Comments on: Learn Korean Vocab with Hot Korean Women: #5 http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/learn-korean-vocab-with-hot-korean-women-5/ An irreverent look at Korean social issues Sat, 17 May 2008 01:37:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: 김춘식 http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/learn-korean-vocab-with-hot-korean-women-5/#comment-3964 김춘식 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:04:26 +0000 http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/?p=1317#comment-3964 여기 뭐하는 싸이트임? 일단 낼 좀 더 둘러봐야겠음. 여기 뭐하는 싸이트임?
일단 낼 좀 더 둘러봐야겠음.

]]> By: James Turnbull http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/learn-korean-vocab-with-hot-korean-women-5/#comment-3866 James Turnbull Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:08:24 +0000 http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/?p=1317#comment-3866 That's what I thought. I don't know about Japan, but you'd be amazed at how quickly things have been changing in Korea. Back when I moved to Busan in 2003 for instance, a good 17 out of 20 women would go swimming at Haeundae Beach with t-shirts over their bikinis and swimming costumes, but now those ratios have reversed. There's also the odd woman wearing a crop-top in the summer, unthinkable in, say, 2003 too. Of course, all of the above is good for guys in a voyeuristic sense, but it said a lot about a society that women were so unconfident and/or ashamed of their bodies that they felt they had to cover them up in restrictive, bulky clothing when swimming. Having said that, while low-cut dresses and so forth seem <em>de rigeur </em>for female Korean celebrities now, I don't see too many normal Korean women wearing anything quite so revealing. But leg exposure? It's amazing how short the skirts are in Korea these days, and in the winter! That’s what I thought. I don’t know about Japan, but you’d be amazed at how quickly things have been changing in Korea. Back when I moved to Busan in 2003 for instance, a good 17 out of 20 women would go swimming at Haeundae Beach with t-shirts over their bikinis and swimming costumes, but now those ratios have reversed. There’s also the odd woman wearing a crop-top in the summer, unthinkable in, say, 2003 too.

Of course, all of the above is good for guys in a voyeuristic sense, but it said a lot about a society that women were so unconfident and/or ashamed of their bodies that they felt they had to cover them up in restrictive, bulky clothing when swimming.

Having said that, while low-cut dresses and so forth seem de rigeur for female Korean celebrities now, I don’t see too many normal Korean women wearing anything quite so revealing. But leg exposure? It’s amazing how short the skirts are in Korea these days, and in the winter!

]]> By: Korea Beat http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/learn-korean-vocab-with-hot-korean-women-5/#comment-3864 Korea Beat Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:54:44 +0000 http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/?p=1317#comment-3864 Huh? No, I mean it's not acceptable to bare one's breasts in East Asia, but you see women showing off their legs to a degree you don't in the west. Huh? No, I mean it’s not acceptable to bare one’s breasts in East Asia, but you see women showing off their legs to a degree you don’t in the west.

]]> By: James Turnbull http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/learn-korean-vocab-with-hot-korean-women-5/#comment-3860 James Turnbull Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:33:47 +0000 http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/?p=1317#comment-3860 Hmmm....virtually anything I say would be overanalysis of that comment I'm sure, but I'm tempted. Still, I need to know exactly what you mean before I do - do you mean it's more acceptable in East Asia to bare your breasts completely, or do you more mean like in the pictures above? Hmmm….virtually anything I say would be overanalysis of that comment I’m sure, but I’m tempted.

Still, I need to know exactly what you mean before I do - do you mean it’s more acceptable in East Asia to bare your breasts completely, or do you more mean like in the pictures above?

]]> By: Korea Beat http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/learn-korean-vocab-with-hot-korean-women-5/#comment-3851 Korea Beat Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:43:08 +0000 http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/?p=1317#comment-3851 It's definitely the case that in east Asia it's much more acceptable to bare your legs than your breasts, while the opposite is, I think, true in the west. It’s definitely the case that in east Asia it’s much more acceptable to bare your legs than your breasts, while the opposite is, I think, true in the west.

]]> By: Staypuff.net - Following the life of a Perth lad in Korea http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/learn-korean-vocab-with-hot-korean-women-5/#comment-3812 Staypuff.net - Following the life of a Perth lad in Korea Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:50:06 +0000 http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/?p=1317#comment-3812 [...] yourself, ‘Who is Korean’s number one girl?’ Maybe you haven’t (at least James and Stafford (of the Northern variety) have). But its always a common debate here in Korea about [...] [...] yourself, ‘Who is Korean’s number one girl?’ Maybe you haven’t (at least James and Stafford (of the Northern variety) have). But its always a common debate here in Korea about [...]

]]> By: James Turnbull http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/learn-korean-vocab-with-hot-korean-women-5/#comment-3810 James Turnbull Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:12:00 +0000 http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/?p=1317#comment-3810 <strong>Brian,</strong> thanks, I couldn't really have asked for more! Some of the pictures looked familiar, and it turned out that I'd even already blogged about her <a href="http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/ajummas-on-top/" rel="nofollow">back in August</a>, although my newbie blogging skills then didn't quite do her justice. <strong>David,</strong> also thanks, hope the new job works out well, and you're right - in hindsight Jeon ji-hyun is noticeably absent from the blog, except for <a href="http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/06/21/korea-sparkling-or-the-real-reason-to-study-korea/" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/07/08/korean-booty-and-democratization-part-2-banned-commercials-national-security-and-korean-pornography/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. The reason Lee Hyori features much more prominently on the blog <em>isn't</em> because I think she's more attractive though. Actually, dare I say it, it's a good 1/5 because of the personality that goes with the body, and to me the combination is a personification of what I love about my wife and Korean women as a whole, I kid you not. To see what I mean, <a href="http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/06/22/lee-hyori-or-the-real-reason-to-study-korea-part-2/" rel="nofollow">read this</a> old, but not unjustifiably most popular post of mine. Brian, thanks, I couldn’t really have asked for more! Some of the pictures looked familiar, and it turned out that I’d even already blogged about her back in August, although my newbie blogging skills then didn’t quite do her justice.

David, also thanks, hope the new job works out well, and you’re right - in hindsight Jeon ji-hyun is noticeably absent from the blog, except for here and here. The reason Lee Hyori features much more prominently on the blog isn’t because I think she’s more attractive though. Actually, dare I say it, it’s a good 1/5 because of the personality that goes with the body, and to me the combination is a personification of what I love about my wife and Korean women as a whole, I kid you not. To see what I mean, read this old, but not unjustifiably most popular post of mine.

]]> By: David http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/learn-korean-vocab-with-hot-korean-women-5/#comment-3809 David Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:49:59 +0000 http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/?p=1317#comment-3809 Nice pictures. What about Korea's favourite girl, Jeon Ji Hyun? Nice pictures. What about Korea’s favourite girl, Jeon Ji Hyun?

]]> By: brian http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/learn-korean-vocab-with-hot-korean-women-5/#comment-3808 brian Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:01:03 +0000 http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/?p=1317#comment-3808 she's got a birthday coming up http://people.naver.com/DetailView.nhn?id=5428 she's expecting a kid in september http://www.mykoreanstars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=437 here are some more pics http://kr.blog.yahoo.com/lhd1487/9618.html?p=1&t=3 and a google search will turn up more http://images.google.com/images?q=%EA%B9%80%EC%A4%80%ED%9D%AC&ndsp=20&um=1&hl=en&start=0&sa=N as will a naver search http://image.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=image&query=%B1%E8%C1%D8%C8%F1&frm=t2&sm=top_hty&x=41&y=10 she’s got a birthday coming up
http://people.naver.com/DetailView.nhn?id=5428

she’s expecting a kid in september
http://www.mykoreanstars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=437

here are some more pics
http://kr.blog.yahoo.com/lhd1487/9618.html?p=1&t=3

and a google search will turn up more
http://images.google.com/images?q=%EA%B9%80%EC%A4%80%ED%9D%AC&ndsp=20&um=1&hl=en&start=0&sa=N

as will a naver search
http://image.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=image&query=%B1%E8%C1%D8%C8%F1&frm=t2&sm=top_hty&x=41&y=10

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