I love these polls: Choi Ji-woo chosen as Japan’s most wanted hallyu star for “girls’ talk” in a hotel. Next come Girls Generation and Kara. Source: http://t.co/BaJxrK2I via @hancinema [Read More]
Category: Light reading (page 6)
A nice collection of soju ads
Gents, you know you like those soju ads but feel that you shouldn’t. Take a guilt-free look, courtesy of Suzy Chung at the official Korea Blog http://t.co/1pfEWqT4 [Read More]
The Ryugyong Hotel: a North Korean poem
A North Korean poem: Ryugyong Hotel Now covered in glass So Kim Jong-il Can cover his as tonishing policy myopia (sorry, the last bit doesn’t quite scan) via Aidan Foster-Carter [Read More]
Bae Doo-na prepares for her role in Cloud Atlas
Bae Doo-Na will have to speak British English for her upcoming role in the Wachowskis’ movie “Cloud Atlas”, says a Chosun Ilbo interview. http://t.co/hy4Dtdps [Read More]
Don’t do drugs in Korea
What kind of idiot tries to smuggle cannabis seeds into Korea in a jar of peanut butter? Martin Uden advises: don’t try it! bit.ly/pmtdKX. Update 28 July 2015: Martin Uden’s ambassadorial blog has now been transferred to the National Archives and can be found here. [Read More]
Kim Jong-il looking at a doner kebab
I don’t like the look of these North Korean doner kebabs. Nor, by the look of him, does the Dear Leader. bit.ly/n2DiPs [Read More]
Frustrating experiences at the new Yongsan Art Hall, Seoul
The tragic tale of why I walked out of a show before it even started… http://bit.ly/q1ERFt. Could only happen in Korea (#). Via @Ajosshi [Read More]
A Japanese take on a Girls Generation video
This has been doing the rounds for a while, but still worth a look: Japanese middle aged men take off SNSD’s Gee MV, led by a member of J-pop boyband SNAP. http://bit.ly/qiCLxB (#) An alternative version is available here: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjk2MDIxNDY4.html. Many versions have been removed from YouTube following a complaint from the Japanese TV company … [Read More]
Han Ye-seul goes AWOL from TV drama filming
So, how bad is the TV Drama “Spy Myeongwol”, and how chaotic its filming, that Han Ye-seul went AWOL? http://t.co/FySsh17 # [Read More]
Kara in Hanbok
I hate to say it, but I think Kara look better in the dangling-braces outfits they wore for their “Mister” routine than in these strange hanbok creations http://t.co/zGD38d8 # [Read More]
ROK boosts gold reserves
“One classic warning of a peak – a rush of … dumb money – is already evident”, FT Lex 2 Aug. “South Korea bolsters gold reserves”, FT 2 Aug. # [Read More]
Lee Soo-young has baby boy
Congratulations to LKL’s favourite ballad singer Lee Soo-young on the birth of her baby boy http://bit.ly/nIld6t # [Read More]
Hyori’s former composer pays up for plagiarism
Lee Hyori’s former composer Bahnus ordered to pay Mnet $255,000 for H.Logic plagiarized material – 10 times what he got paid for the songs (via @AllKpop) [Read More]
Not drugs, but musk deer medicine, say North Koreans
Five North Korean players have now tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid at the Women’s World Cup in Germany. The excuse: they were treated with traditional medicine from musk deer glands to treat injuries from a lightning strike. You couldn’t make it up. The last doping case at a World Cup was when Diego … [Read More]
Jeon Ji-hyun with Li Bing Bing in US Vogue
Annie Leibovitz photographs Jeon Ji-hyun with Li Bing Bing in July's US Vogue to mark the release of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. http://bit.ly/iUJsCo # [Read More]
Brooke Shields cooks Korean
First it was Nigella Lawson; now it’s Brooke Shields expressing her love of gochujang http://t.co/RgzqaTk #. Korean food fads arrive in New York (via Chosun Ilbo). [Read More]