ROK Drop Weekly Links 12-18MAR07

Links from this week worth checking out

-  Seoul did not make any of the Top 10 lists for the best cities in Asia for expats to live.  Here is the list:

World Wide:

1 Singapore, Singapore (1), 2 Australia, Sydney (2), 3 Australia, Melbourne (3), 4 Japan, Kobe (5), 5 Australia, Canberra (4), 6 Canada, Vancouver (7), 6 Denmark, Copenhagen (6), 8 New Zealand, Wellington (8), 9 Netherlands, Amsterdam (23), 10 Japan, Osaka (10), 10 Japan, Tokyo (11), 10 Belgium, Brussels (14), 10 Germany, Bonn (14), 10 Ireland, Dublin (14), 10 Switzerland, Basel (9), 10 Switzerland, Geneva (22)

Top 10 best locations in Asia for Asian expats:

1 Singapore, Singapore, 2 Japan, Kobe, 3 Japan, Tokyo, 3 Japan, Osaka, 5 Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 6 Macau, Macau, 7 Taiwan, Taipei, 8 Thailand, Bangkok, 9 Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 10 Malaysia, Georgetown

-  If you are one of those people who think Seoul is really that bad, maybe you should take the Get Out of Korea quiz here.

-  After taking the quiz, if Seoul is still that bad you can always drive out of the city.  Check here for a historical look at automobiles in Korea

-  If you can’t drive out of Seoul, you can always fly out, which is about to get easier to do.  Here is an update on the long over due subway expansion to Incheon International Airport that is set to open soon.

-  Or you can just drink your misery away with some Korean soju and decide if it is better than Japanese shochu?

-  At least a professional wrestler is running the city yet, like in Japan where they now have their own version of Jesse "The Body" Ventura.

-  Or you could just riot like 20,000 people in China recently did and had to be put down by the Chinese Army.