Korean Gender Reader, Feb. 23 – Mar. 1

(Sources; left, right)

Not quite enough for another post in my “Reading the Lolita Effect in Korea” series, but a good example of what I discuss there: 18 year-old Sulli, one of the maknaes of the girl-group f(x), shows far less skin in her latest photoshoot for Oh Boy! magazine than she did 3 years ago! (Hat tip to @mellowyel).

Meanwhile, next week I’m giving a presentation in Seoul; have a magazine article to write; one daughter starting school, the other changing kindergartens; the start of the next semester at my university; and so on (seriously, I really could go on!), so I’ll be much too busy to post again until the week after next sorry. Until then, I hope the stories below keep you occupied, and please remember that Friday, March 8 is my birthday International Women’s Day, with various events happening in Gwangju and Seoul. If readers know of any more, please let me know!

Saturday

— Stephen Epstein: Korea’s indie rock scholar (Korea.net)

— Glass ceiling outlasts Madam President (The Korea Herald)

— Citizen Brock: South Korea considers a Canadian (Asian Correspondent)

— 13 Photos From Taiwan’s First Same-Sex Buddhist Marriage (Peppermint Kiss)

— Ask the Yangxifu: Does He Like Me? Signs a Chinese Man Might Be Into You (Speaking of China)

Sunday

— American teacher in Japan under fire for lessons on Japan’s history of discrimination (The Washington Post; The Marmot’s Hole)

— Park Si-hoo and Sexual Assault in K-entertainment (Seoulbeats)

— Did Sunny Days’ company use Jung Soo Jung’s sexual harassment to promote the group? (Asian Junkie)

— Police under controversy for asking intrusive questions to gang rape victim (Netizen Buzz; more cases here)

— What’s going on with Rainbow’s “concept”? (Frank Kogan)

Monday

— Hongdae club day lewd party incident (Gusts of Popular Feeling)

— Eight Years of Living Together as an Unmarried Heterosexual Couple (Ilda)

— “Korea is a paradise” for foreign instructors (Gusts of Popular Feeling)

— “Little Mom” Program in Gwangju: Stigma or Support? (Korean Gender Cafe)

— Leftovers: unmarried Chinese women over 25 (The Guardian)

Tuesday

— How Demography Is Changing Japan (The Diplomat)

— K-pop trainees have a 0.1% chance of debuting (Netizen Buzz)

— Korean plastic surgery ads from the 1970s (Möüth)

— Resources on censorship in the Korean music industry (Angry K-Pop Fan)

— Truth, Lies and Propaganda: The North Korean hoax that backfired (NK News)

Wednesday

— Beijing Lesbian Couple Seeking Marriage Registration Refused (chinaSMACK)

— More Than Half of Korean Nurses Report Being Sexually Harassed or Assaulted by Doctors and Patients (Idle Worship; The Marmot’s Hole)

— Female population predicted to surpass males by 2016 (Netizen Buzz)

— Migrant Women Still Suffer Discrimination (The Chosun Ilbo)

— SKorea’s 1st female leader yet to hire many women (AP)

Thursday

— Japan’s ‘Women Only’ Train Cars: Is it a Crime for Men to Ride? (Rocketnews24)

— On Death, Dying, and Funerals in Korea (Seoul Searching)

— 1 in 5 Korean men to die single (The Korea Herald)

— K-pop’s Guns: Sexy, Cool and Harmless? (Seoulbeats)

— Investigation into “foreign instructors’ methods for luring Korean women” (Gusts of Popular Feeling)

Friday

— Why are there so many trainees involved in celebrity scandals? (Netizen Buzz)

— Broadcast announcement: ‘For foreign instructors, is Korea a paradise for women?’ (Gusts of Popular Feeling)

— The (Daycare) Wonder Years (Lee’s Korea Blog)

— Korean cosmetics enjoy popularity in China thanks to Korean pop culture (Yonhap)

— Plastic surgery, ‘Gangnam-style’ (Global Post)

(Links are not necessarily endorsements)