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Korea Search Engines Directories

vaiguoren — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:33:18 +0000

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Korea Search Engines Directories

PIPA
Search engine, entertainment, finance, shopping, travel, provided such link.
http://www.pipa.co.kr/

Baby mammal
Subject directories, keyword search service.
http://www.iforu.com/

Dmoz
Open Directory Search Engine.
http://www.dmoz.org/

Let’s go
Links rank sites, sports, shopping, news, music, fortune and Information.
http://www.gaja9.com/

Clear
Open Directory Search Engine.
http://www.gioo.com/

South Korea promoting ڷ Á
South Korea promoting Topics Search Directory.
http://info.prkorea.com/

Zao
Reliable search services, Web search, community, web site evaluation provided.
http://www.zaao.com/

Romow Web Directory
Social, educational, entertainment, sport and Industry website and blog search services.
http://www.romow.com/

Patent Yellow page
Patent directory service site, technology transfer, booksellers, translators, application, statistics and information.
http://www.patyellow.com/

Flower arrangements 114 ohpeunmaket peulronet
International flower delivery service specialist, baesongjiyeok, items purchased, and more.
http://www.flonet114.com/

Enenteo
Life, entertainment, economy, shopping, Web, directory, site search service.
http://www.nenter.com/

Mr. eyibi Net
Subject directories, keyword search service.
http://www.abc.net/

Business
Keyword, directory, search, website registration, subject site links, providing entertainment and sports news.
http://www.business.co.kr/

Dieseu Mentoring
Directory systems specialist, LDAP, identity management, Web servers, data security and business information.
http://www.dsmentoring.com/

Dadembi
Directories, keyword search, website registration, reporting formats, such as academic papers provide specialized materials.
http://www.dadembi.com/

Jinringkeo
Directory, site search and better services.
http://search.jinsm.com/

Gidokgeomsaek
Pastor, curate job, such as lecture materials provided.
http://www.christdb.com/

Koreans’ Love Affair with Quick Foods

vaiguoren — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:17:50 +0000

Posted on english.chosun

Without coffee mix, coffee would probably never have grown so popular in Korea. Coffee was first introduced to Korea in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when the country began to open its doors to the West. Instant coffee was smuggled into marketplaces from U.S. military bases after the Korean War, but coffee remained an occasional treat, served when guests were invited. But when Dongsuh Food launched its own instant coffee in 1970, coffee instantly became a national drink. Before then there were popular traditional beverages like sujeonggwa (fruit punch), sweet rice drink, barley tea and ginger tea, but none were so favored as a dessert drink the way coffee was.

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The Korean Wave in China

vaiguoren — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:59:35 +0000

Posted on koreamelon.com

I just read an interesting article about the influence of Korean media on Chinese Youth culture on NY Times:

China’s Youth Look to Seoul for Inspiration

I’ve read about the Korean wave since I saw my first Korean movie in 2000 (SHIRI). It wasn’t until last year when I went to Japan that realized the impact of Korean culture on other Asian countries. Going to a bookstore I would see a separate section for Korean magazines, Korean photobooks (on actors, movies or TV-series) and Korean learning material (I found more Korean textbooks than German textbooks). Going to a department store I would see commcercials and posters with Korean celebrities, at the cinema I would see posters promoting the latest Korean blockbuster. The first artist to sell more than one million CDs was BOA, a Korean singer (who’s under contract with Avex Traxx, a Japanese record company). I couldn’t even go to the ice rink to escape the Korean wave. They were constantly playing the songs from ‘Winter Sonata‘, a Korean TV drama that could be described as the Korean ‘Titanic’.

It was really interesting to observe this phenomenon in Japan. Historically Japan felt little connection to other Asian countries. After WWII Japan’s main cultural influence came from America and that hasn’t really changed till today. Japan is the most important market for American movies. ‘The Last Samurai’ made more money in Japan than in America. Japan is the most important export market for Hip Hop music.

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Gov’t Standardizes Foreign Names for Korean Food

vaiguoren — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:48:22 +0000

Posted on english.chosun

The government is standardizing the names of Korean dishes to help foreign diners know what they are ordering.

The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said Thursday that it has come up with recommended spellings and descriptions for 124 Korean dishes in English, Japanese and Chinese.

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Samsung Bada is Yet Another Mobile Platform

vaiguoren — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:37:06 +0000

Posted on web20asia.com

Samsung announced its new mobile platform called Bada. Bada means “Ocean” in Korean; the word can also mean “to download” (an app), so I guess branding-wise, Bada couldn’t have been more aptly named, at least for Korean-speaking audience.

Source:morse.it

So what is Bada? The “About” section of Bada homepage gives an intro, which I think is unnecessarily long and yet somehow fails to get to the point. In a nutshell, Bada is Samsung’s Symbian. Bada entails a new, Samsung-developed smartphone operating system, Samsung’s app store, and Samsung app developer program.

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Cyworld US Doesn’t Know “Graceful Sunset”

vaiguoren — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:32:28 +0000

Posted on web20asia.com

This is from last week, but definitely needs revisiting. Cyworld Us announced it’s closing its service. Well, services can close (though basically it’s a disaster and it shouldn’t happen, as people lose their data), but the real problem is how horribly the company is handling the whole situation. I am appalled by the lack of professionalism in the email notice they sent out. How could they not hire a single English-speaking person to write an email of this importance? The email is so full of grammatical errors that almost half of commenters in the Techcrunch article actually think it was poorly translated by Google Translate, while the email was originally written in English.

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N.Korea Ends Experiment with TV Commercials

vaiguoren — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:31:50 +0000

Posted on english.chosun.com

North Korea stopped TV commercials in late August, less than two months after they started to be shown in July. A Unification Ministry official on Sunday said occasional advertising of goods on [North] Korean Central TV started July 2 with a commercial for Taedonggang Beer but stopped on Aug. 29.

Quoting a North Korea source, the Yonhap news agency reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il fired Cha Sung-su, chairman of the Central Broadcasting Commission in charge of all TV programs. Kim was said to have been “enraged” because he regards commercials as the thin end of the wedge of Chinese-style market reforms. The ministry said the firing has not been confirmed.

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Korean Blog Services

vaiguoren — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:25:38 +0000

Korean Blog Services 설치형 블로그

Text Cube
Discrete blog services, downloads, blogs, keywords, and a skin creation guide bar and more.
Popularity http://www.textcube.org/

Jelly Box
English, computer, information, photo album and more.
Popularity http://www.samgakgimbab.pe.kr/

   TNC
Beulrogeutul mounted developers blog about marketing, 태터툴즈 provide a guide.
Popularity http://blog.tnccompany.com/

   Wings blog
Discrete meta blog, about the program, providing downloads.
Popularity http://www.wingz.kr/

   Text Cube dot-com
Google Korea blog subscription-service, skins, micro-blogging work, attach information and features.
Popularity http://www.textcube.com/

   Textiles
Express mounted engine, based on a blog, geulgam scraps, bukmakeulrit, community, and more.
Popularity http://www.textyle.kr/

   Text Cube Blog
Text Cube official blog, installation guide, event information, and provide hwalyongtip.
Popularity http://blog.textcube.com/

   Neomjeunet
Discrete meta blog service, search, community builder downloads available.
http://www.numz.net/

   Movable Type
Discrete blog service, plug-in support, downloads, and more production guide.
http://www.movabletype.org/

   NucleusCMS
Discrete blog service, technical information, practices, downloads, and more.
http://www.nucleuscms.org/

   Pixelpost
Discrete professional blog service providers, features and installation instructions, guides, downloads available.
http://www.pixelpost.org/

Beulrogeumim
Discrete blog services, skin downloads, bug reporting more.
http://blog.blogmeme.com/

   Gizmo Blog
Discrete Multi-Account Blogs solutions, installation and unyoungtip, packaging materials more.
http://www.gizmo.co.kr/

   Wiz Blog
Professional Blog Site, Services introduction, value-added services, blog search and more.
http://www.wizblog.com/

Local Disk
Computer game photo, and video, iPod info, encoding, and more.
http://universewalker.textcube.com/

   Simple Log
Beulrogeutul mounted, installation methods, skin creation, application and download the skin, the more bug reports.
http://www.thesimplog.com/

Log s
Illustrations, graphics, designs, icons, vector data and more.
http://www.logs.kr/

   Izu Blog
Discrete blog service, skins, how to use the download and installation instructions.
http://www.isblog.net/

Haewooso
Blog community, and are subject blogs, creating blogs, and more.
http://www.heuso.com/

   Enbeulrogeu
Professional site, blog, blogs, skins, plug-in support, providing discrete services.
http://www.nblog.co.kr/

   BlackMusics Blog
Computers, programming, reverse engineering and more information.
http://www.tw397.pe.kr/

   Should know at a glance
Discrete blog, politics, society, economy and more information.
http://www.hegemony.pe.kr/