Korean Gender Reader

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First up this week, a run-down of all the sex crimes in the entertainment industry that have recently emerged:

April 19 – Open World Entertainment and The Ugly Side of K-pop (Seoulbeats)

April 25 – Sex crimes in showbiz industry jolt society (Korea Times)

April 25 – Manager reveals that there are brokers connecting actresses with “sponsors” (Allkpop)

April 25 – Anonymous Actress Says Sexual Harassment is Common in the Biz (Enewsworld)

April 29 – Open World Entertainment artists cleared of all charges + Company’s future uncertain (Omona)

April 30 – Sixth Grader Trainee Sexually Abused by Head of Entertainment Agency (Omona)

May 3 – Witness Says Sexual Abuse Goes On At 80% Of Agencies + A Sixth Grader Was Targeted (Asian Junkie)

May 8 – Open World Entertainment CEO officially charged with rape, accused idols get off scot-free (Omona)

May 8 – Open World Entertainment’s Jang Seok Woo charged with rape + idols get off on technicality (Asian Junkie)

May 8 – Police investigating former Roo’ra member Go Young Wook for alleged sexual assault (Allkpop)

May 9 – Korean government steps in to prevent entertainment agencies from defrauding trainees (Allkpop)

May 9 – Tackling the Entertainment Industry’s Dark Corners (Korea Realtime)

May 10 – Former idol group member assaults aspiring teenage singer (Korea Joongang Daily)

May 10 – South Korean government to crack down on sexual exploitation in the K-pop industry. Sure. (Angry K-pop Fan)

May 11 – Go Young Wook refutes allegations concerning his sexual assault case (Allkpop)

Next, a continuation of the English Spectrum Series at Gusts of Popular Feeling:

— Part 14: Segye Ilbo interview with the women from the party, part 2

— Part 15: Web messages draw Koreans’ wrath

— Part 16: Thai female laborers and white English instructors

— Part 17: ‘Regret’ over the scandal caused by confessions of foreign instructors

— Part 18: “Korean men have no excuse”

— Part 19: “Unfit foreign instructors should be a ‘social issue'”

— Part 20: ‘Clamor’ at foreigner English education site

— Part 21: Foreign instructor: “I want to apologize”

And now for the regular categories:

LGBT/Sexuality:

— Controversial TV Priest claims Korea ‘Free from Homosexuality’ (Korea Bang)

— The Meet Market: For Queers and Their Allies (Chincha)

Pop Culture:

— “Heavy” Girls in K-pop (10 Confessions)

— ‘Sasaeng’ fans: who and why Part 1, Part 2, Extended Discussion (Angry K-pop Fan; see Maddie Loves K-pop here and here also)

— Making Over Asia: Hallyu and Medical Tourism (Seoulbeats; also see Korean Bodega)

— South Korea Tops Plastic Surgery Tables Again, Netizens React (Korea Bang)

— Sexy Zone: This isn’t it (Appears)

— SHINEE ignites racist scandal with anti-Native American performance (Omona)

— Korean Entertainment and the War on Women (Seoulbeats)

— What it’s like to work in (American) entertainment as an Asian female (Thick Dumpling Skin)

— Female Stars’ Abused Feet from Kill Heels Captured (Soompi)

— AV star Aoi Sora to debut in Korea as a singer and actress (Kpopseven)

— Ladies Breaking the Idol Stereotype (Seoulbeats)

— The Lost Monarchy (My Musings)

— Cinderella Stories Don’t Exist: How K-dramas Got it All Wrong (Seoulbeats)

— Pop Girls: J-Pop and K-Pop (The F-Word Blog)

— What’s Wrong With Co-ed Groups? (Seoulbeats)

Dating/Relationships/Marriage:

— Here Comes the Bride? Marriage, Dating and Korean 30 Somethings (Inconseoulable)

— Could a single pill save your marriage? (io9)

— The average number of people in a Tokyo home has dropped below two for the first time (AlJazeera)

— Spouses share their tales of life wedded to Koreans (The Korea Herald)

— Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Shanghai Shiok! (Shanghai Shiok)

— “Skins” Star Kaya Scodelario and Kim Soo-hyun for J.ESTINA (Seoulbeats)

Crime:

— Police Gain Legal Right to Forcibly Enter Homes of Domestic Abuse (KBS)

— Is domestic violence taken seriously in Korea? (The Korea Herald)

— Electronic anklets have little effect on sexual crimes (The Korea Times)

— How Effective are the Korean Police? (The Korea Herald)

— Working to Death at Samsung (Global Voices; The Hankyoreh)

— Redefining Rape in South Korea (The Korea Herald)

— ‘Sexual Harassment Grandpa’ Asks Girl for Gangbang On Subway (Korea Bang)

— Kim Lee: Chinese law has failed to protect me (Shanghaiist)

Pregnancy/Childbirth/Parenting:

— [Q&A] Do you intend to speak Korean language to your children? (Loving Korean)

— On the Physicality of Motherhood (On Becoming a Good Korean [Feminist] Wife)

— On Adventures in Feminist Parenting (On Becoming a Good Korean [Feminist] Wife)

— More Kids from Cross-Cultural Marriages Start School (The Chosunilbo)

— A Day For Forgotten Moms of Korean Adoptees (Korea Realtime)

Economics/Politics:

— What’s the Difference Between a “Gender Quota” and “Gender Balance”? (Feminist Law Professors)

— The Gender Gap (Infidelworld)

— More Korean women working abroad for construction companies (The Dong-a Ilbo)

— Finance Ministry to Staff: Go Home (Korea Realtime)

Misc:

— New laws on smoking in Korea. News that affects nearly half of all Korean males. (Korea Law Today)

— Military Service is a Privilege, Not a Duty (The Korea Herald)

— ‘Korea’s Helen Keller’ Turns Adversity into Opportunity (The Chosunilbo)

— Full Frontal (Busan Mike)

— Koreans Shop for Bigger Bottoms (The Chosunilbo)

— South Korean women are surprisingly avid watchers of sporting events (Campaign Asia-Pacific)

— A Korean Comic Wows Arab Crowds With an Insider’s Touch (The New York Times)

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