[Update:] Link to prepaid data plans fixed [Original Post:] Readers will remember I went on a bit of a rant a couple of weeks ago about using prepaid phones in Korea, especially on KT, who, despite being thousands of kinds of awesome let me down a little bit in the ease of adding credit to my prepaid phone. (which I eventually managed to do at the KT Gwanhwamun Global store, despite it being a Sun ...

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The sheer enormity of my Galaxy Note II compared to every other phone in the world, throws up some unique issues.One of them is its portability. While its face is Corning Gorilla Glass and its back is durable (and replaceable) plastic, when I have it in my pants pocket I am very wary of it - especially when sitting in a chair with arms, like the bus and indeed it does weigh one's pants down.

Personally, I have never got the infatuation my American brethren have with the wholesaler Costco. Buying in bulk is seldom necessary for me, and while once Costco was a source of some of the more hard-to-get items from home, more and more these items are available via other means, like The Interwebs and places like High Street Market and The Foreign Market, in Itaewon.

The Army has come under some criticism this week after a third North Korean soldier made it across the DMZ, pretty much undetected. Worse still he couldn't even find anyone to surrender to, and ended up knocking on the door of a (South) Korean barracks and asking to give himself up:

“This is part of politicians’ strategy to gain attention because the presidential election is approaching, which is to be expected and there will be more moves to come. I truly wonder whether any of them have an understanding of the telecommunications industry or consulted an expert before releasing these rash statements and allegations,” he added.