In today's mail

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Came the Korean translation of Economics for Real People.

The current roll call: Spanish, German, Polish, Hungarian, Russian, Hebrew, Chinese, and Korean.

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  1. Wabulon11:19 PM

    North Korean or South Korean? Surely after a half century of disseverance they can no longer be quite the same. (What is the South Korean for "dear leader"?)

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    1. gcallah1:55 AM

      In fact, when I typed "Economics for Real People" into Google translate, what came out did not look much like the characters on the front of the book.

      My suspicion: the book is actually called "Gene Callahan's tour of the gay bathhouses of Seoul," or something of the sort.

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    2. Anonymous7:09 AM

      Hey, at least it doesn't have you going to "Boystown". That would be awkward ...

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