Category Archives: Authors

Asia’s first Master of Wine

Posted on 5 March 2010 by admin

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/968cb2dc-27e0-11df-9598-00144feabdc0.html FT, Published: March 5 2010 22:45 | Last updated: March 5 2010 22:45 What wine would do justice to the explosive taste of fried chilli prawns? How about beef satay, or chicken in a spicy coconut sauce? Now imagine … Continue reading →

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A Nation of Racist Dwarfs

Posted on 1 February 2010 by admin

Kim Jong-il’s regime is even weirder and more despicable than you thought. www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2010/02/a_nation_of_racist_dwarfs.single.html By Christopher Hitchens|Posted Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, at 10:01 AM ET Visiting North Korea some years ago, I was lucky to have a fairly genial “minder” whom … Continue reading →

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Green initiatives

Posted on 9 January 2010 by admin

In November in Seoul, at The Economist Conferences Business Roundtable with the South Korean government, President Lee Myung-bak and his full team of economic ministers and other top officials all harped a good deal on green themes. I append the relevant section … Continue reading →

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The Caged Bird Sings – A review of The Old Garden

Posted on 8 September 2009 by admin

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/books/review/Myers-t.html THE OLD GARDEN By Hwang Sok-yong Translated by Jay Oh 539 pp. Seven Stories Press. $30 One must never speak ill of nonchronological storytelling in America, where it is considered innately more serious than the other kind. But it … Continue reading →

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Finally, laid to rest in Pyongyang

Posted on 14 August 2009 by admin

By Michael Rank http://atimes.com/atimes/Korea/KH14Dg01.html LONDON – There can be no lonelier grave anywhere on Earth. Amid fields close to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, lie the remains of Flight Lieutenant Desmond Hinton, a British fighter pilot who flew for the … Continue reading →

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Roh Moo-hyun

Posted on 25 May 2009 by admin

Obituary commissioned by The Guardian. Completed 24 May 2009. Edited version published on 25 May 2009 at http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/24/roh-moo-hyun-obituary Combative South Korean president who challenged the old elite Aidan Foster-Carter Roh Moo-hyun, who ended his life on Saturday aged 62, was … Continue reading →

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Obituary: Roh Moo-hyun

Posted on 24 May 2009 by admin

By Christian Oliver in Seoul http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/571c01b4-4859-11de-8870-00144feabdc0.html Published: May 24 2009 17:07 | Last updated: May 24 2009 17:07 Roh Moo-hyun, who committed suicide on Saturday, was devastated by an enquiry into his probity and had written on his blog of … Continue reading →

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Thousands in Korea mourn Roh’s death

Posted on 24 May 2009 by admin

By Song Jung-a and Christian Oliver in Seoul http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f848bf9c-485d-11de-8870-00144feabdc0.html Published: May 24 2009 13:46 | Last updated: May 24 2009 17:15 Tens of thousands of mourners gathered across South Korea to pay their final respects to Roh Moo-hyun, a former … Continue reading →

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Seoul food aims for top table

Posted on 15 May 2009 by admin

By Christian Oliver http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b56f1ae0-417d-11de-bdb7-00144feabdc0.html Published: May 15 2009 19:28 | Last updated: May 15 2009 19:28 Across the world, every octopus should be quaking in his rock-pool; Korean chefs are going global. By 2017, we will not just be dialling … Continue reading →

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Gulag horrors and showstoppers

Posted on 17 April 2009 by admin

By Christian Oliver http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7b613b4c-2ae6-11de-8415-00144feabdc0.html Published: April 17 2009 03:00 | Last updated: April 17 2009 03:00 On entering North Korea’s brutal gulags, inmates have to sign a declaration that they will never tell anyone what goes on there. Jung Sung-san … Continue reading →

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