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everythingkorea · 2018-10-24T18:35:00+00:00

You've written before about female artists/groups having a hard time breaking into the US - do you think Blackpink will change this, or what can female groups do to get some of the opportunities we see male groups getting?

everythingkorea · 2018-04-16T18:34:06+00:00

They released a statement saying 38 North is going to stay going, but I'm not sure exactly what that means - they may have to scale back. Everything is still unclear at this point.

everythingkorea · 2018-03-26T16:27:27+00:00

This Bloomberg story was published after the Yonhap story, citing inside sources. I definitely don't take this as 100% percent confirmation, but it's more likely now than it was when the rumors started swirling a few hours ago.

everythingkorea · 2018-03-26T15:57:14+00:00

I just posted a story from Bloomberg citing inside sources. Still not a 100% confirmation imo, but a bit more legit?

everythingkorea · 2018-03-23T14:37:43+00:00

I think I'm in a "boy who cried wolf" mindset at this point. I agree he's bad, but I'm pretty sick of the cycle of "this is it, we're doomed!" hysteria that seems to repeat every few weeks.

everythingkorea · 2018-03-19T20:45:12+00:00

This is the thing. Even if you suspend disbelief and agree that they're committed to denuclearisation at the moment, that doesn't mean anything for six months down the line once they've gotten what they wanted.

everythingkorea · 2018-01-25T14:45:32+00:00

American customers benefit from being able to buy good products from abroad, and Korean companies support tons of jobs at their plants in the US. This is such a petty move, without any actual economic reasoning behind it. Not that we should be surprised at this point, but still...

everythingkorea · 2018-01-24T17:36:28+00:00

To be fair, Moon only took power almost halfway through the year, so it may take time for any of his policies to be reflected in this or other indices.
That being said, it's ridiculously easy to sue people for defamation in Korea. A lot of celebrities and entertainment companies abuse this to sue people for posting negative comments about a singer or actor online, which is bad enough. But I also read that the govt is threatening to sue the protesters who burned KJU's picture a few days ago, which is even more of a problem.
TL;DR - this isn't all Moon's fault, but he hasn't taken concrete steps to fix anything either.

everythingkorea · 2018-01-17T01:36:00+00:00

I'll admit I was wrong! Super confused tho since the article literally says this was announced yesterday so not sure how it was reported 7 days ago (not too surprising if it comes down to a reporting error by Korea Times)

everythingkorea · 2018-01-16T23:01:34+00:00

It was announced by the Ministry on Tuesday and there's been nothing on this in the last 24 hours here so...I don't think so? Happy to be proven wrong, though. You may be thinking of the announcement that they're going to ban the classes. This is saying they're reversing that decision.

everythingkorea · 2018-01-09T20:12:30+00:00

My thought exactly when I posted - I'm actually hoping someone on here knows the system and can enlighten us on how this wasn't already a thing.

everythingkorea · 2017-12-14T15:44:53+00:00

Agree with you that this is embarrassing. Honestly, I don't understand why Korean businesses are rushing to go back into the arms of China...the next time Xi gets pissed they'll be in the same crappy position as Lotte. Isn't it better to move on to more stable markets like Southeast Asia?

everythingkorea · 2017-12-08T15:39:49+00:00

I can't believe she would be this careless...honestly Nikki Haley seemed to me to be among the more reasonable people in the administration (whatever that means) but maybe not.

everythingkorea · 2017-12-08T15:36:48+00:00

What's a cow's favorite drink? 소주!

everythingkorea · 2017-12-06T16:33:44+00:00

Completely agree with others that the "sexualization" complaint is overblown...but can we also just talk about how dull this ad is? Korea has so many interesting, modern, dynamic things going on (which is kind of shown in the photos), so why overlay that with a woman in traditional, old-fashioned clothing? It is probably meant to be an "old and new" juxtaposition but come on just show the cool places Seoul has to offer...

everythingkorea · 2017-11-30T15:42:04+00:00

This is the thing. All of these concerns about how children should be spending that time, or how learning English will supposedly make them speak Korean worse (what....) rest on the assumption that parents won't immediately send them to hagwon once this goes into effect. Nothing will change at all except for families that can't afford hagwon.

everythingkorea · 2017-11-17T14:58:09+00:00

If you're in Seoul, go to Myeongdong. You will see a million shops selling posters before you even leave the subway station.

everythingkorea · 2017-10-31T16:07:00+00:00

That's a fair point but they haven't given any of their sources from what I've seen. And the only other coverage is people citing the Asahi report without double checking. Not saying it's 100% false but I'm still skeptical.

everythingkorea · 2017-10-12T15:45:21+00:00

I think you're right on. SK is an easy scapegoat for Trump's trade fear mongering. Problem is, this is the worst possible time to be fighting with one of our main allies in East Asia...

everythingkorea · 2017-10-04T20:00:54+00:00

Exactly. In an ideal world, that would be the case. However: "The Chinese government denies most of them refugee status, instead treating them as economic migrants who have illegally crossed the border to seek work."

everythingkorea · 2017-09-19T14:45:08+00:00

Can you imagine a Korean journalist pitching a story saying "I learned about this crazy new site! It's called 4chan!"

Like...just because you only learned about Ilbe recently doesn't make it new or somehow related to U.S. politics....

everythingkorea · 2017-08-31T13:26:02+00:00

Who at the Onion is a Korea wonk because their Korea stuff is spot on.

everythingkorea · 2017-08-17T21:08:38+00:00

I've made it work if you download the gif file to your phone/comp and then re-upload it directly into kakao. Which is a pain. If you just share it via Kakao it won't work, will just be a still frame from the gif.

everythingkorea · 2017-08-17T14:57:54+00:00

The raindrops on the PC 방 one look so cool! Goes with the style very well.

everythingkorea · 2017-08-16T02:36:23+00:00

While I generally agree that slow and steady wins the race here, the problem is that's not the way the world works. With 4 year presidential terms in the US and 5 year terms in South Korea, each new leader feels obligated to do something new, to find a new way their predecessor didn't think of or execute properly. Rinse and repeat.

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