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‘Monnara Iunnara’ Hits al-Yahoo, Page One

[Update: Lee explains himself, badly. The Marmot then proceeds to tear off his head and crap down his neck. Ouch.] [Update 2: The Wall of Canadians, exposed! See how Canada controls the entertainment industry, the media, global finance …. even the Bush family!] The South Korean image machine rolls on. This could be a serious setback to the hard-won gains of the Tokdo Riders: Another strip shows a newspaper, magazine, TV and radio with the description: “In a word, American...

Wiesenthal Center Condemns Anti-Semitic ‘Monnara Iunnara’ Comic Book

A few initial observations before I relate the rest of this story.  First, I predict that no embassies will be burned and no riots will ensue as a result of these comics. Second is a story that I may never have told here, but will tell now.  In February of 2004, when British newspapers first reported that North Korea was killing men, women, and kids in a gas chamber at Camp 22, near Hoeryong, North  Hamgyeong Province,  I (and others)...

Three Questions About ‘Monnara Iunnara’

A reader wants to know (I’m paraphrasing here):  First, the series was first published in June 2004, but are there any new developments,  other than  bloggers just catching on now?  Second, Gimm-Young looks like a reputable publishing house — they carry a lot of big American titles.  Does anyone else know anything else about them?  Third, are there any recent articles documenting the popularity of the series, whether in Korea or anywhere else? Your help is greatly appreciated.  I may...

Taliban Kidnap 18 South Koreans in Afghanistan

They were members of a church group, and readers may recall other church groups  from South Korea have also ventured into some very dangerous places. Taliban gunmen abducted at least 18 members of a South Korean church group in southern Afghanistan, and a purported spokesman for the Islamic militia said Friday it will question them about their activities in Afghanistan before deciding their fate. The Koreans were seized Thursday in Ghazni province as they were traveling by bus from Kabul...

Wiesenthal Center’s Associate Dean to Speak on Anti-Semitic Korean Comic at Seoul Grand Hyatt Tomorrow

[Update:   The AP has more.  The end result may be to show just how much anti-Semitism there really is in Korea  (see this and this, with  its updated  “traditional European” inspiration).  I will concede that before this epsode, I perceived it to be relatively rare.  I don’t think so anymore.  I also think that for now, it’s pretty shallow, and mostly a biproduct of anti-Americanism, which is not shallow.  Racism in its broader sense  is pretty much on open...

The Han Breeds a New Monster: Anti-Semitism

[Update:   Little Green Footballs has a post up, and it looks like another beating for South Korea’s image, judging by the comments.  A few aren’t of much higher caliber than those on Naver, but it’s mostly a collective “WTF did Jews ever do to Koreans?“] [Update 2:   LGF readers take note.  More troops who need our support.] The Simon Wiesenthal Center’s reaction to  an anti-Semitic volume of the best-selling graphic  series “Monnara Iunnara” has hit the Chosun Ilbo. ...

Meet Lee Won-Bok, the Julius Streicher of Korea

Update 2:   Reading Monnara is translating the entire chapter;  stop by regularly  if your stomach can handle it.   Update:   I’ve just gone though Sonagi’s Flickr page  (see also), and I feel physically ill.  I don’t think I’ve seen anything  this venemous emerging from the civilized  world since the 1930’s, although if you’ve studied the history of those times, it will look more than vaguely  familiar:  the Jews control Hollywood and the media, control all of our foreign policy...