Beanie level: Loan shark with a heart of gold

“ Top court recognizes legal rights of same-sex couple for 1st time
Supreme Court rules equal national health insurance coverage for same-sex couple”
https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=2024071805

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“ Price of stardom? K-pop stars feel threatened by obsessive ‘sasaeng’ fans”.
https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20240717050564

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    sasaengs are mentally ill people and should be hospitalised and treated for obsessive behavior and fetishes.
    they creep me out so much and sometimes I am scared for the safety of both the stars they follow and the people at the airport. and the staff. there was staff that got stabbed in the eye with a pen and needed treatment.

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Trigger warning: “Korea’s weapons in war against suicides
On the front lines of suicide prevention, S. Korea combines tech, detailed targeting of hazardous materials, human intervention”.

https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20240717050662

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I loved all the ridiculous preening in Ep 11 of MSM. KDramas should never be confused with real life but it’s fun to live in this imaginary world full of rough men who aren’t abusers and toxic creeps.

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“Gov’t supports K-dramas, shows, documentaries to go global”
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2024/07/688_378679.html

“Area south of Itaewon becomes ghost town as Hannam New Town project pushes forward”
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/07/177_378531.html

“The diverse communities that developed in the area have consequently been largely dispersed. In its heyday, the whole region had enjoyed prosperity due to its location next to U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan. In its shadow, diverse communities thrived — including originally Korean migrants from all across the peninsula, Koreans who earned a living supporting the U.S. military community, foreign residents from around the world and sexual minorities.
“The population was a mix of young, kind of hipster-ish Koreans, super old Koreans who had lived there for like 100 years, a large foreign population of mostly Middle Eastern and Africans and some Europeans and North Americans,” Gordon said.
But with the base now mostly vacated, the American military’s spending power has also moved on, and the area isn’t the geographically and socially isolated enclave it used to be. Just as nature abhors a vacuum, so do development companies”.

How typical. No mention of the woman who gave birth 8 times and no doubt did the majority of the child care except in passing.
“Father of eight honored for helping boost birthrate”
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/culture/2024/07/262_378629.html

“Slew of fall exhibitions by Korean artists to take over London”
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2024/07/690_378621.html

“First century-spanning anthology of modern Korean women’s literature hits shelves”
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/culture/2024/07/142_378326.html

This regressive propaganda is being pushed abroad. Just disgusting. I suppose slavery, misogyny and extreme violence directed at poor people during the Joseon period is what this individual misses:

“What was the cost of modernization when Korea adopted a lot of the Western values that eventually destroyed its family, changed the fabric of society, changed the relationship between men and women, changed the relationship between parents and children?” he said”

“INTERVIEW ‘Strong family values are bedrock of society,’ says GPF chairperson”https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/culture/2024/07/262_378069.html

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This is an example of the pervasive misogyny in South Korea. Horrifying doesn’t begin to describe this kind of hatred of women existing and surviving in their society against great odds. Wtf.
https://bbc.com/news/articles/cml2kvd2dvno?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_campaign_type=owned&at_link_type=web_link&at_format=link&at_medium=social&at_link_id=39CC8F1A-3E67-11EF-89D5-BD4BD765A4BF&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_ptr_name=twitter&at_link_origin=BBCNews

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    saw that 2 days ago. Mindbaffling. But I would say this attitude is on the rise actoss the world. I think the reason is men read 40-50% less books than women. people are only interested in their own selves and they no longer try to see anything from other groups or individuals perspective. Reading has been proved to be the most worldview shifting activity. Illiteracy leads to narrow-mindedness.

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      Yes, it is on the rise globally and has continued to exist. The extent of such ignorance about basic facts such is horrifying and of course not unique to SK but it just has a particular venom because of the documented extreme income inequality between men and women among OECD countries (SK is the worst), continuing violence against women including the widely perpetrated acts of molka and the prevalence of male executives in the corporate world.

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      They should compare the suicide rates with countries that have much more equality between sexes and genders. And then they could talk.

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    The title of the article already put me off. Wtf.

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So i see that My sweet mobster is doing its bit to spur population growth in SK!

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https://youtu.be/r_pPfp7lnIM; Recording the Avengers in the Lakota language with the original actors

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    Woah! This is so cool!

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      It is, isn’t it? To help preserve the Lakota language is truly a noble undertaking and as the Lakota Nation member said, it builds capacity and will enables future endeavours to take place.

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    that is cool. I dont watch those Marvel franchises but this is interesting

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    Thank you!
    This is so cool that they would do this project. I love this movies and these people. Wish they would step into the past and come back!

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The joy and relief in Paris!
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    Of course, this must refer to the runoff in the French general election which was held earlier today.

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      Indeed! A hopeful outcome even if the fundamental problem of the rise of the far right still remains.

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    It’s a relief for now but what happens next is the real deal. Fingers crossed.

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Has anyone who has been to Seoul seen this?
“Standing five meters high and eight meters wide, the bronze statue is a creative representation of the iconic horse-riding dance from “Gangnam Style.” Viewed from above, the giant hands of the sculpture seem to embrace a globe, symbolizing the song’s global reach. The sculpture’s interactive nature, equipped with sensors that play the song and flashlights when people are nearby, adds a dynamic element to the visitor experience”.
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Please read this. Really moving.
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/culture/2024/07/142_377986.html
“ Books: INTERVIEWMichelle Zauner on rediscovering her own version of Korea”

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    I did read it, thank you.

    My father’ family is Norwegian- he took the trouble to learn that language before he went to visit, even though he was third generation born in America. I still observe Mid-summer’s Day as a major holiday- although the place where I live frowns upon bonfires (erecting a Maypole is a Swedish thing). Remembering our roots is important.

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      Glad you did!
      For sure. It is the strength of our multicultural societies which should value the uniqueness in us but still encourage and facilitate our collective unity and common future. And, our languages need to be nurtured and spoken otherwise the lingua francas like English will dominate even more.

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They’re not alone. Fascists are keeping me up at night.
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/07/119_378026.html
“ 7 in 10 Koreans experienced mental health problems last year”

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How incredibly absurd is this?
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/07/281_377978.html
Korean-British couple left in blind spot for adoption

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“A movie, I think, is really only four or five moments between two people,” he said. “The rest of it exists to give those moments their impact and resonance.”

This is such a profound but also sublime view.

“Robert Towne (Robert Bertram Schwartz), screenwriter, producer, director and actor, born 23 November 1934; died 1 July 2024”.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/jul/03/robert-towne-obituary?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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And now, something fun!
Get your fans ready so you can cool down Beanies!
https://www.koreaboo.com/news/steamy-kdrama-kiss-dreaming-freaking-fairytale-aftermath-cameras/

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    Another reason to go Dark and watch this. Saving this post to watch every time I’m frustrated that nothing is happening in my drama!!💋💋💋

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      It was silly, profound and sexy for most of its run (with a few flat spots). I don’t know how they managed to pull it off.

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      No need to go to the dark side. Daily Motion is not regarded as a dark site and has had people posting English-subbed vids of this drama’s eps throughout. Some much worse than others but a few decent ones. They get removed constantly but also stay long enough for people to watch them.

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https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/07/281_377964.html
“ No. of Russian asylum-seekers in Korea soars to nearly 9,000 since start of war in Ukraine”

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“ What\’s delaying establishment of Korea\’s immigration agency?”
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/07/177_377954.html

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“ Korea aims to attract 150,000 professionals from abroad by 2035Posted”
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/biz/2024/07/126_377946.html

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“ 18,000-seat K-pop concert venue Seoul Arena to open in 2027”
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2024/07/732_377945.html

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The Midnight Romance in Hagwon”-related.
“ Glimpse into \’hagwon\’ instructors\’ lives sparks viewer interest”
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2024/07/688_377947.html

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