Stephen Colbert and Rain finally had their dance off. According to yesterday’s Korea Times:
Top Korean singer Rain met his match during his visit to Los Angeles for the promotion of his movie, “Speed Racer.” The 25-year-old singer appeared on top comedian Stephen Colbert’s show “The Colbert Report.”
Video here. Dialogue obviously kept to a minimum to [...]
In usually quiet Chungcheongbuk-do, local prosecutors have booked a 40-year-old National Assembly secretariat staffer for having sex with prostitutes in China.
The staffer is accused of employing the services of hard-working bar girls in lovely Qingdao, China some three times since 2006.
All this would have probably have passed without incident had the accused not posted nude [...]
We can thank Ok So-ri for something other than providing tons of quality blog material — the naughty actress’s petition to the Constitutional Court challenging the constitutionality of Korea’s criminal adultery law will be heard Thursday.
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Actor Choi Min-soo apologized today for punching an elderly (in his 70s) Itaewon restaurant owner in the face and then trying to flee with the victim still on the hood of his car.
At a press conference yesterday, Choi said that no matter what he said, it wouldn’t be an excuse.
The incident took place on April [...]
A Seoul court has found guilty a school headmaster who was caught using his cell phone camera on a bus to take photos of a skirt-wearing high school student’s thighs.
The bench ruled that although the photos were taken in a public place and the girl’s thighs were exposed by her own choice, the photos could [...]
As a break from all the heaviness the Hole has been experiencing lately, I present the lovely (but apparently not so talented) Moon Ji-eun.
April 17, 2008 – 12:56 pm
From the Chosun Ilbo:
The suspicious death of a Chinese actress and model has shocked both South Korea and China. Tan Jing (Cyworld blog), 24, was found dead at an apartment building in Guangzhou, China earlier this month. Local police initially believed she was a sex worker. The death has caused a stir among South Korean [...]
April 16, 2008 – 10:50 am
In Busan, a gangster doing life who was let out of prison for treatment after he intentionally infected himself with HIV is back in the pen just a month and a half later for violating the terms of his release.
The 46-year-old former underboss of the Busan-based Yutae gang, identified as Mr. Kim, was sentenced to [...]
Michelle Wie is reportedly dating Stanford center Robin Lopez.
A little something partially Korean to warm you up this weekend — University of Missouri’s Reagan Yun (NSFW!), Playboy’s Coed of the Month of December 2006 (NSFW).
More galleries here, here and here. Oh, and here.
Be sure to check out the video (see also here), too (NSFW).
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March 24, 2008 – 11:54 am
A piece that may be of interest to some people:
The Supreme Court acquitted the 34-year-old man identified as Ahn, who had taken pictures of the bare legs of a woman in a miniskirt in December 2006. Current law provides no basis for punishing a person who photographs parts of another body without permission. A victim [...]
I guess Jeon Ji-hyun would be it.
Since so many of you take issue with Korean Playboy model Lee Pani’s most recent incarnation, I link to these (NSFW) photos of Lee (and some of her friends) for purely comparative purposes.
UPDATE: Link fixed, and here’s an additional one of Lee and (non-Korean) friends — NSFW or those with heart ailments.
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Korean Playboy model Lee Pani has released a new series of photographs via mobile service.
March 18, 2008 – 10:33 am
Actress Choi Jiwoo and the Chinese press has gotten into a bit of a spat regarding whether she was drunk or not at the opening of a Louis Vuitton store in Hong Kong, last Friday.
The Chinese press released photos showing Choi with a reddened face and being supported by two staff members in addition to not [...]
Sorry, I cannot stop laughing to start this post. I think I just might pee my pants.
February 29, 2008 – 10:59 am
If you want to read zainichi judo star and K-1 fighter Yoshihiro Akiyama (Chu Seong-hun) bitch about being discriminated against in both Japan AND Korea, read on.
Frankly, there’s only so sorry I can feel for a guy with such great hair and girlfriend who looks like this (although I’ve always been partial to her friend [...]
February 25, 2008 – 4:37 pm
Everyone’s favorite half-Korean Bean Pole boy is going Hollywood (Korea Times):
Hearthrob actor Daniel Henney, 28, will costar in the new X-men spin-off film “X-men Origins: Wolverine.”
Henney will star as Agent Zero of the Mutant Weapon X program, a mutant who can control electricity and has specialized tracking abilities, according to Twentieth Century Fox Korea.
Lest you you [...]
February 21, 2008 – 12:58 pm
(UPDATE: Here is the link I forgot to include in the orignial post.)
Entertainer No Hong-chul was attacked by a mentally unstable man yesterday (Korea Times):
According to Gangnam Police Station handling the case, No arrived at his apartment around 8 p.m. after shooting a TV program. The entertainer, who thought Kim was one of his fans waiting [...]
February 20, 2008 – 1:46 pm
Profiles in stupidity, courtesy the Korea Times:
A 52-year-old man was caught for attempting to eat his landlady’s pet dog.
The man, identified as Park, took the pet Chihuahua into his room, while his 69-year-old landlady Jeon was in the bathroom. He then killed the dog and attempted to cook it at the boarding house in Jongno, [...]
