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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2010-02-08

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by Philip Gowman on 8 February, 2010

in Bloggers and newspeople, Celebs, DPRK, General book news, Hallyu, Hong Sang-soo, Jang Dong-gun, Kangta, Statistics and league tables, Twitter Tweets, Wonder Girls

I never understand the Korean celebrity system: Jang Dong-gun reveals when it is that he will reveal his wedding plans with Ko So-young. How about spilling the beans now? http://bit.ly/9JCqtB #
Another story demonstrating the popularity of Japanese fiction in Korea: Murakami dislodged from #1 slot after 19 weeks http://bit.ly/cqOrVm #
Bibimbap as funeral food: how not [...]

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A belated look back at 2009

9 January 2010 2009 year-end posts
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For the past 3 years LKL has concocted a quiz of the year as a way of gathering together some of the news stories which have most caught our eye. This year, as I came to draw up the list in mid December I found it hard to think of anything amusing or diverting: most [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2010-01-04

4 January 2010 2009 year-end posts
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DPRK “suspended due to strange activity”. If only it was that easy! @kcna_dprk Twitter account is no longer active. Shame. I was trying to find the New Year Joint Editorial | 8:36 PM Jan 3rd from web
Top 10 ROK Drop Stories of 2009 http://bit.ly/7KiEV6 and ROK Drop’s pick of the decade http://bit.ly/7aYjGm. Good memory refreshers [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2009-08-10

10 August 2009 Boryeong Mudfest
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Check out Urban Sketchers Seoul. It’s what it says on the tin. Great sketches and watercolours, constantly refreshed: http://bit.ly/rVVyF #
Feeling guilty that I don’t read Anna’s blog enough. Check out Dringe Augh’s track from July’s Music Alliance Pact: http://bit.ly/v6CYl #
Does Epik High have the same language coach as the Wonder Girls? “-t you” ≠ “choo” [...]

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According to Gallup, my favourite singer should be Jang Yoon Jeong

8 January 2009 Jang Yoon-jeong
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A summary of a recent poll about Korea’s favourite musicians. Youngsters prefer the Wonder Girls, oldsters like the Trot singers.

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LKL 2008 Quiz of the year – the answers

1 January 2009 2008 year-end posts
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LKL’s annual quiz about the year’s events in Korea, including plenty of celebrity trivia.

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LKL Critics’ Choice 2008: Philip

21 December 2008 2008 year-end posts
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The last of a series in which regular and guest LKL contributors nominate their CD releases of the year.

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So Hot?

6 September 2008 K-pop rock and indie
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The official provider of broadband services to the LKL household has been looking East.

As part of their Hot Girl Group series Virgin Media has noticed JYP’s teenage girl band Wonder Girls. Number 8 in a list containing 7 other girl groups whose average age is at least 5 years older than them, the performers of [...]

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That Wonder Girls song – and an antidote

13 December 2007 K-pop rock and indie
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This one will be quick. Once again, Matt over at Popular Gusts has has written the post that everyone wishes they’d written themselves.
So, here’s Tell Me, the song and dance that everyone’s talking about, performed by the teenage girl band Wonder Girls – the creation of Park Jin-young (JYP), the man who invented Rain:
A cartoon [...]

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