Maybe if England had a few cheergirls like Korea they might play a bit better: http://bit.ly/cnfKCu # The so-called “Cheer Girl against Greece” was identified as actress Song Si-yeon [Read More]
Category: Light reading (page 9)
The Rain and Jeon Ji-hyun rumours
Yes, I know they deny it, but wouldn't it be a good story if Rain and Jeon Ji-hyun really were an item? http://bit.ly/a8UEko # [Read More]
Clazziquai’s Horan to model corsets
“Horan’s mysterious moods and modern looks match well with our brand, Lefee” says a suit from M Corset, a female underwear manufacturer in Sinsa-dong. Clazziquai’s vocalist is to model for them. http://bit.ly/aLHAa0 # According to the same Korea Times article, she is now appearing as an intelligence agent in a TV drama entitled Call of Duty. [Read More]
Shows, expos and festivals
If England was Korea, would the Chelsea Flower Show be called the Chelsea International Flower Festival? # [Read More]
One version of the official Red Devils supporter outfits
You've got to like the ultra-short official Red Devil world cup supporter mini-dresses! http://bit.ly/aJNN9Z # [Read More]
How close is this to your typical Korean TV drama?
Here’s collection of YouTubes of a Korean TV Drama spoof courtesy of MADtv. Although I’ve never watched a Korean TV drama from start to finish (the most I can claim is two episodes of Winter Sonata), I can kind of see that this spoof looks spot-on. How true to the mark is it? Starring Bobby … [Read More]
60% of actresses have been offered benefits for sex
A report jointly conducted by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Korean Women’s Development Institute interviewed 111 actresses and 240 actress-hopefuls between September and December of last year, says the Korea Times. The findings? More than 60 percent of the interviewees received at least one proposal to have sexual intercourse from influential figures … [Read More]
S.E.S reunites for wedding photos
S.E.S Reunites For Shoo’s Wedding Photoshoot. Shoo will be marrying a basketball player next month. http://bit.ly/8XvZUV #. Via @soompi [Read More]
Korean marries his pillow
From the Metro: Lee Jin-gyu fell for his ‘dakimakura’ – a kind of large, huggable pillow from Japan, which has a picture of his favourite anime character, Fate Testarossa, on it. And married it. http://bit.ly/98lDK6 # “He is completely obsessed with this pillow and takes it everywhere,” said one friend. “They go out to the … [Read More]
On-the-spot guidance in Boston Globe’s big picture
Ample fodder for caption competitions as Kim Jong-il gives On the Spot Guidance in The Big Picture, the Boston Globe (Boston.com) – with a collection of 31 photos culled from the KCNA http://bit.ly/bPXyrd # [Read More]
Kim Yu-na: Queen of the Ice!
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 … [Read More]
Kim Jong-il’s Comedy Club is back: bigger, better and under a new name
For those who missed this excellent documentary when it showed on the BBC recently, it’s returning to cinemas this month under its theatrical name, The Red Chapel. It’s also a slightly longer cut, 87 minutes as opposed to the hour that the BBC gave it. The screenings are part of the Human Rights Watch film … [Read More]
The upcoming wedding of the year
Jang Dong-gun and Ko So-young: enough already. http://bit.ly/8ZI8Kf , http://bit.ly/c6JJhH, and just about everywhere else # [Read More]
Dating a Korean American woman…
Korean-American girls are tough to date, says You Offend Me You Offend My Family in a great article entitled How To Survive A Date with A Korean American Woman, from August last year. Maybe because Koreans most materialistic people in the world, according to a survey reported in the Chosun Ilbo [Read More]
Lee Eun-ju, still remembered 5 years on
It’s five years to the day since she took her own life. To remember her, here’s a recording of her cover version of the Corrs’ song Only When I Sleep (1997). The version is from Lee Eun-ju’s final film, The Scarlet Letter. Via James Turnbull and SuzyinSeoul [Read More]
Sole Searching in Korean funeral parlours
Kick a man when he’s down: steal his shoes from the funeral parlour. Sole searching in the JoongAng Daily http://bit.ly/adnzyI # [Read More]