Korean Gender Reader, December 8-14

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Not related to any of the stories sorry — I just love the colors, and the retro look. But see pop reviews now if you’d like to know more about his album.

Announcements

— Queer Shorts Shot on Smart Phones Film Festival, December 22nd (The Kimchi Queen)

Body Image, Health

— Masseurs find narcissists easy prey (Korea Joongang Daily)

— Pretty boys and dancing divas give South Korean cosmetics Asian appeal (Reuters)

— More handsome men entering women-heavy professions in Korea (The Dong-a Ilbo)

— Do Koreans and Korean Americans have different standards for if someone looks “American”? (I’m No Picasso)

— The Real Bodies Manifesto: Finding Each Other (8asians)

— So … did Shin Se Kyung have plastic surgery or not? (Asian Junkie)

— “My, What Healthy Breasts You Have!” (said no one, ever) (Nursing Clio)

— Fashion Interviews: A Shot of Soju With Monika Rofler (chincha)

Censorship, Media

— SKorea’s porn fight ‘like shoveling in a blizzard’ (The Marmot’s Hole)

— ‘Cheongdamdong Alice’ apologizes for offensive words spotted on screen (allkpop)

— Park Geun-hye Rally Photo Doctored Ahead of Election (koreaBANG)

— Korean CF Types: The dance, the star power, the drama (Hangukdrama and Korean)

— Facial Recognition Technology and Privacy Issues (Visual Anthropology of Japan)

— Yoon Il Sang: “It’s Sad That Korean Media Tries to Find Humor by Putting Down Their Wives” (soompi)

Crime

— Myeong-dong Hiking Club still pimping Korean girls to Japanese tourists, doing very little hiking (The Marmot’s Hole)

— Subway stations main location for sex trade of runaway youths (The Korea Times)

— Man rapes mentally handicapped kid, walks on appeal because he shows regret (The Marmot’s Hole)

— “I Want to Throw Flowers”: a series that records the experiences of a survivor of sexual violence (ILDA South Korean Feminist Journal)

— So, just to be clear, it’s OK for a teacher to have sex with a 12-year-old student as long as the student wants it? (The Marmot’s Hole; Waygook)

— A heartfelt and concise piece on what “human trafficking” really means (Japan Subculture Research Center)

— Japan’s ‘life-less’ anti-stalking laws are costing lives to be lost (The Japan Times)

— Is self-defense properly recognized? (The Korea Herald)

Dating, Relationships, Marriage

— Tharp On: Marriage (Busan Haps)

— Websites Sell Burmese Brides to Chinese Bachelors (The Irrawaddy)

— The Romance Issue (Mochi Magazine)

— Interracial Dating 2: Black Women & Asian Men desexualized? (The Vanguard Element)

— Exhibition journeys into Asian marriage customs (The Korea Herald)

— Six Chinese Men in the Movies Who Loved Western Women, from Least Sexy to Most Sexy (Speaking of China)

— China’s Singles’ Day Beats the US’ ‘Black Friday’ On E-Sales (chinaSMACK)

Education, Parenting, Demographics

— Study: Korean students excel in math and science, but lack confidence (The Hankyoreh)

— Why I gave my daughters English names (BBC)

— How I Learned to Love College By Rejecting the Model Minority Stereotype (Mochi Magazine)

— Seoul lays out new support plans for multicultural families, foreigners (asiaone)

— US Soldier – Filipina mixed kids acquire illegal immigrant status before they are born (The Marmot’s Hole)

— What’s for Dinner? One mother’s adventure in maintaining a balanced diet for her Chinese-Canadian baby (bejingkids)

— Disposable diapers or bare bottoms? China frets over potty training (Christian Science Monitor)

Economics, Politics, Workplaces, Ladygate

— Workplace discrimination prompts ‘whitened’ job applications (BBC)

— Why are so few educated Asian women marrying? (Marginal Revolution)

— S. Korea’s gender wage gap highest among OECD (MK Business News)

— Women in North Korea: ‘Men can’t earn enough money so it’s our job now’ (The Guardian)

— Park Geun-hye: Female Presidential Candidate (Korean Gender Cafe)

— As South Korea Tackles Drinking Culture, Samsung Sets Guidelines (Korea Realtime)

— Three out of four sexual harassment victims are women in their 20s and 30s and half of it occurred at the workplace (The Korea Times)

— Ri Sol-ju, Conspicuous Wealth, and the “Military Wife” Type in the DPRK (SINO-NK)

— ‘Korea still male-dominated’ (The Korea Times)

— Korean Through K-pop 101: The Bean Paste Girl (Seoulbeats)

— South Korea’s Forgotten War (The Atlantic)

— Is South Korea ready for “Madam President”? (Reuters)

— China’s Job Market Tightens for Young Foreigners (The New York Times)

— McKinsey & Company Report on the Job Market for New Korean Graduates (Korea Business Central)

LGBT, Sexuality

— Venery and the sin of transgression in Joseon Korea (The Marmot’s Hole)

— On Sex In The US, and How My Husband Taught Me the Word “Sao” (Speaking of China)

— Women rights advocates call on China’s population planning officials to de-link household registration from compulsory fitting of IUDs (Radio Free Asia)

— Queer Links from the Week (The Kimchi Queen)

— Gay, transgender Korean students discriminated against at school (Asian Correspondent)

Miscellaneous

— Are you Russian? An interview about Causasian female stereotypes and harassment in Korea (mapping words)

— CERD (and other) updates (Gusts of Popular Feeling)

— What I’ve Learned About Crises, or How My Vaguest Shadow of a Doubt Died Today… (Gord Sellar)

— Cultural Assimilation (I’m No Picasso)

— If You Wanna Be My 형… (Gord Sellar)

— How Taiwan is better than Korea (The Marmot’s Hole)

— Expat Diaries: ‘Night Vibes’ Spreads Black Culture Throughout South Korea (Ebony)

Pop Culture

— Natthew and Diversity in K-pop (Seoulbeats)

— The politics of Pandora: is international music really that “different”? (Mellowyel’s Collection)

— Cast walks out of Great Seer shoots citing no pay (dramabeans)

— Unpopular Opinion: Defending Jay Chou’s Hit on “Gangnam Style” (Seoulbeats)

— NSFW Fanart: ELFs are on another level, man (McRoth’s Residence)

— Worry for the Right Reasons: K-pop and Kohaku (Seoulbeats)

— 2012 a tough year for idol groups as singers shine (Korea Joongang Daily; Netizen Buzz)

— HallyU.S.A: K-pop’s Appeal to Asian-Americans (Seoulbeats)

— Q & A : ‘9 Muses of Empire’ director Hark-Joon Lee on IDFA (fuck yeah nine muses)

— 2012: The Year Of Scandals, Relationships, And … Americanism? (Asian Junkie)

— Streaming to Be Heard: K-pop on Internet Radio (Seoulbeats)

— Finding Korean literature in English (In Imminent Danger)

— MBC and A Look at Korean Sitcoms (Seoulbeats)

— Korean films get controversial (ampm)

— K-pop’s Appeal to a Black Fan (Seoulbeats)

Psy’s Apology (in chronological order)

— ‘Gangnam Style’ Rapper Psy Apologizes For Lyrics About Killing Americans (Speakeasy)

— Quick Thought about PSY’s Past Anti-American Lyrics (Ask a Korean!)

— PSY Apologizes (The Marmot’s Hole)

— The PSY scandal: singing about killing people v. constantly doing it (The Guardian)

— … In Which America Learns Something Interesting about Psy (and South Korea) (Gord Sellar)

— You Shouldn’t Forget about the Past, Cuz It Don’t Forget About You… (Scribblings of the Metropolitician)

— Psy, slowly and painfully (Gusts of Popular Feeling)

— K-Pop Fizz Fizz: Life After PSY (Spin)

Social Problems

— Australian Police Apologise to Korean Assaulted in Melbourne (koreaBANG)

— Do 1 in 8 Koreans have an addiction? (Asian Correspondent)

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