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	<title>The Marmot's Hole</title>
	
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	<description>Korea... in Blog Format</description>
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		<title>Open Thread: The “Relaxed in Seoul” Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2013/05/18/open-thread-the-relaxed-in-seoul-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R. Elgin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have a relaxed weekend here in Korea.]]></description>
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		<title>Far-right wingers seek to deny the Gwangju legacy</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2013/05/18/far-right-wingers-seek-to-deny-the-gwangju-legacy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2013/05/18/far-right-wingers-seek-to-deny-the-gwangju-legacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thekorean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[South Korea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today is May 18, 33rd anniversary of the Gwangju Uprising&#8211;one of the most significant events of South Korea&#8217;s march to democracy. On May 18, 1980, the Chun Doo-hwan dictatorship mobilized paratroopers against the protesting citizens of Gwangju, and massacred hundreds of them. But Korean conservatives, many of whom trace their roots to Chun Doo-hwan and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Korean officials abandoned the chance to pack up Gaeseong</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2013/05/18/south-korean-officials-abandoned-the-chance-to-pack-up-gaeseong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2013/05/18/south-korean-officials-abandoned-the-chance-to-pack-up-gaeseong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thekorean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[South Korea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Depends on how you feel about Gaeseong Industrial Complex, this is either trivial or monumental. Gaeseong Industrial Complex is currently sitting idle, with South Korean companies unable to retrieve the raw materials and finished goods on the other side of the Armistice Line. As it turns out, on the day when the last contingent of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Korean Footballer Ki Sungyong to marry Actress/presenter Han Hyejin</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2013/05/17/south-korean-footballer-ki-sungyong-to-marry-actresspresenter-han-hyejin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2013/05/17/south-korean-footballer-ki-sungyong-to-marry-actresspresenter-han-hyejin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yuna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Korean Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Korean Tabloid Crap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Korea]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=36987</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[South Korean footballer Ki Sungyong(24, Swansea City) is set to marry the pretty actress and straight-talking presenter of the SBS Interview Show &#8220;Healing Camp&#8221; Han Hyejin (32) in July. Here he is on the talk show last year before they started going out, saying that he prefers older women, and cannot stand the &#8220;oppa&#8221; addressing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaesong Choco Pies, Clinton’s War Plan, China’s Extraction Policies &amp; North Korea’s Undeath</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2013/05/16/kaesong-choco-pies-clintons-war-plan-chinas-extraction-policies-north-koreas-undeath/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2013/05/16/kaesong-choco-pies-clintons-war-plan-chinas-extraction-policies-north-koreas-undeath/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Rodgers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[North Korea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In an engrossing and sagacious LRB review of Victor Cha&#8217;s &#8220;The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future,&#8221; Richard Lloyd Parry takes the reader on a journey through the last few decades and on into the future of North Korea where more of the same is sensible and certain. First, we go to Kaesong where [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Government asks that the U.S. hurry their butts on up with the Yoon investigation</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2013/05/16/government-asks-that-the-u-s-hurry-their-butts-on-up-with-the-yoon-investigation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2013/05/16/government-asks-that-the-u-s-hurry-their-butts-on-up-with-the-yoon-investigation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 09:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby McGill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[South Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yoon Chang-joong]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This from the Korea Times: The government has asked the authorities in Washington to Expedite their investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against presidential spokesman dismissed Chang Yoon-jung. &#8220;We expressed our willingness to Cooperate in the ongoing investigation. We also requested a fast-track APPROACH, Korean Ambassador to the U.S. Choi Young- Jin told reporters there  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photos of Samgwangsa Temple, Busan</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2013/05/16/photos-of-samgwangsa-temple-busan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2013/05/16/photos-of-samgwangsa-temple-busan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 04:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Koehler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photos of Korea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For your viewing enjoyment, I&#8217;ve posted some shots of Busan&#8217;s Samgwangsa Temple I took Sunday evening. The lanterns should be up until tomorrow evening.]]></description>
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		<title>Pro-baller charged with assaulting smoking middle school girls. Netizens rise to his defense</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2013/05/16/pro-baller-charged-with-assaulting-smoking-middle-school-girls-netizens-rise-to-his-defense/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2013/05/16/pro-baller-charged-with-assaulting-smoking-middle-school-girls-netizens-rise-to-his-defense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby McGill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Korean Society]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=36919</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[South Korean pro basketball player Lee Hyung-ho may have driven a little too hard to the goal of stopping teen smoking when he confronted several middle school-aged girls puffing it up on a public playground. After the girls cursed at him for intruding, Lee grew angry and smacked them on the top of the head [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>162</slash:comments>
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		<title>Prosecutors raid construction company offices over Four Rivers</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2013/05/15/prosecutors-raid-construction-company-offices-over-four-rivers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2013/05/15/prosecutors-raid-construction-company-offices-over-four-rivers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 04:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Koehler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[South Korea]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=36917</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Prosecutors this morning launched raids on the offices of about 30 construction companies and subcontractors to search for evidence regarding corruption in the Four Rivers Project. All the big names were represented: Hyundai, GS, Daewoo, Samsung, SK, POSCO, etc. In particular, prosecutors were looking for evidence of slush funds and bid collusion. A civic group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Korean cops as useless as Cleveland’s</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2013/05/15/north-korean-cops-as-useless-as-clevelands/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2013/05/15/north-korean-cops-as-useless-as-clevelands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 04:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Koehler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[North Korea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[TV Chosun has video footage of North Koreans smuggling stuff across the border as security personnel pretended not to notice. Prostitution is taking place pretty openly, too&#8212;they got footage of a soldier stopping a pimp, who shouts back, &#8220;Where&#8217;s your evidence?&#8221;]]></description>
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