The #Korean Intern Resident Association plans to hold a virtual meeting to discuss potential collective actions against the government's proposed increase in medical school enrollment quotas.
Fewer Koreans are getting married due to rising costs of weddings and apartment rentals. In this context, the decrease in marriages may be the leading cause of the country's falling birthrate since most couples only have children after marrying.
Here is a recent #cover of “Broke up today” (오늘 헤어졌어요) by #Korean#Kpop#singer known as Onestar.
This is one of my favorite #songs, initially made by Younha (윤하).
In the next few days, precisely on Sunday 21, #Netflix will release the #Korean#Kdrama “Captivating the King” (in Italy, where I live, it is titled “Il re e la spia” #NetflixItalia).
The pretty actress Shin Se-Kyung (신세경) portrays one of the main characters.
Do you plan to watch it? Personally, yes, I will watch it! (well ... mainly because of Shin Se-Kyung 😉 ).
I think it's probably time to make a new #introduction post since my life picture has, well, changed pretty radically since my last one!
I'm a #queer man from Italy, and I am working as a researcher in #Korean studies at a quaint little university in #Tuscany, also Italy. I hope to become a university professor in the future. I have a second degree in #wine studies as well, which I’m currently only using to be obnoxious at parties.
I am #Jewish (a convert) and I belong to the local Progressive Jewish community. I like #videogames, especially indie and/or narrative ones (but I'm also an avid #FFXIV player), I dabble in #photography at an amateur level, and I love #food and #LanguageLearning - apart from my degree in Korean studies I've studied a handful of them academically or through self-study, and I wish I had more time to pursue #hebrew and #spanish.
Feel free to send a toot if you post about any of my interests - or even if you don't and you just want to say hi!
As an #Asian myself, I'm happy to see that ideas, developers, and software from #Japan are going mainstream. There are a lot of things the West, and the world for that matter, can learn from Japan.
Not only from the Japanese, to be exact, even from #Korean made software. I talked about last year how #Korea created its own Internet culture that not even #Google and #Microsoft can compete with. (See: #Naver's amazing interconnected platforms; what Google would have been if they had a vision.)
My latest batch of Kimchi is underway. I tend to use swede, (rutabaga) as the main ingredient instead of daikon or moolie, as this is difficult to get round here. I have used turnip in the past but prefer swede due to the colour and flavour. #kimchi#korean#vegan#vegetarian#ferment#vegetables
In which wars did the #US enter correctly or incorrectly?
In most cases, the "wrong decision" answers outnumber the "right" answers.
The most wrong things Americans believe were getting involved in the #Vietnam , #Cambodia and #Iraq (2003).
The ongoing interventions in #Syria and #Yemen are also voted wrong by most.
More right than wrong - the 1990 #Gulf War and the #Korean War.
In general, it is clear that they are deciding according to US losses. Something like
"If it hurts, it's wrong."
My jaw kinda dropped a bit when I saw Martin Short on this YouTube video saying the most horrendous things about why he’s never tried Korean food. I know the schtick of trying to get someone to change their mind on a show is interesting, but in this case his comments are so horrendous I just don’t care if he ends up liking the food or not. How can you live somewhere with the best Koreatown, be alive in 2023 and still say these things?
The #Korean language has ranked as the second-most-popular #Asian language that Americans want to learn, with the popularity of Korean #culture, including #Kdramas and #Kpop, likely contributing to the significant interest, according to a recent study.
The #Korean Society of #Superconductivity and #Cryogenics declared #LK-99 room-temperature #superconductor 'groundless' after 8 labs failed to replicate results. No evidence of zero resistance or the #Meissner effect has been found, challenging researchers' claims.
Now free for all to read... In the Insadong district of Seoul, I noticed the name of a famous international chain was written in very large Korean script. But why?
#Japan decided not to appeal Saturday's court ruling that ordered compensation to #Korean comfort women survivors of sexual slavery by Japan, but actual compensation remains uncertain without Japanese government cooperation.
Melissa Lee became the first #Korean-born minister for #NewZealand, taking on the role of Minister for Economic Development, Ethnic Communities, Media and Communications in the ruling National Party-led coalition government.
#Vancouver based #novelist Sarah Suk looks at a teenager's search for answers exploring time & memory.
The Space Between Here & Now looks at the life of 17-year-old Aimee Roh, a #Korean#Canadian girl who has "sensory time warp syndrome" — a condition that makes her time travel to a moment in her life when she smells something linked to that memory.
I literally never want to hear #americans talk about #Chinese or North #Korean#people being "brainwashed" after seeing how easily manipulated they were into supporting #Israel