On a completely unrelated note, my concept of Korea is South Korea and had totally forgotten that the Korean peninsula is actually attached to China while Japan is not (Japan being isolated I know).
You know, I hate it when authors put notes in their first few chapters that says "Hey! This part might be dry for you, go to xx chapters for the action!"
Also, I finally find my cursing to be odd. "halfnugget fuckwit" sounds fine until you swapped the butchered words around. Halfwit makes sense, but what is Fucknugget?
Granted, I don't mean that it is traditional, I mean that it is old. Like Mexico, Middle East or Malaysia old. The buildings are dated and while I know they are sturdy in an Earthquake (2 minor quakes recently), I look at them and fear for my life.