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Koreans deservedly don’t have a high reputation for creativity, but as you can read by clicking on the image above, desperate measures called for an innovative advertising solution by Home Plus in Chamsil earlier this year. Did any readers happen to pass through the station and see it for themselves? What did you [...]
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Creative Korean Advertising
Cosplay in Seoul and Busan
Have you ever found yourself walking down the street and seen a couple of kids dressed up in clothes you thought could only have been dreamed up in a comic book? It’s call Cosplaying and boy do the kids have fun doing it!
Cosplay, short for “costume play”, is a type of performance art whose participants [...]
In North Korea, The Games Play You!
Cross-posted at The Chosun Bimbo
I came across this interesting little photo essay this morning from North Korea. From UK-Resistance comes these scenes from inside a North Korea arcade:
The article was pretty light on detail. The arcade sits within a theme park that I can only assume is in Pyeongyang or it’s surrounds.
These look [...]
The Aesthetics of North Korean Propaganda Posters
Here’s something interesting I picked up off a site called DeepGlamour (HT to ExpatJane). What’s interesting is that it’s a site concerned with fashion (and hence, aesthetics):
Taking a leaf from Generalissmo Franco’s political playbook, North Korean semi-strongman Kim Jong Il might be sick, might be dead, might be stuffed. He missed the country’s 60th [...]
Andong Mask Dance Festival, Scenery, and Really, Really, Ridiculously Good Food
Cross-Posted at Roboseyo
So I heard about this thing called the Andong Mask Dance Festival, one of those Korean culture touchstones and all. Girlfriendoseyo explained to me that Andong is the heartland of Korea’s confucian heritage — the guy whose face is on the 1000 won bill lived there, and his house made it onto the [...]
“Sacred Cows Make the Best Hamburgers”
- Mark Twain
When the trend for luxury burgers hit Seoul, Zen Kimchi was ready to call it a stunt. Of course, he was also willing to give the burger a chance to prove its mettle . . . if somebody else could foot the bill. The W Seoul-Walkerhill rose to the challenge, and invited [...]
Gangnam Fashion Festival (GAFF)
An outdoor fashion show set in the middle of Apkujeong’s “Rodeo” street.
You might know that Korean fashion has been getting a lot of attention lately, and is certainly on a roll. You might not know that Gangnam was recently designated a special fashion district as part of the city’s recent ramping up of efforts to [...]
Stunted Growth in North Korea
And not just of the economic kind, either.
Today, the NYT posted a story on the height of North Koreans, as brought up in the presidential debate:
During the first presidential debate, Senator John McCain called North Korea a “repressive brutal regime,” comparing life there to living in a prison camp. And then he summoned a bizarre [...]
“Hunting”
On a weekend summer night in a back alley of Hongdae, clubbers take a moment to rest in the cooler outside air and a bit of “hunting” — the Koreanized English term for “picking up” stranger in whom one has taken a sexual interest. (2007)
Getting Started
So — I was thinking that we might start by talking about some basic things? These are just talking points to start with, and not instructions:
Content
– Korea-related?
– Generally culture/society? Nothing against “hard news” at all, though.
– What are you thinking you’d generally like to post about?
– What are some categories you’d like to see added?
Tone
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Dorothy Nam’s 1st Fashion Show!
Do you know Dorothy Nam? You know, the cute lady on TV with the hat! She had her first fashion show last Friday, September 19th, in the Seoul Finance Center in City Hall. Yes, she’s also a designer!
I had a chance to attend her first show, and was impressed! Here’s a bit from the press [...]
