Hallyu
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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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Song Seung Heon is dating (…a girl who now needs to learn Korean)
Since this is indeed a mixed language and Hallyu blog, readers will have to put up with yet another post about all-time Hallyu star Song Seung Heon. News broke yesterday that the eternal bachelor had initiated a relationship with the much hyped Chinese actress, Liu Yifei. This instantly caused surprise and cheer online, and I must…
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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…
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Getting lost (and found) in Korean drama land
As any other dedicated student of Korean I shy away from watching anything on tv that is not Korean. Anything else is just a waste of precious time which could otherwise have been spent learning this awesome language. However, with Korean dramas there are just SO many to choose from that actually choosing one can…
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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 