Arang - Korean horror movie

I just spent the afternoon watching "Arang", a Korean horror movie with 200 screaming Korean teenagers.... if you thought that random loud noises, bumble bees and thunder could make them scream, just try being in a movie theatre! My ears are still ringing.

And, yes, it was in Korean. But I got the idea, especially since I had a bright student next to me. Right: Girl's boyfriend dies saving her from attackers, she dies, she comes back and enacts revenge on attackers one by one, accompanied by her unborn baby... but sends them an e-mail first to warn them. Then, the story kind of degenerated into the sort of thing you would expect from a Korean music video: unrequited love, tragic stares over the ocean, tears, shootings etc.

In other news, we had a lively debate in the office today between two Canadians (me and Lucan), the Chinese guy (Zhao Lei) and my Korean head teacher (Sung Myeong) over whether or not North Korea will cause a war with the US because of sending missiles into the Sea of Japan, how South Korea will react, how Japan will react, and if China would take North or South Korea's side. Whew. It was pretty interesting and, word on the street is that most South Koreans do not feel any immediate threat and are all pretty relaxed about the whole thing.

Strategically, since Jeollanamdo is pretty much the middle of nowhere, I don't think we have much to worry about.