Korean dramas
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Stills released for new historical drama “Saimdang”
After several movie adventures overseas (China) Song Seung Heon is once again returning to the small (Korean) screen as the fictional love interest of Korean icon Sin Saimdang portrayed by the beautiful Lee Young Ae. For those of you unfamiliar with this Korean legend: here’s a brief intro kindly borrowed from this awesome site: 신사임당은…
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Korean subtitles – a real language booster
I wrote in my previous blog post that I had started watching the much-hyped drama 별에서 온 그대. I’m now halfway into it, and I am amazed on so many levels. I simply just love the story, the characters, and the chemistry. I had known of this drama for a while, but somehow the idea of a non-aging…
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Korean drama update
The weekend finally rolled around once again. Although I can’t say it has been a long week, I have been looking forward to Friday as this would be the day where I could finally watch two brand new episodes of Yong Pal. It’s been a few episodes since I turned off the subtitles, and I…
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Pronunciation practice: K-drama soundtracks
Here’s a quick post about a super efficient way to improve your Korean pronunciation. When I first started speaking Korean sentences I felt as if my tongue was going to break or at least get permanently twisted. A great (and fun) way to overcome this initial tongue paralysis is singing along to your favorite Korean…
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New rom-com “Twenty again” with Choi Ji Woo
This weekend has presented me with quite a few pleasant surprises. Friday night I received a text from a friend telling me that Saturday would be Korea day in our city. That meant a day full of Korean entertainment and (of course) Korean street food. Needless to say I dragged my hubby along for the…
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New medical suspense drama Yong Pal
When I first read about Yong Pal earlier this summer I was intrigued. I was excited to see one of my favorite actresses Kim Tae Hee return to the small screen, although I was a bit doubtful about her male co-star Joo Won. I know there are many Joo Won fans out there, and I agree that he…
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Re-entering Dramaland
Aside from lots of time for cramming Korean I have a lot of drama watching time on my hands these days. It took me less than five days to finish off the melodrama 유혹 (Temptation) with hallyu veterans Choi Ji Woo and Kwon Sang Woo. I first saw them in 천국의 계단 (Stairway to heaven)…
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Thank you for the nomination!
A few days ago Kristy was so kind to nominate me for the Liebster award. It’s only been about six months since I started blogging so I’m obviously very flattered. Thank you Kristy 🙂 I’ve agreed to answer a few questions about myself, which I’m more than happy to do 🙂 Do you have a bias?…
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Government officials and Hallyu: The art of networking
My world economic conference is over and I’ve had the opportunity to speak to a bunch of interesting people. Yesterday I was late for the official luncheon so I just sat down at the nearest empty seat and politely introduced myself to the gentleman next to me. “Hello, I’m Sofie an assistant prof from Denmark,…
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Mixed Korean update
Summer is approaching and apart from having to prepare for a conference trip to Montreal next week this also means that my workload is decreasing = more time for studying Korean. Yay! This past week has been so full of Korean accomplishments that I don’t know where to start. I guess the best way would be to…
Sofie to Korea 