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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2010-03-07

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by Philip Gowman on 7 March, 2010

in Celebs, DPRK, General academia, Girls Generation, Han, Debbie, Humour, Jang Dong-gun, Jang Yoon-jeong, KAAUK, Kim Yu-na, Ko So-young, Lee Eun-ju, Nah Youn Sun, Statistics and league tables, Super Junior, TVXQ, Twitter Tweets, VoDs

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

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Tagged as: Chung Kyung-wha, Financial Regulation, Plastic surgery

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Busan, hub city?

15 October 2007 Busan
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OK, so I didn’t make it to PIFF this year. I don’t think I’m ever likely to: time away from work is precious, and to be spent with one’s beloved. If one’s beloved isn’t in to sitting in a darkened movie theatre straining to read the subtitles for days on end (and I’m not sure [...]

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Cosmetic surgery to get tax breaks

25 February 2007 Business

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 [...]

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Baek Ji-young: before and after

22 January 2005 Baek Ji-young

From the Korea Herald magazine
After a yearlong hiatus from the limelight, sultry pop singer Baek Ji-young made her comeback appearance last week on a cable sitcom, “Home Sweet Home,” in which she showed off her new skills as an actress, as well as what seemed to be the handiwork of a highly paid plastic surgeon. [...]

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Fourth most desired female rear belongs to a transsexual

17 October 2004 Celebs

Sorry to be a bit tabloid, but I just had to preserve this article from the Chosun Ilbo, which illustrates the Korean obsession with plastic surgery.

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