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2007 year-end posts

Korean film – a review of 2007

by Jase Bechervaise on 30 January, 2008

in 2007 year-end posts, Film

Jason Bechervaise, founder of koreanfilm.org.uk, gives his perspective on the ups and downs of the Korean film industry in 2007

By all accounts 2007 was a year that has been difficult one for the Korean film industry where it seems that the golden years of the Korean film industry has passed. Rising costs have meant [...]

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The top 30 LKL pictures of 2007: the top 10

26 January 2008 2007 year-end posts

Here’s the top ten. And probably not all that work-safe.
#10: The second appearance of LKL’s favourite ex-playboy model, Lee Sabi (806 views):

#9: The Chejudo Love Land theme park (884):

#8: Sassy girl and last vampire Jeon Ji-hyun displaying her smooth thighs as a rock chick (969):

#7: Pop diva, CF queen and all-round girl-in-the-celebrity-blogosphere Lee Hyori (1,174):

#6: [...]

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The LKL P&L

25 January 2008 2007 year-end posts

As one or two readers will know, in my work like I started, like Daeguowl and Jenny, as an accountant. So here is an entirely non-IFRS-compliant statement of LKL’s activities for 2007.

1 Revenues
As many readers may appreciate, the object of this website is not to make [...]

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Suju confirmed as LKL’s top drawer

22 January 2008 2007 year-end posts

I’ve been trawling the 2007 website statistics for interesting trends. Search terms, popular pages and the like. I wish I had something earth-shattering to report, but the trends in terms of readers’ interests stay pretty consistent.

The thing I notice on a daily basis is that the same old (and I mean old) posts keep appearing [...]

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The top 30 LKL pictures of 2007 – part 2

21 January 2008 2007 year-end posts

Here’s #11-20, in reverse order
#20: Tottenham Hotspur’s Lee Young-pyo:

#19: 1970s Seoul:

#18: The first appearance of top K-pop star BoA, in her campaign for Olympus:

#17: Shinhan Bank’s Manchester United Credit Card:

#16: The cover image from Kyung-Hyun Kim’s heavyweight book on Korean Cinema — a still from Peppermint Candy:

#15: Robot Taekwon V, recently remastered:

#14: The wonderful Lee [...]

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The top 30 LKL pictures of 2007

19 January 2008 2007 year-end posts

Part 1: #21-30
Inspired by the cheap TV programmes which seem to have taken over the evening schedules in the UK, simply recycling clips from other TV programmes (The 100 most embarrassing celebrity moments, and the like), here’s a chance to sample again the pictures most viewed on this site during 2007, according to AWstats.
In reverse [...]

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New Year’s resolutions

2 January 2008 2007 year-end posts

1 I will free myself from the daily post
Having managed to maintain one post per day for the past 15 months or so, even when on holiday, I’ve now proved to myself I can do it. To be honest, it’s never been much of a struggle to find something to write about, [...]

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LKL quiz of the year: the answers

1 January 2008 2007 year-end posts

Question 1: Corporate crooks and corruption
Match the alleged quote with the appropriate chaebol

The conglomorate had run a vast network that bribed government officials, prosecutors, tax collectors, journalists and scholars
I don’t want to take a gamble on causing a crisis in the country’s economy
The sentence of one year and six months is a bit too heavy

A. [...]

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The London Korean Links Awards 2007

31 December 2007 2007 year-end posts
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Following the success of last year’s equivalent post here are the winners and losers of the second annual LKL Awards. Again, a personal and unscientific selection.
Man of the Year
Last year there was a clear winner: a man who had been in the press all year with little but positive coverage. This year started promisingly for [...]

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Review of the London Korean year 2007

30 December 2007 2007 year-end posts
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Having had the big programme of events of Think Korea 2006, I had thought that 2007 was going to be disappointing. But as it turned out the range of events in 2007 was if anything greater.
Performing arts
On the stage we have had a re-run of the martial arts comedy Jump and the same company’s follow-up [...]

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Thanks

28 December 2007 2007 year-end posts

Thanks to all those who have in different ways contributed to LKL this year. In no particular order:

The guest contributors, who provide coverage that I am unqualified to provide, thus adding so much value.

Jennifer for her lively accounts of some of the special London events. We look forward to your book next year, Jennifer
Anna for [...]

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Another year of underperformance

26 December 2007 2007 year-end posts

Our abies koreana has probably grown about half an inch this year. It has thus failed to meet its very reasonable targets which we set a year ago. Yet this is the season of goodwill, and the kind-hearted Louise has granted a reprieve. For some reason, she has a soft spot for this straggly piece [...]

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Season’s greetings to all our readers

25 December 2007 2007 year-end posts

Changdeokgung Palace in winter. From Sueann’s NWPR Blog

Regent Street lights, from the London Moleskinecity blog
And an interesting seasonal post from Robert Neff: Christmas comes to Old Korea, OhMyNews, 24 December 2007

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LKL quiz of the year

24 December 2007 2007 year-end posts

As a bit of seasonal fun, here’s a little quiz to test your knowledge of the events of the past year.
Question 1: Corporate crooks and corruption
An easy one to warm up with. Match the alleged quote with the appropriate chaebol

The conglomorate had run a vast network that bribed government officials, prosecutors, tax collectors, journalists and [...]

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Two more 2007 album choices

20 December 2007 2007 year-end posts
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As an appendix to the recommendations by the three critics who know Korean pop, rock and indie music much better than me, here are two further choices.
I can’t help but sympathise with Jenny when she comments that 2007 was not an outstanding year. My own purchases of Korean music are somewhat random. When I’m guided [...]

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