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	<title>The Marmot's Hole</title>
	
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		<title>Open Thread #243</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2012/05/19/open-thread-243-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 00:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Koehler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beautiful weekend, folks. Enjoy it.]]></description>
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		<title>Around Kwanak-san . . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R. Elgin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birds in Korea]]></category>

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		<title>UPP issues ultimatum to its proportional representatives</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2012/05/18/upp-issues-ultimatum-to-its-proportional-representatives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 03:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thekorean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[South Korea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be honest &#8212; I am happy to have taken a vacation in the last two weeks, as the UPP debacle was going down. Writing a post about it would have burned me to no end, but thankfully I was spared of that task. But now that I am back, MH&#8217;s finest Korean politics coverage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lee Myeong-Bak misses yet another May 18 ceremony</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2012/05/18/lee-myeong-bak-misses-yet-another-may-18-ceremony/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 02:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[South Korea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For the fourth time since 2009, President Lee Myeong-Bak did not attend the May 18 memorial ceremony held in Gwangju, letting pass the last opportunity for him to attend as the president. This year, Lee did not even put out a ceremonial speech, which in previous years was read by the Prime Minister at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gyeongbokgung Palace at night: May 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2012/05/18/gyeongbokgung-palace-at-night-may-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 23:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Koehler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gyeongbokgung Palace is hosting nighttime viewings through Sunday&#8212;check out last night&#8217;s photographs at my photoblog.]]></description>
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		<title>Exhibit of historic AP photos of Korea</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2012/05/17/exhibit-of-historic-ap-photos-of-korea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 08:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Koehler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Korean History]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Seoul Museum of History is hosting through June 3 an exhibit of photographs taken by AP from Korea&#8217;s Liberation in 1945 to the April Revolution of 1960. Judging from the ones posted at the JoongAng Ilbo, it&#8217;s worth the visit.]]></description>
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		<title>Chosun Ilbo learns that behind asshat students stand asshat parents</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2012/05/17/chosun-ilbo-learns-that-behind-asshat-students-stand-asshat-parents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 04:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Koehler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Korean Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporal punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ye Olde Chosun reports that behind violent and rude students, you&#8217;ll often find violent and senseless parents, and that violence against teachers by school parents is growing serious. You now have parents visiting schools to beat up teachers who admonish their children and parents who conduct background investigations into the personal lives of teachers to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And the John E. Brennan Award* goes to…</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2012/05/17/and-the-john-e-brennan-award-goes-to/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 03:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Koehler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Korean Tabloid Crap]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A striking bus worker by the name of Mr. Jin apparently stripped naked and protested for about 10 minutes in front of Jeonju City Hall&#8217;s public service center Wednesday. Last month, another striking worker took a dump in front of Jeonju City Hall&#8217;s front entrance. After protesting in front of the city hall, Jin tried [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good job, North Korea</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2012/05/17/good-job-north-korea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 01:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Koehler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese fish pirates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese fishing boats]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Never thought I&#8217;d say that, but kudos to the Korean People&#8217;s Army for seizing three Chinese fishing boats operating illegally in North Korean waters. A total of 29 Chinese are being held, and North Korea wants 200 million won to release them. I wonder if they went all Braveheart on the North Koreans like they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreigner crime rate low, but I guess we’re more likely to kill you</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2012/05/17/foreigner-crime-rate-low-but-i-guess-were-more-likely-to-kill-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2012/05/17/foreigner-crime-rate-low-but-i-guess-were-more-likely-to-kill-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Koehler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stupid Foreigner Tricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreigner crime]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Chosun Ilbo reports that while foreigners make up only 2.8% of Korea&#8217;s population, they account for nearly 8% of the murders: Foreigners now commit 8 percent of all murders in Korea although they still account for a much smaller proportion of the population. According to statistics published by police on Wednesday, the number of [...]]]></description>
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