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Beautiful Young Korean Girl…On Ice!

by Aashish Gadhvi on 12 March, 2010

Aashish Gadhvi reviews the figure skating juggernaut that is Kim Yu-na
At the recent South Korea v Ivory Coast match I managed to speak to many Korean journalists from television and from print media. Many of the journalists there only seem to have one thing to talk about. No, it wasn’t Park Ji-sung or Lee Chung-yong, [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2010-03-07

7 March 2010 Celebs

Girls Generation latest album “Oh!” gets a trashing in the JoongAng Ilbo: http://bit.ly/cdKGL5 10:28 PM Feb 22nd via bit.ly

TchmilFan: @lklinks You can even get SNSD/Girls Gen “Oh!” on iTunes UK now! http://bit.ly/cVOel7 (Look out for the Oh! areia remix on youtube) 1:28 PM Feb 23rd via Seesmic

You thought Korea [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2010-02-15

15 February 2010 Celebs

Game for a laugh? Don't forget Kim Jong-il's Comedy Club tonight, BBC4, 10pm http://bit.ly/bT9eZE #
Eternal Empire (1995) – a nice-looking costume drama about murder and court intrigue in the Yi dynasty soon after the death of Prince Sado. One of Darcy’s top 10 K-films of the 90s. Not one of mine, but well worth a [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2010-02-08

8 February 2010 Bloggers and newspeople

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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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2010-02-01

1 February 2010 Business

I wonder how much KIA had to pay for all those advertising billboards at the Australian Open men's final? #
Park Ji-sung scores in Man U's 3-1 rout of Arsenal. http://bit.ly/dgCYoK #
President Lee promotes Korean food at Davos (and pays his wife a nice compliment) http://bit.ly/9yiX5u #
A whole month has gone by without an events notice [...]

Companies: Hyundai

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2010-01-25

25 January 2010 Bae Doo-na

Finally finished my top 10 K-films of the decade post. It took forever. 2003 was a good year! Post will be up on Tuesday. 12:57 PM Jan 22nd from web
Big article on Kimchi going global in the Washington Post http://bit.ly/89sKtf (HT: Marmot) 1:16 PM Jan 22nd from bit.ly
Trying to figure out why LKL is offline [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2010-01-11

11 January 2010 Celebs

Could you imagine hot Hollywood stars modeling for an air conditioner? http://bit.ly/4HCpob. Han Ye-seul & Song Seung-heon earn their fees. 11:35 PM Jan 9th from bit.ly

JamesTurnbull: @lklinks See what Londoner Bruce Haines says to understand why (is head of Korea’s largest ad agency, Cheil Worldwide) http://ow.ly/UE9k 11:47 PM Jan 9th from HootSuite [...]

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A belated look back at 2009

9 January 2010 2009 year-end posts

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 [...]

Companies: Samsung

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2010-01-04

4 January 2010 2009 year-end posts

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 [...]

Companies: Hanhwa, Hyundai, Samsung

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2009-12-28

28 December 2009 About LKL

Top 10 Reasons We Can’t Wait to Close 2009: A gloomy look at the past 12 months in the Korea Times http://bit.ly/7kctSh. 6:44 PM Dec 22nd from bit.ly
Just watched Haeundae on R2 DVD. What was the fuss about? Dull, dull, dull. Maybe the domestic cut was better (17 mins longer). 9:14 PM [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2009-11-30

30 November 2009 Business

How weird is this? The curious case of Notts County, their former adviser and a North Korean bigwig | The Guardian http://bit.ly/4HeQGS #
Farewell Ambassador Chun, congrats on the promotion! #
Aiding North Korea defectors: A high-stakes spy mission | LA Times: http://bit.ly/8alWaQ #
Haven't posted any trash for ages: Chosun Ilbo: Girls' Generation Gig Sells Out in [...]

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