(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 [...]
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, [...]
The flower of Uzbek womanhood has released more photos — see here, here and here.
Then, there is always this:
The humanity…
Oh, and entertainer Lee Je-ni’s photo spread is still going strong, some four months after it was released.
Sports Seoul reports on what it calls a new “formula” for ‘노처녀’ Korean female celebrity marriages. The “formula” being “Korean American + entrepreneur”. Specifically it states that a “pattern” has emerged and that some Korean female celebrities are seeking out, what the Sports Seoul calls “desirable” husbands-to-be, Korean American entrepreneurs.
Elaborating on its so [...]
Comedian Gwak Hyeon-hwa has released a photo spread. Good Lord!
OK, now we’ve got Djamilya in a bikini.
The Hankook Ilbo is reporting that a Misuda panelist named “A” allegedly worked as a hostess in a Kangnam “sexy bar” called “S”. According to the Hankook, tvN, a cable channel, ran a story called “Misuda’s Shocking Past” as part of its entertainment news show called “Entertainment E News.” It showed “A” serving [...]
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I take it her press conference was at the Dragon Hill Spa in Yongsan.
(HT to Wonderful)
UPDATE: Click the links to see the videos — I hate the ads perpetually loading in my status bar.
Uzbek “Misuda” girl Djamilya — who’s rumored to be something of a wangtta over there — has released a photo series (see also here), which you can see via SKT and, soon, LGT and KTF.
Trot singer Na Hoon-a — who, as you all know, is the shit — says he’s got nothing to explain, all the rumors are bullshit, and the press should learn to do its job.
Which is to say, no, he wasn’t assaulted by a yakuza boss for banging the gangster’s mistress, who — as the rumor [...]
God, I hope Seo Kyoung-duk hasn’t seen this “Bizarre Japanese Sexual Harrassment Training Manual” post — poor man will have a heart attack (HT to Boing Boing and reader)
Korean modeling student Kang Seung-hyun has been named Ford Supermodel of the World 2008. She’s the first Asian to take the award. Coincidentally, in 2004, a Kenyan model with the name of “Ajuma” competed in the contest.
In case you haven’t noticed, the Korea Herald has launched a new section called “Expat Living,” which will feature columns on diverse topics written by, well, expats, including a number of your favorite bloggers — see Zenkimchi for some of ‘em.
Go over an give it a read.
Yet here we are — a homeless man in Sweden has been busted a second time for trying to hijack the identity of a Korean businessman whose passport and drivers license was stolen at Arlanda airport in 1999. (HT to reader)
The hit movie “The Host” will get a sequel. Set in 2003. Just as the plan to restore the Cheonggyecheon Stream was being announced.
The Korea Institute for Sexology examines the issue of some Korean men who feel they have to end their drinking binges with sex, in order to feel “relieved”. It cites the cases of two Korean men, who are married BTW, going to massage parlors, in order to fulfill their “urges.” In the case of one Korean man, he [...]
Been sitting through the first several episodes of the SBS series “The Lobbyist” (ain’t Hana TV grand?). If you’re an American of non-Korean descent, you’ll no doubt love it for its sensitive depictions of US society, uplifting portrayals of Korean-American loyalty to the United States, and positive depiction of the Korea-US relationship. My wife found [...]
Speaking of Kim Tae-hee, the lovely and apparently socially conscious actress was in Garibong-dong yesterday serving meals to foreign migrant workers.
During a press conference yesterday, the head of the Korea Welfare Association of Public Artists expressed its support for Lee Myung-bak stating that Lee is the “only person who will support artists in developing hallyu and transforming Korean popular culture into that of an advanced nation.” It also unveiled the names of 39 celebrities that it claimed were [...]
Which is colder — Mrs. Clinton’s personality or her office? (HT to reader)
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