Miss Korea hopefuls walk the runway

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Prospective Miss Koreas lined up on August 1 to participate in the 2008 Miss Korea Hanbok Fashion Show & Cultural Performance. The event, which took place in the Grand Ballroom of Seoul's Namsan...

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Mad as hell over mad cow

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Thirty thousand citizens gather for the "Candlelight Vigil Protesting U.S. Beef Imports." Some sentiments: "I'm not anti-American. I wear Nike shoes, Adidas tees, and I eat McDonalds. But having...

Modernizing the hanbok

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I don't really care about fashion much, and I don't blog about it, but I saw various mentions on the interwebs of Canadian actress Sandra Oh's above tribute to the...

Is celebrity education really education?

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(Singer-actor Eugene) Shortly after posting this entry about Tim's educational background, I saw the following (edited) transcription of the "Star News report" (you can watch the video clip of the...

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Korea just got a little pornier

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Newsen reports that Penthouse is coming to Korea. Porn lovers rejoice! Penthouse Media Group has made a contract to enter into an exclusive license with Korea's own adult media corporation,...

Just a quickie…

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...cuz it's funny, even if it's in an I-feel-guilty-for-laughing sort of way. South Korea's hosting an international condom conference this week on Jeju Island, in attendance by the world's top...

Happy Chuseok!

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  Tomorrow is Chuseok, also called Hangawi, which is the Korean version of Thanksgiving and one of the largest (perhaps the largest) holidays in the Korean calendar. That means a...