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De Hoge Veluwe, Gelderland
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1 min read
Autumnal scene, 2009.
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Steam (Redux)
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5 min read
All about Steam
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Philippe Gigantés on Korean fighting cocks
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2 min read
In Korea, cocks are allowed to fight till they kill one another, and to egg them on to greater excitement red pepper is rubbed into their eyes. Newly born calves are allowed to spend the night in the open at 70 degrees below zero. Many die. The puppy which grows as the children’s pet is…
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Turtles for Myron Lysenko
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1 min read
Written at Hyang Il-am temple, Yeosu, Republic of Korea
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Hyang Il-am hermitage, Yeosu
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0 min read
In 2009 I visited the Hyang Il-am hermitage outside Yeosu in the Republic of Korea. Absolutely beautiful!
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(Neo) New Cheorwon
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Actually, it’s Sokcho but WGAF.
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A-aaaaand, we’re back!
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2 min read
SNAFU narrowly averted. Yays.
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Den of Geek on the Star Wars TIE fighter
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2 min read
Colin Cantwell’s design for the Empire’s short-range [TIE] fighters is one of the most distinctive visual motifs of Star Wars. In a decade newly (perhaps foolishly) obsessed with the possibilities of solar power, it seemed at the cutting edge to make that source of energy a part of the craft’s design. The shape and dynamic…
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(On the tomb of) Yun Hye-yong
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3 min read
Yun Hye-yong was a singer with the Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble, a North Korean orchestra. In May 2009, according to the Chosun Ilbo, author Chang Jin-song published a poem, “Kim Jong-il’s Last Woman”, in which it was alleged that Yun was a mistress of Kim Jong-il. The authenticity of this claim remains unclear. This poem was…
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My interview with Arjen Duinker
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1 min read
Well it’s taken me
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Lee Si-woo on history, tragedy and the DMZ
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History is always cruel to the defeated because it belongs to the victor. History offers a future to the latter, but tragedy to the former. In spite of this, tragedy is beautiful because a solution presupposes the problem that caused the loser to lose, and because as the saying goes, human beings present only those…
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Sunshine for Kim Dae-jung
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3 min read
Kim Dae-jung, a former President of the Republic of Korea (1998–2003), and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, died on 18 August 2009. This poem was first published in Jacket2 (USA, 2012). Läs på svenska.
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How to get to (and from) Muuido
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In 2009, during my Asialink residency in Seoul, me and a bunch of others decided to make the journey to Muuido, an island near Incheon airport. Well, it seemed like it was ‘near’. We ended up on the beach at the top right of the map near Silmido. Couldn’t get to Silmido itself because of…
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White Tiger: How I got my Korean name
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5 min read
“Hear me roar …”
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50/49 redux
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& later I realised