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, N Tree Media. This new media enterprise between the two groups marks a first step in advancing into the large potential Asian adult entertainment market, as a stepping stone to advancing into China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and Malaysia.

The licensing agreement will span both on- and offline spheres, joining with Penthouse Group to franchise its merchandising, which includes broadcast entertainment, lingerie, jewelry and other items, in addition to adult movies and photos.

Personally, I’d thought Korea was doing just fine manufacturing its own pornography without the Americans lending a hand (insert immature snicker here), but apparently that’s not the case. What good is it being the world’s most wired society and the “bandwidth capital of the world” if you can’t get your porn the new old-fashioned way — through the interwebs?

SONG OF THE DAY

Tim - “사랑한 만큼” (as much as I love you), from his latest (fourth) album. The title comes from the lyrics, which say, “Please don’t worry about me… I’ll forget about you… It’ll just hurt me as much as I love you” (meaning the intensity of his pain is equal to his love). [ zShare download ]

 
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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 condom experts (and no, that’s not a euphemism for the everyman, although it should be).

Two interesting points: they’ve concluded that condom sizing matters, ergo South Korea (and the world) needs more size varieties; and apparently South Korean men’s penises are growing!

Now they’ll be able to join the rest of the world at the grown-up condom table (ew, bad analogy; abort metaphor, abort!; oh no, even worse accidental metaphor; I’ll just stop now) and actually wear the damn things instead of going without because they just don’t fit right.

Furthermore:

Innovation for male condoms has focused on adding textures to enhance sexual pleasure, or offering different colors or lubricants. At the meeting, South Korean manufacturer Unidus displayed its “Long-Love” condom — featuring desensitizing cream inside to prevent premature ejaculation so men “make a lasting impression.”

So not only are they small, but they’re, um, non-lasting in impression? Now there’s a backhanded way to frame positive news, huh?

And in a totally unrelated bit, did you know there are such things as condom dresses? Or, as they’re referred to, condom couture. I’m not sure how I feel about this.

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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 break from work, lots of traditional food, including the customary Chuseok songpyun dduk (a type of sticky pounded-rice cake with a sweetened sesame center), family time, and paying respects to ancestors and elders.

And what would a festive holiday season be without horrendous traffic, clogged travelways, and tons of special family-friendly television programming?

It also means lots of photo ops for celebrities as they don the traditional hanbok dress.

Here we have actress Seo Ji Hye looking pretty in her hanbok — which is a flattering look on her, as you can also check out in the cute two-episode drama (also starring Super Junior’s Choi Shi Won) The Story of Hyang Dan. She’s one of many mostly female celebrities whose pictures can be found everywhere these days, in the Chuseok season.

(Random) SONG OF THE DAY

Fanny Fink - “민트 하늘의 꿈” (Dream of mint sky) [ zShare download ]

Check out other actresses looking pretty in their hanboks >>

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