From Korea Beat:
Hot Pants Slasher Behind Bars
On the 18th the 12th Court of Incheon sentenced a 20-year old named Lee to seven years in prison for seeking sexual gratification by slashing the inner thighs of women wearing short skirts or shorts.
Now why would someone have to take something as fun as hot pants and ruin […]

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If you’re like me you’ve always had a keen interest in the pirates that scour the south seas, but other than the odd news report here and there, have never really learned much about them. Well, here’s a great summary piece by The Economist, detailing the trials and tribulations of dealing with the mostly Somalian […]

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Good stuff and someone to keep an eye on here. This is written for the Washington Post by Jake Adelstein, who used to be a crime reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s largest newspaper. According to the story he moved to Japan in 1988 at age 19, spent most of college living in a Zen […]

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