Wonder what the most favored netizen comments on this say. Did you read it? I’m currently on a comp without Korean symbols so can’t even try my poor Korean hand at reading them. Generally get the impression that most netizens are less provoked by religious/moral beliefs and more skeptical of giving too many ‘advantages’ (in actuality just common human rights) to minorities. I read the Korea Bang link you had the other day with lots of pro-gay or at least very anti-homophobic dude comments on it- sometimes I get the impression that most young people have no issues with homosexuality, other times I get the impression that it’s still taboo.

I’m a really thin woman, but I can’t do this. However, I know many people who can, both men and women, and many men and women who can’t. The thing is it’s not a gendered thing, it’s an individual people thing. Christopher Hart falls into the trap of thinking that just because we see (in society & in the media) women more often in certain poses, therefore it must be something women can do, and not men.

Anyone else reading this, here’s a link to see it for yourself!

At least the Hankyoreh is willing to think of Fleur Pellerin as a French person, unlike certain other newspapers that apparently used her Korean birth name in their headlines. The Donga Ilbo printed a cartoon of her wearing hanbok and holding a tricoleur flag, I suppose because you wouldn’t know she was French otherwise.

I went to 북촌 한옥 마을 yesterday expecting to see a load of old houses still beeing lived in. I was somewhat disappointed when I found that the majority seemed to really new, and just built to reflect the traditional style. It was also clearly a very affluent area judging by the local shops, the cars parked by the houses and so on.