Clayton McNeil

(1) Ok, at first I thought I was either homesick or paranoid, but now I’m pretty sure that a large part of Korea’s music industry involves copying American music. I don’t mean importing it (although they do that too), I mean copying it. I first recognized this in passing. For some reason, a lot of [...]

(1) Many in Korea are mourning the death of Kim Dae Jung, the former South Korean President known for his ‘sunshine’ policy when dealing with the North. While his passing is very unfortunate for many reasons, it presented an opportunity for me to learn a little bit about his very interesting background. It also exposed [...]

(1) Early last week, former President Clinton traveled to North Korea to secure the release of two American journalists that were arrested some five months ago and subsequently convicted of espionage and sentenced to twelve years of hard labor. Less than a day after his arrival, North Korea’s leader, Kim [...]