It was just reported by local media OSEN moments ago that Daesung and the victim’s family reached a settlement over the car accident from last May. The exact details of the settlement were not revealed.
“Today Daesung and the victim’s family reached a settlement. The victim’s family expressed their desire to not have Daesung serve any punishment. They said they felt sympathy for Daesung and told him not to be agonized over the issue. The victim’s family also encouraged him to continue showing good performances,” an unnamed source was quoted as saying.
On May 31st, Daesung hit a motorcyclist who was lying on the street due to a previous crash that resulted from drunk driving. The motorcyclist was found dead when police came to the scene. Since the accident, Daesung has not made any public appearances, reportedly spending most of his time at home in extreme mental pain. Following today’s settlement, Daesung is expected to speed up his recovery process as many fans anticipate his return to the K-Pop scene.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
The Unjust movie review
More than a week since last, I 'm sorry, I started classes last week and I have three hours of classes everyday and I have homework so I don't really have time to post during the week.
Anyway, Yesterday I went to Fantasia (YAY !!), a movie festival so I'll review yesterday's movie, The Unjust.
The movie is about a series of murders ongoing in Seoul for a few weeks but the police is still unable to find the murderer. At some point, the main suspect is killed by the police and after this accident the higher up decide to ask Captain Choi to create a fake case and thus end the story. But Choi has problem with the mafia which lead to an internal investigation and an ambitious prosecutor decide to stick his nose in the case and things are not going to be better ...
I have to say, it was a good movie, a nice plot even if some part were predicatable, the story is quite dark and there is quite a bit of violence (which I don't mind but the movie is still rated 16+) but there was still some humour in the movie. The actors were good there were quite a few good punch lines. And one of the strong point of the movie is the ending which is not a stupid happy ending because a happy ending would have spoiled the movie.
would you mind if I review today's movie even if it is not an Asian movie ??
Anyway, Yesterday I went to Fantasia (YAY !!), a movie festival so I'll review yesterday's movie, The Unjust.
The movie is about a series of murders ongoing in Seoul for a few weeks but the police is still unable to find the murderer. At some point, the main suspect is killed by the police and after this accident the higher up decide to ask Captain Choi to create a fake case and thus end the story. But Choi has problem with the mafia which lead to an internal investigation and an ambitious prosecutor decide to stick his nose in the case and things are not going to be better ...
I have to say, it was a good movie, a nice plot even if some part were predicatable, the story is quite dark and there is quite a bit of violence (which I don't mind but the movie is still rated 16+) but there was still some humour in the movie. The actors were good there were quite a few good punch lines. And one of the strong point of the movie is the ending which is not a stupid happy ending because a happy ending would have spoiled the movie.
would you mind if I review today's movie even if it is not an Asian movie ??
Friday, July 8, 2011
Trying coffins while being alive ..... in South Korea
(Reuters Life!) - At age 62, Ha Yu-soo had begun to feel his mortality, wondering about the timing of death's soft tap on the shoulder. But why wait, he thought. Maybe he could take a test run.
Ha donned a traditional yellow hemp robe, lay down inside a casket and felt at peace -- until the somber, dark-suited attendants placed a lid on the coffin. Then Ha realized his worst fear: the eternal darkness had finally come.
"How grateful I was that this was a fake funeral, not real," he said with a sigh of relief.
"There's but one step from life to death but the difference is huge," Ha, a fire protection system inspector, told Reuters.
Ha joined around 70 other people on a "well-dying" course, run by a local district office in the northeast of Seoul. The course's motto: "Don't take life for granted."
Baek Sung-ok, an ovarian cancer patient who opted out of chemotherapy several years ago, said the experience of being in a coffin made her feel more appreciative of those around her.
"I will abandon greed to relate to my husband and love my daughters more," she said, rising from the casket.
Another activity is penning farewell letters.
"Even if I no longer exist here, please get along with your siblings and be more selfless," Kim Young-sook wrote to her four children.
MEANING FOR LIFE
Kang Kyung-ah, the seminar's instructor, said this literal near-death experience could have meaning for those from all walks of life, whether they be the elderly or young.
Suicide is a big issue in south-korea. Among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development member countries, South Korea is ranked among the highest in the suicide ranks, with the rate rising sharply after the Asian financial crisis hit in 1997 -- and still climbing.
Online suicide pacts, the suicide of K-pop celebrities and even the suicide of a former president show the negative side of rapid economic development and a highly competitive atmosphere.
"The top cause of death for people in their 20s, 30s and 40s is suicide. These people are the working age group ... (the seminar) can change the meaning of one's life and give a chance to know oneself," said Kang, a nursing professor at Sahmyook University.
While some see the mock funeral as a way to reflect on life and prepare for death, many skeptics question whether death simulation can prevent suicide and blame some entrepreneurs for using this as a commercial event.
"Slipping into the casket is to practice dying which can happen unexpectedly at any age, but the coffin experience alone is not enough," said Oh Jin-tak, a philosophy professor at Hallym University and head of the Hallym University Suicide Prevention Center.
But Kang says participants in the well-dying course don't suffer from depression.
"Rather than preparing for death, the program makes them think about life," Kang said, adding participants come away wanting to lead fuller lives.
As the death rehearsal ends, the grim mood is over. Participants are glad to be back from the dead and start to clap and sing a song called "Happy."
"Even if someone tries this for fun, it definitely tells you something ... about death," Ha says.
Source : Reuters
You've Fallen For Me
Episode :16
Brocasted by: MBC
Lead Cast:
Jung Yong Hwa as Lee Shin
Park Shin Hye as Lee Kyu Won
Synopsis: Lee Shin is a university student majoring in modern music. He is also the vocalist and guitarist of the band “The Stupid.” Shin is known for his good looks and strong passion for music, but in reality he is cold, lacks interest in anything unrelated to music and has neither dreams nor plans for the future. He initially likes Jung Yoon Soo, a dance professor at university, but this all changes when he meets Lee Kyu Won.
Lee Kyu Won is a bright and outgoing student who was born into a prestigious family and is majoring in traditional Korean instruments, especially the gayageum. Kyu Won’s grandfather, Lee Dong Gun, is one of the top 3 traditional musicians of his age and his biggest wish is to see his granddaughter become a traditional music prodigy. Trying to live up to her grandfather’s expectations, Kyu Won immerses herself in training and becomes a university student who knows nothing outside of her studies. As her friends are fans of “The Stupid”, she was forced to go to the band’s concert with them. There she saw Lee Shin performing live, and is immediately captivated by him.
Source: Koreandrama.org
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Kang Daesung is the most discussed person on the Internet in June
Well this is not a surprise but well here are the details.
Whose news attracted the most attention in June?
SK Marketing and Company's online research platform 'Trillion' (www.trillionpanel.com) has revealed June's most searched person on their portal. There were a total of 6,782 adult males and females who have participated in the research and the result was announced on 5th.
The person who attracted most attention in June was Big Bang's Daesung (Kang Daesung, 22). 38.5% of the surveyed people chose him.
Chaseungwon of the recent popular drama of MBC TV 'The Greatest Love' has gained 14.1% votes and Imjaebeom who wore a Nazi uniform in his national tour has got 14.1 % of the total votes too.
Another person who caught attention is the ex-boyfriend of a trot group('Iris')'s member since he stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death. (10% of votes, ranks 4th place). The 5th place is taken up by Gi Meonjin (7.1%) who joined the protest against Hanji Heavy Industries and Construction Aerial.
Gong Hyonjin (3.3%) who took up the role of 'Gua Ejeong' has captured the 6th place. It is true that the drama 'The Greatest Love' is popular since Gong Hyonjin and Chaseungwon both rank high in this survey.
In terms of age, people from 10s to 20s have shown relatively more interest in the issue of 'Big Bang' 's Daesung. Imjaebeom and Gimyeojin are mostly the concerns of people in their 30s and 40s. Particularly speaking, the people who showed interest to Daesung's news and the age of the groups are inversely proportional. (i.e. the younger the age groups, the more interest has been shown to the news.)
A total of 6895 people have participated in the survey and they were also what news they searched most in June. 'Daesung' fatal traffic accident' topped the list.(22%). It is found that more interest towards the accident is shown among women.
Source : bigbangupdates
Whose news attracted the most attention in June?
SK Marketing and Company's online research platform 'Trillion' (www.trillionpanel.com) has revealed June's most searched person on their portal. There were a total of 6,782 adult males and females who have participated in the research and the result was announced on 5th.
The person who attracted most attention in June was Big Bang's Daesung (Kang Daesung, 22). 38.5% of the surveyed people chose him.
Chaseungwon of the recent popular drama of MBC TV 'The Greatest Love' has gained 14.1% votes and Imjaebeom who wore a Nazi uniform in his national tour has got 14.1 % of the total votes too.
Another person who caught attention is the ex-boyfriend of a trot group('Iris')'s member since he stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death. (10% of votes, ranks 4th place). The 5th place is taken up by Gi Meonjin (7.1%) who joined the protest against Hanji Heavy Industries and Construction Aerial.
Gong Hyonjin (3.3%) who took up the role of 'Gua Ejeong' has captured the 6th place. It is true that the drama 'The Greatest Love' is popular since Gong Hyonjin and Chaseungwon both rank high in this survey.
In terms of age, people from 10s to 20s have shown relatively more interest in the issue of 'Big Bang' 's Daesung. Imjaebeom and Gimyeojin are mostly the concerns of people in their 30s and 40s. Particularly speaking, the people who showed interest to Daesung's news and the age of the groups are inversely proportional. (i.e. the younger the age groups, the more interest has been shown to the news.)
A total of 6895 people have participated in the survey and they were also what news they searched most in June. 'Daesung' fatal traffic accident' topped the list.(22%). It is found that more interest towards the accident is shown among women.
Source : bigbangupdates
Sunday, July 3, 2011
A funny video
Hello !!! I miss you all. I don't even have time to whatch my drama. No mader what I have a video for you. I was sleeping at Sayuri's home. We where whatching video on youtube and we find this one. Hope you will like it. I think this young man is right. But I will whatch them no matter what.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Funeral Weddings
I read an article on this a while ago but this one is more elaborated it is quite sad but still quite interesting.
T., a 19-year-old woman from Kien Giang Province, at her wedding ceremony last month with a South Korean man
One day in early June, Phuong gets a call informing her that two men from South Korea will come to a café in Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Phu District to meet Vietnamese women that they can marry.
Phuong, a 29-year-old woman from Tien Giang Province in the Mekong Delta, hopes she will be selected by one of these two men and go abroad, just as her older sister did several years ago.
Five other hopeful women are waiting at the café when Phuong arrives. Besides them, there are six men and a woman from South Korea, and two Vietnamese women, all marriage brokers.
One of the Vietnamese brokers, identified only as N., wants to reject Phuong because she doesn’t belong to the women she would introduce (and get a commission for doing so). However, one of the South Korean brokers, Hwang, tells Phuong to stay after taking a closer look at her.
Soon after, the two South Korean men arrive, carrying plastic bags with copies of ID cards and household registrations of Vietnamese women.
The six Vietnamese women are quickly divided into two groups. Phuong and two others, 19-year-old T. from Kien Giang and S. from Tien Giang Province, are brought to Kim, a 40-year-old South Korean man.
The brokers introduce him, saying Kim works for some enterprise in South Korea and is paralyzed in one leg.
After the introductions, Kim decides to choose T. and she begins crying. It is difficult to say if they are tears of happiness. The South Korean broker, Hwang, checks her arms like inspecting cattle before purchase, and asks a woman to take her to a room for a complete checkup.
In the other group, a 30-year-old woman, known only as O., is selected by the other 53-year-old Korean wife-seeker. A woman claiming to be his younger sister says the Korean man has undergone several surgeries and lost his right thumb in one of them.
O. has been married earlier and has a seven-year-old son, but she says she will not take her son to South Korea with her new husband.
Few hours later, the two couples rent two rooms at a hotel in Tan Binh District for their “first night” a day before the wedding.
At dinner that day, O. says she is not worried at all because she has been married once, but T. bursts into tears when asked what she thinks about such a quick wedding.
Somber affairs
On the following day, two weddings are held at around noon at a restaurant on Hoa Binh Street in District 11. It is pouring outside.
The two brides, holding two old, dusty plastic wedding bouquets, stand at the entrance to welcome guests – a symbolic step because there are actually no guests besides the immediate family members of the brides and the brokers who are already there.
At 1:30 p.m., the ceremony begins with a short performance by the restaurant’s dancers. Then an emcee introduces the two couples walking on to the stage. T. doesn’t look around and walks sadly beside the groom, who is struggling to walk because of his paralyzed leg.
T.’s parents from Kien Giang are there in old clothes and slippers. The mother says the brokers set aside ten seats for them at the party but she didn’t invite anyone.
Each wedding ceremony takes just five minutes or so, and the “party” begins. T.’s parents and she herself don’t say anything or talk to her husband, because they don’t speak any Korean. T. and her parents don’t eat anything either, just sit with sad looks on their faces.
At 2 p.m., the party ends and the brides’ families return to their hometown in the Mekong Delta. The two couples and the brokers take a trip to the beach town of Vung Tau for a one-day honeymoon.
The following day, they return to HCMC and the grooms take a flight back to South Korea. They are expected to return in October to take their brides with them after completing all the procedures
Captive brides
After the wedding and honeymoon, T. and O. are taken to an apartment on Thoai Ngoc Hau Street in Tan Phu District and stay there, ostensibly to study Korean language and culture. In reality, they are strictly monitored and can only go out for one hour a day with a male chaperon.
The broker N. also stays in the apartment. She had become a bride herself in similar circumstances more than a month ago. While waiting to immigrate to South Korea, she is hoping to earn some money by introducing more women to the marriage racket.
N. calls Phuong just a few days after the weddings of T. and O., and takes her to meet the major brokers in the ring.
At a house in an alley off Binh Tan District’s Le Van Quoi Street, a man more than 60 years old, identified only as T., carefully checks Phuong’s ID card and asks her to bring her household registration documents as well.
“You look smart. Tell your relatives to supply documents. After getting married, you can help me to find more women who want to find Korean husbands and I will pay you,” he tells Phuong.
T. says around ten women are living there, waiting to be selected by South Korean men. “If you want to get a husband soon, you must ask for my help,” he says.
After a two-hour conversation, T. asks N. to take Phuong home to prepare her documents before coming to stay in the house.
N. says a woman has to pay T. VND300,000 for food besides brokerage fees of around VND6 million (US$292). “Your Korean husband will give you the money to pay them,” she reassures Phuong when the latter explains that she is poor, that the reason she wants to get married to a foreign husband is to escape poverty.
According to N., all the prospective brides will stay at T.’s house waiting to be selected. After the wedding, they will move to the apartment in Tan Phu District to study Korean language and wait for their husbands to take them abroad.
When Phuong asks what would happen if the husband does not turn up later to take his wife abroad, N. does not hesitate: “Just find another Korean husband then.”
More than a third of South Korean fishermen and farmers who married in 2009 chose immigrant brides, some because they were unable to find local women prepared to lead a rural lifestyle, according to an AFP report.
According to the Ministry of Justice, more than 257,000 Vietnamese married foreigners or Vietnamese residing overseas between 1995 and 2010—over 80 percent of these individuals are women. Most of the foreign spouses are from Taiwan, the US, South Korea and China.
A survey conducted by the Vietnam’s Institute of Labor Science and Social Affairs early this year found that only 7 percent of these couples married for love; the rest wed for financial reasons. Nearly 60 percent of marriages between Vietnamese women and foreign men were arranged by illegal brokers, according to the study.
Source : Omona
T., a 19-year-old woman from Kien Giang Province, at her wedding ceremony last month with a South Korean man
One day in early June, Phuong gets a call informing her that two men from South Korea will come to a café in Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Phu District to meet Vietnamese women that they can marry.
Phuong, a 29-year-old woman from Tien Giang Province in the Mekong Delta, hopes she will be selected by one of these two men and go abroad, just as her older sister did several years ago.
Five other hopeful women are waiting at the café when Phuong arrives. Besides them, there are six men and a woman from South Korea, and two Vietnamese women, all marriage brokers.
One of the Vietnamese brokers, identified only as N., wants to reject Phuong because she doesn’t belong to the women she would introduce (and get a commission for doing so). However, one of the South Korean brokers, Hwang, tells Phuong to stay after taking a closer look at her.
Soon after, the two South Korean men arrive, carrying plastic bags with copies of ID cards and household registrations of Vietnamese women.
The six Vietnamese women are quickly divided into two groups. Phuong and two others, 19-year-old T. from Kien Giang and S. from Tien Giang Province, are brought to Kim, a 40-year-old South Korean man.
The brokers introduce him, saying Kim works for some enterprise in South Korea and is paralyzed in one leg.
After the introductions, Kim decides to choose T. and she begins crying. It is difficult to say if they are tears of happiness. The South Korean broker, Hwang, checks her arms like inspecting cattle before purchase, and asks a woman to take her to a room for a complete checkup.
In the other group, a 30-year-old woman, known only as O., is selected by the other 53-year-old Korean wife-seeker. A woman claiming to be his younger sister says the Korean man has undergone several surgeries and lost his right thumb in one of them.
O. has been married earlier and has a seven-year-old son, but she says she will not take her son to South Korea with her new husband.
Few hours later, the two couples rent two rooms at a hotel in Tan Binh District for their “first night” a day before the wedding.
At dinner that day, O. says she is not worried at all because she has been married once, but T. bursts into tears when asked what she thinks about such a quick wedding.
Somber affairs
On the following day, two weddings are held at around noon at a restaurant on Hoa Binh Street in District 11. It is pouring outside.
The two brides, holding two old, dusty plastic wedding bouquets, stand at the entrance to welcome guests – a symbolic step because there are actually no guests besides the immediate family members of the brides and the brokers who are already there.
At 1:30 p.m., the ceremony begins with a short performance by the restaurant’s dancers. Then an emcee introduces the two couples walking on to the stage. T. doesn’t look around and walks sadly beside the groom, who is struggling to walk because of his paralyzed leg.
T.’s parents from Kien Giang are there in old clothes and slippers. The mother says the brokers set aside ten seats for them at the party but she didn’t invite anyone.
Each wedding ceremony takes just five minutes or so, and the “party” begins. T.’s parents and she herself don’t say anything or talk to her husband, because they don’t speak any Korean. T. and her parents don’t eat anything either, just sit with sad looks on their faces.
At 2 p.m., the party ends and the brides’ families return to their hometown in the Mekong Delta. The two couples and the brokers take a trip to the beach town of Vung Tau for a one-day honeymoon.
The following day, they return to HCMC and the grooms take a flight back to South Korea. They are expected to return in October to take their brides with them after completing all the procedures
Captive brides
After the wedding and honeymoon, T. and O. are taken to an apartment on Thoai Ngoc Hau Street in Tan Phu District and stay there, ostensibly to study Korean language and culture. In reality, they are strictly monitored and can only go out for one hour a day with a male chaperon.
The broker N. also stays in the apartment. She had become a bride herself in similar circumstances more than a month ago. While waiting to immigrate to South Korea, she is hoping to earn some money by introducing more women to the marriage racket.
N. calls Phuong just a few days after the weddings of T. and O., and takes her to meet the major brokers in the ring.
At a house in an alley off Binh Tan District’s Le Van Quoi Street, a man more than 60 years old, identified only as T., carefully checks Phuong’s ID card and asks her to bring her household registration documents as well.
“You look smart. Tell your relatives to supply documents. After getting married, you can help me to find more women who want to find Korean husbands and I will pay you,” he tells Phuong.
T. says around ten women are living there, waiting to be selected by South Korean men. “If you want to get a husband soon, you must ask for my help,” he says.
After a two-hour conversation, T. asks N. to take Phuong home to prepare her documents before coming to stay in the house.
N. says a woman has to pay T. VND300,000 for food besides brokerage fees of around VND6 million (US$292). “Your Korean husband will give you the money to pay them,” she reassures Phuong when the latter explains that she is poor, that the reason she wants to get married to a foreign husband is to escape poverty.
According to N., all the prospective brides will stay at T.’s house waiting to be selected. After the wedding, they will move to the apartment in Tan Phu District to study Korean language and wait for their husbands to take them abroad.
When Phuong asks what would happen if the husband does not turn up later to take his wife abroad, N. does not hesitate: “Just find another Korean husband then.”
More than a third of South Korean fishermen and farmers who married in 2009 chose immigrant brides, some because they were unable to find local women prepared to lead a rural lifestyle, according to an AFP report.
According to the Ministry of Justice, more than 257,000 Vietnamese married foreigners or Vietnamese residing overseas between 1995 and 2010—over 80 percent of these individuals are women. Most of the foreign spouses are from Taiwan, the US, South Korea and China.
A survey conducted by the Vietnam’s Institute of Labor Science and Social Affairs early this year found that only 7 percent of these couples married for love; the rest wed for financial reasons. Nearly 60 percent of marriages between Vietnamese women and foreign men were arranged by illegal brokers, according to the study.
Source : Omona
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