Oh, wait, they mean Korea’s other favorite expat. The Australian girl from “Misuda” is getting married to her Korean boyfriend next year, making her the second “Misuda” girl to marry a Korean. Reports the Chosun, however, “She is not expected to be the last, since other stars on the show such as Taru Salminen from Finland and Winter Raymond from the U.S. are also seeing Koreans.”
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I believe congratulations are in order. I don’t know who will be marrying Taru (that is assuming that she is interested in marrying a Korean), but whoever he is, the guy’s going to have a really fun marriage.
One question though, when the Misuda girls marry a Korean, do they give up their respective citizenships or do the guys give up their Korean citizenships for the citizenships of their brides?
It doesn’t need to be either, o’course. There’s no law anywhere that spouses need have the same citizenship.
Congratulations to the happy couple, and those to come.
And perhaps this well-publicized trend will give some confidence to Korea’s straight single guys in general — and give them ‘hope’, considering the severe shortage of eligible agashis these days… Look Westwards, Young Man!
Oh yes here it is finally. See this show reflects the total nature of the Korean male ego.
I want a show that has a bunch of foreign guys up there who speak Korean and being asked how great KOREAN GIRLS ARE!!!
All us guys get is the hongdae hidden camera version.
They already had that show. It lasted one taping.
with rumors for more.
Don’t need a contrived TV show. Facts be facts.
I wonder what the reaction would be if one of the women got married to her Korean girlfriend?
That’s cool as long as they truly love each other. I’m with mcnut. However, I think it may possibly threaten a certain segment of Korean society.
I for one would like to know what the reaction of the guys’ parents are? Then again, maybe potential Korean mothers in law would welcome the challenge of breaking a foreigner…
#9,
Breaking them? Easy. Just let ‘em loose with their wild elbows and motormouths, and we’ll pretty much see some interesting news on TV very soon.
But you know, who’s to say, there are probably those who have gone past the pure-blood stigma and would welcome them with open arms.
Forget that people… Is there anyone else who visited that link that can’t stand that bloody lady in the kimchi ad who clamps (er, I don’t know what word to use for the motion) in her hands to simulate the kimchi crunchiness?
The western women I’ve met who have married Koreans seem to have been treated really well by their husband’s family - perhaps more so than if they’d been Korean. At least that’s my impression. As for how their children will fare as mixed kids growing up in Korea, though, maybe a different story.
Guys, if you haven’t watched the show, I reccommend that you do so with an open mind. My opinion: there are definitely women on the show who are interested in maximizing their fame/self-promotion potential through that vehicle, but there are also a lot of real, interesting and positive people on the show as well, and it’s refreshing to hear them talk about their experiences. It ain’t just a feel-good mirror for those with low self-esteem.
12. As a foreign guy married to a Korean woman, I’ve received nothing but fantastic treatment from my in-laws. They’re great people, though I think it is one of those situations in Korea where being a foreigner can be an advantage. You can avoid some of the grief that Korean husbands or wives might have to deal with. (Sometimes being different and living on the periphery of Korean society isn’t so terrible!)
Being a mixed kid is something my son - who is now 4 - finds a little tough from time to time. Nobody is unfriendly, but he gets constant attention in public, which sets him apart from other kids. Also, considering his Korean is better than his English, he finds it strange that people constantly address him in English while commenting to one another about him in Korean. I’ve experienced eleven years of semi-regular staring, pointing, and comments - in English or Korean - and I long ago accepted this as a reasonably minor nuisance isn’t going to change in my lifetime, but I wish that people would be a little more considerate when it comes to children. (I suppose there’s an argument to be made for these being “character building” experiences, but it only goes so far.) Not saying that moving back to Canada in early 2009 will solve everything, but that’s the plan…
To #14
Also, considering his Korean is better than his English, he finds it strange that people constantly address him in English while commenting to one another about him in Korean.
As someone whose childhood was spent fighting inner-city black and hispanic kids while growing up in the Bronx, I think you’re making a mole out of a mountain. But I will grant you that mixed children are treated differently, for better or worse. The problem is that the parent “wishes that people would just be nicer to their kid.” Wrong. You teach your child how to deal with a world that may not always be nice or treat him the same as other kids. Otherwise, the son will grow up to be just as a big a wuss as the father seems to be.
#14,
It really embarrasses my son when strangers talk to him in ‘English’.
Maybe they’re just trying to make time with the MILF by being nice to her kid.
“Otherwise, the son will grow up to be just as a big a wuss as the father seems to be.”
That was obnoxious.
gasngsta parenting advice, straight from the streetz.
**gangsta
# 15
Nutizen, The only mountain being made from molehills is yours, how can a mere observation that the 4 your old finds it strange be either making a mountain or making the kids father a wuss??
Let’s not forget how “mixed race” children are treated in Korea #15. I guess your life in the US was the same as theirs is in Korea nowadays.
We all know how a large portion of Korean society (again, I know not every Korean) feels about people with dark skin and/or “mixed blood” or is the whole “pure blood” thing a bullshit fantasy I’ve heard about?
It’s possible Hines Ward’s mother wrong about the whole thing isn’t it?
I love watching Misuda, but the host who bumbles through the whole show and the “male panel” (composed of male Korean celebrities) who think viewers give a shit about what they say (and they talk A LOT) seriously need to go.
NK,
Your commenting history on just about every blog I’ve seen you on has been racist and hateful, but it has now descended further into troll territory.
Find some other blog to spew your trash on. You’re not welcomed here.
Other than calling Global a wuss, I agree with Net Kim’s post. Koreans speaking English to Global’s son and chattering in Korean amongst themselves mean no malice or prejudice. The foreign population of Korea is less than 2%, nothing close to a critical mass that would change the thinking of 49 million people. Some close friends of mine left Korea for the US because the Korean father believed that his biracial son would be happier in a multiracial, multiethnic society.
I believe most Koreans mean no malice towards Global’s son as well.
I taught a woman whose son was 3/4 Korean, the other 1/4 being caucasian, and students and teachers were both assholes towards the child. The family moved to the US because of this. I mean shit, the kid looked Korean for crying out loud.
Your friend knows the score #25. A Korean friend of mine moved his family to Canada for the same reason your friend moved to the US.
I know a Korean-American that treated just terribly by the teachers in school here after his family moved back to Korea. They accused him of pretending he couldn’t speak any Korean (he really couldn’t). The Korean English teacher even accused him of pretending he couldn’t understand him (he really couldn’t. The English teacher’s English couldn’t speak English at all. He probably just repeated sentences he had memorized).
Correction: …that was terribly treated by his school teachers here….
Personally, as a white, Western male, I am outraged by
these Korean foreigners taking our white Western women!
How dare they corrupt our pure race! We whites are
“One Blood” and we have no desire for our pure blood line to be
tainted by foreign elements.
White Netizens of the world UNITE!!!!!!
Let’s band together as One Nation of Caucasians
and fight, fight, fight!!!!
Let’s inundate some websites!!!!!!
Let’s make some t.v. special report documentaries!!!!
Lets . . . . Let’s . . . . .Let’s . . . . .
… lets take over most of Europe, northern Africa, and torpedo the hell out of the North Atlantic!
#15 - Netizen Kim, I never said I don’t stick up for - or haven’t stuck up for - my kid. But thanks anyway for your hardcore Bronx perspective.
#25 - Sonagi, you’re right. There is never a hint of malice in what people say about - or how they say it to - my kid. He would just get to experience a lot less of it in Toronto, Ottawa, etc.
#31, Maybe so, but on the other hand, the amount of malicious-type questioning would be abit more. I think that it’s ’cause in the end, most Koreans do have respect for Western culture and achievement (which many white people, who may not be part of, can be fortunately stereotyped with), and so won’t be as snarky (and if he’s got ‘double eyelids’, might be considered a blessing). Any backlash you do see on an expat from locals stems mostly from an inferiority complex, imo…
*ducks in case of dung slinging*
When I learned the name of the Finnish woman in the show, it took me a while to realize that she had taken a couple of my courses in the early 2000s in the uni. I recall her grades were good, but she wasn’t exactly a sudajaengi.
My boss (Korean) reckons that the going rate for a Korean to marry an Australian for Australian residency is 60,000,000 won. I keep that in mind when meeting dwenjungnyons.