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Cosmetic surgery to get tax breaks

25-Feb-07
As if there wasn't enough plastic surgery in Korea already, the Government has just made it tax deductible. According to the Chosun: The costs of plastic surgery, cosmetic tooth reshaping, corrective laser eye surgery, and "boyak", or traditional Korean health supplements, will be eligible for income deductions in the year-end tax adjustment from this year. Costs incurred last December and this January will be retroactively eligible. The government passed a revision of the enforcement ordinance for the income tax law, including the new items, in a cabinet meeting Tuesday (20 Feb 07). Not content with trying to make Busan the logistics hub of Asia, can we soon expect a government initiative to make Seoul the Botox capital of Asia? Maybe this is all ...
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Of Ostriches and Royal Warrants

18-Dec-06

Of Ostriches and Royal Warrants

Why is it newsworthy to call someone an ostrich? The obvious answer, particularly when the person who's being called an ostrich agrees, is that it isn't. But when it's heart-throb Jung Woo Sung calling TV soap princess Kim Tae-hee an ostrich, it's an excuse to publish their photos and mention their upcoming film "Joongchun" or "Midheaven", in which Jung plays an exorcist and Lee his phantom love interest. The Chosun duly obliged, and so shall I: And in another article this week the Chosun highlighted the number of models who are making it as TV actresses. Cue another opportunity to show some nice pictures. The model actresses concerned are Kim Seon-ah, Song Seon-Mi, Han Go-eun, Han Ye-seul, Han Ji-hye, Hyun Young, ...
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