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Ladygate: Foreign ‘Manicure Girls’ Squat Subway Priority Seat
From NEWSis: Subway ‘Foreign Manicure Girl’ Late night on the 19th, on Line 4′s Danggogae bound train, a group of female foreigners were seen chatting loudly and painting their toenails in the...
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Hollister Models Make Fun of Asians at Opening of Korean Store
Netizens have reacted strongly to what has been interpreted as offensive pictures and remarks from models at the opening of the first Hollister clothing store in South Korea. Images of models making...
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Uzbek Wife Married to South Korean Man a Hit on Korean TV
If recent BBC coverage is anything to go by, marriage in South Korea is like a business. It’s also becoming a bit of an explosive topic as social mobility slows down and the traditional image of the...
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Anger as Suwon Murderer Escapes Death Penalty
Oh Won-chun leaves the Seoul courthouse after hearing the results of his sentencing appeal The decision of a Seoul appeals court to commute the death sentence given to the murderer Oh Won-chun to a...
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Feminist Rebuts Claims Women are Over-Empowered in Korea
Kim Eri has written another controversial article as a follow up to her editorial about discrimination against women first reported on koreaBANG here. Ms. Kim sought to counter the new movement among...
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Foreigner’s Photos of Korea in Early 1960s Amaze Netizens
A series of photos, uploaded to Flickr by the son of a former US worker in South Korea, have gone viral on the South Korean internet. Netizens are amazed by the apparent changes the pictures document,...
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Mixed Nerves Ahead of Kim Yuna’s Figure Skating Victory
“Queen Yuna,” as she is often dubbed by the Korean media, emerged triumphant at the 2013 ISU World Figure Skating Championships, securing the top award for the second time. However, not all were happy...
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Ewha Womans University Invaded by Swarms of Chinese Tourists
From SBS TV: Chinese people occupy Ewha Womans University, taking wedding pictures without permission [News Anchor] Chinese Labor Day has started. It is expected about 100,000 Chinese people will...
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2013 Seoul Crime Rates: Rape in Gwanak, Drugs in Gangnam
A year-end review of crime rates in Seoul found that you are most likely to be attacked by teenagers in Nowon, raped in Gwanak, and murdered in Kangseo. In each district, officials blamed the number of...
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