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Korean Drama Curiosities - That's One Mighty Phone
2012/01/07,
While we all know kdrama has its cliches , there are some things that puzzle us, amaze us, delight or put us off as viewers. Korean drama is a very widespread entertainment by now, reaching fans all over the world. When something from one specific culture is available to so many others, there are bound to be things that get lost in translation, culture, values and mindsets.
A while ago, some users in an online community I am part of, including myself, decided to make a thread in the forums about all of these issues. The things in kdrama which we find curious or interesting for some reason. And such threads and discussions can be found in many places online. Asian entertainment fans come from different countries, we are different people and it is always interesting to discuss kdramas, their culture and our own,...More
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Supernatural Creatures of Korean Mythology
2011/12/16, Source,
A while ago, I was riding around Sowol-gil on the slope of Namsan when I stumbled across what appeared to be a museum on mythical Korean monsters. It made me curious about what other kinds of mythical creatures lie buried in Korea's past. For instance, the ancient Greeks had their minotaurs and cyclopes, the middle ages had elves and dwarves, every culture had dragons, and even the relatively young culture of North America has Bigfoot and Chupacabra. The more I looked into it, the more I discovered that many of Korea's legendary beings are still with us. Of course not in real life, but their legends live on in various forms,...More
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Dramas ready to ban
2011/11/19, Source,
Article below was written as a joke targetting Commision that banned "A Thousand Kisses". So I advise not to take this seriously, but have fun during this gloomy November day (or night).
I prepared the list (with help of some readers on the blog) of dramas, that Comission board may take under the consideration of banning. And when you're on it, ban,...More
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[TALK OF THE TOWN] Hot albums from two K-pop heartthrobs
2011/10/13, Source,
Two K-pop heartthrobs, Lee Seung-gi, above left, and John Park, are set to release new albums in the coming months.
According to Hook Entertainment, singer-actor Lee will release his fifth album after a two-year hiatus. The entertainment company said in a press release yesterday that Lee's new album will be released online today,...More
