, the US will not pass up the opportunity for a war That's because it's one causality here, one there a week or two after. War with North Korea or Iran would the most intense combat has seen since the battles with China in the Korean war. They are not comparable.
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May 10, 2019 14:06
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So, 7 dead and 19 presumed dead South Koreans in Budapest. 
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May 31, 2019 13:26
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Some Guy TT posted:Weird how it's of critical importance that we be allowed to practice taking over North Korea on a regular schedule to maintain our readiness but North Korea running tests of short range missiles owned by just about every serious military on the planet is an affront to world peace. The drills practice defending the South against a northen invasion, they don't practice an offensive to take over the North.
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OhFunny posted:https://twitter.com/joshjonsmith/status/1165458151983976448?s=19 I visited Dokdo in June and they were building a naval base on the nearby large ilsand of Ullengdo specifically to counter any attempt by Japan to seize the island.
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Holy moly. The Hwaseong killer has been found! https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.yahoo.com/amphtml/south-korea-serial-killer-suspect-identified-33-years-034528539.html This was the first Korean town I lived in and Koreans outside it only had heard of it because of those murders.
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WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:A unified Korea is desired by both people in some ways. This younger generations in SK are heavily against it.
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WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:Well nuclear tests and resulting propaganda will do that. No, it's about FYGM. They know how much they'd have to spend to bring the North up to the South's standards and they don't want to.
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Raenir Salazar posted:First, there is basically no question that the newly unified Korea would probably scale back its military considerably, first as a cost savings measure due to the financial stress of incorporating North Korea; but also because its obviously not needed. South Korea and the PRC have probably the most decent bilateral relations of all of China's neighbours except for maybe Pakistan. Having a new land border with the PRC isn't meaningful. 
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whatever7 posted:I was fairly optimistic about Korean unification until I found out the S Korean conglomerates were majorly owned by the US money after the Asian financial crisis. I was told the Koreans own only 10% of Samsung. Since a split Korean suit US's interest in Asia the unification will never happen. Well maybe not NEVAH but later than the Taiwan unification. A split Korea also suit China's interest but Beijing can work with an unified Korea much better than the US can. The Chaebols all desperately want reunification so that they can exploit northern peasants for cheap labor and pillage the North of its mineral wealth.
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The new defense bill has a provision banning a US troop draw down. Guess the senate wanted to head off Trump at the pass. http://m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.amp.asp?newsIdx=280667&fbclid=IwAR1KSvQAOBUaS_Um0zRQQs6NtrZGaNd0lGzbiV2t4NG4VbafcmVuSLxjqig
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Mozi posted:It is interesting that they haven't launched their 'Christmas present' yet though - I wonder if there are negotiations going on with Russia and China that they don't want to blow up? Otherwise it's possible that Beigun actually offered something and we don't know about it yet. They probably just discovered a technical fault or glitch and had to scrub the launch until they fixed it.
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Willo567 posted:I think he's more worried about Trump than anything
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Willo567 posted:No he won't. Trump wouldn't even strike Iran in June, not to mention that for his bluster about North Korea in 2017, he didn't do jack poo poo Didn't it come out recently that he'd demanded the evacuation of Seoul in '17 and the cabinet and military just ignored him because it was insane? Who knows what he could demand in the future. There's always a chance that there will be a yes man there at the time who will listen and obey an insane order.
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Fried chicken is incredible here. Way better than America.
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Yikes https://twitter.com/YonhapNews/status/1254664674689208321
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Starting to regret today's haircut https://twitter.com/vicjkim/status/1258590232896626689
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WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:She's establishing rapport with the real runners of the country. The generals. With the levels of lack of food etc being loyal to a general means more than being loyal to KJU. Because that general can bribe you with food and family assistance moreso. They say that the torpedoing of the Choenan and the shelling of Yeonpyeong were ordered by Kim Jung Un to show the generals he was strong enough to lead. I don't think that South Korea as it is today would just take an attack of the magnitude of the Choenan sinking without retaliating.
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My wife says the news here is ripping Bolton's book.
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How is it possible that the largest Korean bank by far won't cash a check from the US treasury. Fuckers!
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cryptoclastic posted:Apparently Hana will do it. They said they have to send it off to America to get it done, and it would take a month, but they would do it. They told me I had to make an account there, but they would only cash it after I had an account for 3 months. And I see from some smug dude on Facebook that some no name local bank in Busan cashed his check immediately. I heard KB will cash it, so I'm trying them next. If not, guess I'll download Bank of America's check cashing app and deposit it in my bank back home. <_<
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cryptoclastic posted:If KB will let you do it without an account let me know. Maybe I'll try Jeonbuk or Nonghyup as well, as I have accounts with them. NH is the bank I was railing against in the original post. They have literally half half the accounts in the ROK
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This women has been savagely mocked everywhere place expats post on the internet.
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You can cash your stimulus check at KB without an account
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On the spot. 20,997 won fee
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