Hallyu
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Big Bang is back!
This week, Korean boy band Big Bang released their new album, and two singles have already reached several million views on youtube. I’m a big fan of learning Korean through songs since there are often so many cool expressions to learn from pop songs. I love learning slang (신조어) and cool expressions, although I’m under strict…
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New hot 한-중 couple Song Seung Heon and Liu Yifei speaking the universal language of love
It’s been an entire week since my previous post about the new hot couple on the Hallyu scene, the Korean-Chinese cross-border love match between Song Seung Heon and Liu Yifei. Since my Naver news feed, my Twitter feed, and any other Hallyu source I follow closely have all been flooded with pictures and news pieces about this…
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My favorite Korean skincare products
I’ve long wanted to do a blog post on Korean beauty products, and the role of beauty in Korea. My first encounter with Korean beauty was during my first trip to Seoul last winter. I knew before going that Korea was famous for its beauty industry, and that cosmetics certainly played an important role in…
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Korea through the eyes of foreigners
So far, I haven’t been too keen on watching Korean variety shows (I’m more of a melodrama enthusiast). It’s not that I haven’t tried, but frankly the pace, sound effects, and cartoon like appearance of some of them have made me give up after a few minutes of frustrated watching. However, I’m sure there is some great…
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Korean beauty products (… and how you’ll never want to use anything else after you’ve tried’em!)
I promised you that this blog would include the occasional non-language related post. So here’s a piece on Korean beauty products – a strong passion of mine ^^ When I was in Seoul I was struck by how many cosmetics stores they had lined up along all the major shopping streets in central Seoul, Gangnam, and well……
Sofie to Korea 