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...western. To Charles Emerson Winchester III, Harvard’s own representative to the 4077th. To B.J. Honnicut, whose quiet manner let him get away with murder. Most of all, farewell to the oldtimers. To the camp fashion consultant, Corporal Klinger. To Father Mulcahey, the perfect priest in the Korean War. To Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan, and to the memory of Frank “No Lips” Burns, who together perfected the art of irritation. And finally to Benjamin Franklin Pierce—Hawkeye—whose limitless storehouse of wit kept American...
...Along the shopping boulevards of Shanghai and Beijing, perhaps the most pernicious impact of the one-child policy soon becomes apparent. In mall after mall, children raised as "Little Emperors" drape themselves in the latest Italian leather shoes and South Korean mobile phones. Pampering yourself might seem benign. But a society consumed by consumerism, and where most urbanites grow up never learning to care for siblings or to give up any of their own needs, will become a selfish society...
Pororo first appeared on Korean TV in 2003, and kids immediately swooned. The lead character is a 3-D penguin who lives with six animal friends on a snowy island with no adults in sight. Unlike most kids' shows, which are vague about the characters' ages, this one makes clear that Pororo is 4--putting him squarely in his viewership's developmental playgroup. And Pororo, like the kids who watch him, has a rich fantasy life. In this case, that means he dreams of flying--and wears an aviator hat and goggles to prove...
Pororo has expanded well beyond South Korea in just four years and is now seen in 80 countries, its characters adorning everything from diapers to dishes. Still, it is the success at home that may be most surprising, since the show is not about learning ABCs--which is what Korean moms, eager to give their kids a leg up in the country's ferociously competitive education system, usually want. Choi's next big goal is getting a piece of the lucrative but highly competitive market in the U.S., where kids still do not know about Pororo and his playmates...
...customs office announced that its prize sniffer dog had been cloned to produce seven puppies that were genetically predisposed to detecting drugs. Earlier this year, the National Institute of Animal Science in South Korea cloned mini pigs, with organs intended as human implants. In February 2008, Korean company RNL Bio took its first order from a Californian woman willing to pay $150,000 to replicate her dead pit bull terrier, Booger, from some refrigerated ear tissue...