South Korea

[Yithian]

...and then he'll be found insane at the trial.

...he had submitted to police an eight-page note explaining his reasons.

Looking plausible!

 

[ramonmercado]

I'd set dogs on them.

Dozens of dog farmers in South Korea have staged a rally to criticise the country’s first lady over her reported comments supporting a possible ban on dog meat consumption.

Eating dog is a centuries-old Korean practice but there have been growing calls to allow it in South Korea as animal rights campaigns have influenced public attitudes and eating dog meat has fallen out of favour with most younger people.

In late 2021, a government-civilian committee was launched to reach a social consensus on ending dog meat consumption but no breakthrough has been reported yet.

Farmers demanded authorities present more concrete compensation steps or allow them to maintain their businesses for about 15-20 years until older people, who are the main source of demand for the meat, die.

https://www.breakingnews.ie/world/s...st-ladys-comments-on-eating-meat-1467147.html

Finally illegal to sell dogs for human consumption but you can still eat them if you grow your own.

The slaughter and sale of dogs for their meat is to become illegal in South Korea after MPs backed a new law.

The legislation, set to come into force by 2027, aims to end the centuries-old practice of humans eating dog meat.

Dog meat stew, called "boshintang", is considered a delicacy among some older South Koreans, but the meat has fallen out of favour with diners and is no longer popular with young people.

Under the new law the consumption of dog meat itself will not be illegal.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67920167

 

[ramonmercado]

No sex please we're Kotean.

Lee Hee Tae had high hopes for his sex festival, which he proudly billed as South Korea's "first and largest".

He envisaged 5,000 fans flocking to see their favourite Japanese porn actors and actresses, who were being flown in for last weekend's event. There was to be a bondage fashion show, a sex toy exhibition, and some adult games, that involved bursting balloons between people's bodies.

But with just 24 hours to go, the festival was cancelled.

South Korea is known for its conservative approach to sex and adult entertainment. Public nudity and strip shows are banned, and it is illegal to sell or distribute hardcore pornography, though not to consume it.

"Virtually every developed country has a sex festival, but here in South Korea we don't even have an adult entertainment culture. I want to take the first steps towards creating one," said Lee Hee Tae, whose company Play Joker produced legal softcore pornography before their pivot to organising events.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68879492

 

[ramonmercado]

Identified at last.

Remains of fallen soldiers in Korean War identified​

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Maj Patrick Angier and Sgt Donald Northey died making a last stand on Hill 235 in the Korean War

Two British soldiers who died at the Battle of the Imjin River have been identified in unmarked military graves in South Korea.

Maj Patrick Angier and Sgt Donald Northey were among those killed when about 400 men from the Gloucestershire Regiment fought a last stand on Hill 235 during the Korean War. That last stand delayed thousands of Chinese troops long enough for the UN forces to regroup and protect Seoul.

Researcher Nicola Nash had no DNA evidence available but used hundreds of documents including maps, telegrams, reports and letters to identify the men. ...

In November the families of Maj Angier and Sgt Northey will be in Busan for a special rededication service where the soldiers, along with two others identified from the Royal Ulster Rifles, will receive new named headstones to mark their final resting place.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceve0vvqjyqo

 

[Kondoru]

Ok...identified FOUR but only mention TWO??

Why?

 

[Frideswide]

"Virtually every developed country has a sex festival,

is this true? asking for a friend.

 

[ramonmercado]

Ok...identified FOUR but only mention TWO??

Why?

Don't know apart from the article being about the Gloucestershire Regiment. I searched but can't find anything about the Royal Ulster Rifles bodies being identified.

 

[Yithian]

Identified at last.

Remains of fallen soldiers in Korean War identified​

handout
Maj Patrick Angier and Sgt Donald Northey died making a last stand on Hill 235 in the Korean War

Two British soldiers who died at the Battle of the Imjin River have been identified in unmarked military graves in South Korea.

Maj Patrick Angier and Sgt Donald Northey were among those killed when about 400 men from the Gloucestershire Regiment fought a last stand on Hill 235 during the Korean War. That last stand delayed thousands of Chinese troops long enough for the UN forces to regroup and protect Seoul.

Researcher Nicola Nash had no DNA evidence available but used hundreds of documents including maps, telegrams, reports and letters to identify the men. ...

In November the families of Maj Angier and Sgt Northey will be in Busan for a special rededication service where the soldiers, along with two others identified from the Royal Ulster Rifles, will receive new named headstones to mark their final resting place.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceve0vvqjyqo

Not noted in the article is that Major Angier's brother, Pilot Officer David Angier, also gave his life with the RAF over Germany on 14/2/45.

Their father, Captain R.A. Angier, had already been wounded in action with the Gloucestershire Regiment during the First World War.

Here is a picture of Major Angier (right) with Captain A.N. Wilson at A-Coy HQ on 13/2/51, about eight weeks before his death.

 

[Floyd]

'Only elegant women allowed': S Korea gym draws flak for sign​

A gym in South Korea has banned misbehaving "aunties", reigniting a debate about discrimination against older women in the country.

The gym in Incheon city near the capital Seoul put up a sign that read "off limits to ajummas" and "only cultivated and elegant women allowed".

Ajumma is a catch-all term for older women - typically late-30s onwards - but is also a pejorative for behaviour that is seen as rude or obnoxious.

Local reports did not name the gym or its owner, who defended the move, claiming that his company had "suffered damages" because of these women and their unruly behaviour.

“[Some older women customers] would spend an hour or two in the changing room to do their laundry, steal items including towels, soaps, or hair dryers,” he said in a televised interview with South Korean news agency Yonhap.

“They would sit in a row and comment and judge other people’s bodies,” he said, adding that some younger women have quit the gym because of these comments, which upset them or made them uncomfortable.

While the move was made by a single gym, it seems to have struck a nerve because in recent years, South Korean businesses have drawn flak for banning children or seniors from certain public places.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgll0y7pgygo

 

[cycleboy2]

South Korea clamps down on bagel seasoning because it contains poppy seeds, which are banned in the country.

https://www.theguardian.com/food/ar...er-joes-bagel-seasoning-crackdown-poppy-seeds

 

[Yithian]

South Korea clamps down on bagel seasoning because it contains poppy seeds, which are banned in the country.

https://www.theguardian.com/food/ar...er-joes-bagel-seasoning-crackdown-poppy-seeds

South Korean authorities, in consonance with the general public, have a laughably low level of awareness of the forms, effects and risks of intoxicating drugs—even the doctors seem to speak like sniggering boys behind the bikesheds. Those with a more realistic view have almost exclusively gained it via life overseas. Recreational drug use is rare, legal penalties for those caught are serious, and the social stigma of being implicated in such activities is considerable.

Part of this is a product of the history of authoritarian government, and part is that the government has looked at the various drug crises in North America plus the drug-crime link and decided they want no part of that in any way and would rather throw any number of babies out to avoid the toxic bathwater.

I'm not personally anti-drug, but on the whole, they're probably right: it's a problem you don't want your society to have.