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Where do Ajosshis Come From? Part 2: The Colonial Origins of the South Korean Military

( Source ) The Big Japanese 象【ぞう】 in the Room Switching from the office politics of Korean workplaces to the Japanese colonization of East Asia may seem like quite a jump, especially to th… more »

The Grand Narrative

Where do Ajosshis Come From? Part 2: The Colonial Origins of the South Korean Military — 9 comments

James Turnbull wrote 3 weeks ago: ( Source ) The Big Japanese 象【ぞう】 in the Room Switching from the office politics of Kore … more »

Tags: Japan and East Asia, Korean Economy, colonial Korea, developmental state, 박정희, Japanese Colonial Period, Japanese Colony, Japanese empire, Korean Development

Where do Ajosshis Come From? Part 1: The Evidence For Militarism — 21 comments

James Turnbull wrote 1 month ago: ( Image by superlocal ) (Apologies for the long delay since the last post. Not only did the subje … more »

Tags: Japan and East Asia, Korean Children and Teenagers, Korean Economy, korean education, Learning Korean, Sexism and Sexuality in Korea, Confucianism, Conscription, gem

Japanese Women Like Being Told What to do... — 8 comments

James Turnbull wrote 2 months ago: (Photo by annick777) Introduction At least by the editors of women’s magazines anyway (wit … more »

Tags: Japan and East Asia, korean education, Sexism and Sexuality in Korea, Cram Schools, 학원, Japanese Popular Culture, Japanese women, Japanese Women's Magazines, Korean Women's Magazines

Women's Bodies in Korea's Consumer Society, Part 3 (Final): Nation, Family, Self — 6 comments

James Turnbull wrote 3 months ago:   (Photo by publish9) Anti-Communist Fashion Unlike Part 1 and Part 2, this won’t be a s … more »

Tags: Admin and Blogosphere, Japan and East Asia, Sexism and Sexuality in Korea, Anti-communism, 성형숫술, Korean Feminism, Korean Plastic Surgery, Korean Prostitution, Korean Women's Body Images

In Search of the Korean Fantastique: Part 4 (Final) — 5 comments

James Turnbull wrote 4 months ago: (Photo by Bad Comrade) Sorry for the five days since my last post, a long time for me. First up, s … more »

Tags: Admin and Blogosphere, Korean Arts and Culture, Korean Internet and Television, Korean Movies, Korean Music, Living in Korea, Personals Dreams and Nightmares, po bronson, thomas beller

In Search of the Korean Fantastique: Part 3

James Turnbull wrote 5 months ago: (Photo by Full_Frame_Chris) Rasion d’être  For those of you who’ve read parts one an … more »

Tags: Japan and East Asia, Korean Music, Living in Korea, An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture, Dance Parties, Dominic Strinati, george ritzer, Korean Club Culture, McDonaldization

In Search of the Korean Fantastique: Part 1 — 7 comments

James Turnbull wrote 5 months ago:     (photo by Brocco Lee) When I innocently began writing this post about some of my favourite a … more »

Tags: Living in Korea, Admin and Blogosphere, Korean Arts and Culture, Japan and East Asia, Copyright, Imajica, Clive Barker, Pingmag, Francisco Perez

Who's to Blame for Gender Inequality in Korea and Japan? — 1 comment

James Turnbull wrote 6 months ago: Over at Japundit, Peter Payne briefly discusses the phenomenon of kekkon taishoku in Japan, or lea … more »

Tags: Child Raising in Korea, Korean Children and Teenagers, Korean Demographics, Korean Economy, Living in Korea, Sexism and Sexuality in Korea, A Vindication of the Rights of Women, Asian values, childcare

Sociologists on the Ins and Outs of Premarital Sex

James Turnbull wrote 6 months ago:   For a geek, it’s been very frustrating being surrounded by quality second-hand bookshops th … more »

Tags: Sexism and Sexuality in Korea, Living in Korea, Korean Demographics, Flatting in Korea, Maureen Baker, Families Labour and Love, Bernard Salt, The (((BIG))) Picture, Premartial Sex in Korea

Happy New Years from Auckland, and plans for the blog in 2008 — 3 comments

James Turnbull wrote 6 months ago: (Photo by Jae Sern) (Update February 29 2008: For various reasons, in the end all the plans for the … more »

Tags: Sexism and Sexuality in Korea, Admin and Blogosphere, Maureen Baker, developmental state, Choices and Constraints in Family Life, The New Zealand Family from 1840, Ian Pool

Flatting, Premarital Sex and Cohabitation in Korea, Part 2: Some Theoretical Perspectives — 3 comments

James Turnbull wrote 7 months ago: Back in my previous post on this subject (again, apologies for the length of that), I argued that … more »

Tags: Japan and East Asia, Korean Economy, korean education, Sexism and Sexuality in Korea, Base and Superstructure, Cohabitation in Korea, Convergence vs Divergence, developmental state, Flatting in Korea

Some Reviews of Books on Korea, Part 3: The Labor Movement

James Turnbull wrote 7 months ago: Back in part one, I mentioned that there is still no single volume, definitive guide to Korean soci … more »

Tags: Korean Democratization, Korean Demographics, Korean Economy, Capitalist Development and Democracy, Charles Armstrong, 경제사회발전노사정위원회, Korean Labour, Korean society, Royal Asiatic Society Korea

Some Reviews of Books on Korea, Part 2: Mastering Business in Korea — 1 comment

James Turnbull wrote 7 months ago: Continuing my reviews of the books I bought last Wednesday, after WhatTheBook I went to the office o … more »

Tags: Korean Economy, Living in Korea, Cheonggye Stream, Culture Shock: Korea, 청계천, Jang Song-hyon, Mastering Business in Korea, RASKB, Royal Asiatic Society

Some Reviews of Books on Korea, Part 1: Korean Agriculture, the Japanese Wave, and a Sycophant — 2 comments

James Turnbull wrote 7 months ago: I wish I had seen a sunset like this while I was in Seoul, but I did get to see one behind the 63 B … more »

Tags: Japan and East Asia, Korean Arts and Culture, Korean Internet and Television, Korean Movies, Korean Music, Living in Korea, 63 Building, Agricultural Cooperatives in Korea, D-War

My Korean Confession — 4 comments

James Turnbull wrote 8 months ago: (Update Novermber 8: In hindsight, I think I berated myself too much in this post for doing so badl … more »

Tags: Admin and Blogosphere, Learning Korean, Living in Korea, Han Yeong, 살아있는 한국어, 푸경대락, 하국어로 어떻게 말해요?, 한영, korean test

Korean women don't 'need' sons anymore (or why Lonely Planet Korea sucks) — 3 comments

James Turnbull wrote 8 months ago: I did some experimenting the other night, which gave me a great deal of pleasure. With the blog a … more »

Tags: Sexism and Sexuality in Korea, Korean Children and Teenagers, Child Raising in Korea, Korean Demographics, Korean Translations, KIHASA, Lonely Planet Korea, Preference for sons

Phones and more babies

James Turnbull wrote 10 months ago: One problem with being a complete geek renaissance man,  or “Polymath” according to Wi … more »

Tags: Korean Economy, Korean Internet and Television, Sexism and Sexuality in Korea, the ECONOMIST, po bronson, What should I do with my life?, Tied to the Kitchen, Women in the Netherlands, screen test

A Korean Commentary on Free Trade — 3 comments

James Turnbull wrote 10 months ago: In my last post, I very briefly mentioned my mixed feelings about free trade, and how The Economist … more »

Tags: Korean Economy, Bad Samaritans, Book Reviews, ha-joon chang, Singled Out, The Ecnomist, Virginia Nicholson

Essential Information for Driving in Korea

James Turnbull wrote 11 months ago:   (Photo by tylerdurden1) If you live in any foreign country for an extended period of time, soon y … more »

Tags: Admin and Blogosphere, Japan and East Asia, Living in Korea, Driving in Korea, fan death, 정, Jeong, Korean Cars, Korean Driving Laws


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