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From Aljazeera's The Stream: A multi-cultural, multi-ethnic society is an emerging reality that is leading to a lot of racial and social discord in South Korea. Faced with an aging population and an influx of migrant wives, many are clinging to their “one-blood” ethnically homogenous national identity. Today the government is scrambling to focus a sound multicultural vision for the country. How are South Koreans adapting to their rapidly changing population?



Things that were brought up:
1. The differences between multiethnic, multiracial, mixed heritage, multicultural
2. Ethnic Korean, "one blood"
3. Brief history of Amerasians, which is very important in adding to Korea's multiculturalism
4. History of immigration to Korea
5. Southeast Asian women who become mail order brides to South Korean men
6. How multiethnic and multiracial children fare in the education system (the little Psy got hate because he's half Vietnamese)
7. Xenophobia, racism and other attitudes towards foreigners
8. Expanding the definition of Korean identity as the population is becoming more diverse. (America needs to expand on what American identity is too, I feel like ethnic groups talk about it a lot but we don't all come together and talk about our shared identity hmmph but anyway)
9. Are Koreans proactive in accepting multiculturalism?

AL JAZEERA ENGLISH shoutout to pivotandsway for showing this to me

We probably won't get to see the effects of multiculturalism until this new generation of mixed heritage children gets older. Watch the video! Are you mixed heritage/multiethnic/multiracial? What are your thoughts? Whip out your annotated bibliography, scholarly journal articles (jk) and discuss.

source: officialLC9

He says they only met for coffee. She says they are just friends. Both their entertainment agencies say that the fact that 2PM's Taecyeon and Girls Generation's Jessica met up recently in Japan does not mean they are dating. And yet the rumors keep on circulating.

In fact, rumors about the singer/actor and singer/actress dating have been circulating since 2010. And that's how long everyone involved has been denying them.

When Taecyeon recently appeared on the MBC talk show "Radio Star," to promote 2PM's comeback with the singles, "Come Back When You Hear This Song" and "A.D.T.O.Y." he tried to explain the photographs taken of them in Japan.

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Source: RealVixx & kongbini

One of the best parts of the latest Vixx TV episode is this right here:

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source: Yeonae @ Naver Blog


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source: Yeonae @ Naver Blog


Hmmanahdhhrmdlklkdjdfkkjfksd I want to do very bad things with Jongsuk's body in the first picture...

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I'm so proud of OT4 for remaining ~so professional~ this comeback and we might actually see Jonghyun attempt the splits

too many feels.
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Sources: SMTOWNGLOBAL@twitter,eimanjjong@tumblr, nate news

[MODS: i rearranged the structure a bit coz it was all keysmash tbh]

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On May 21st, Girls’ Generation, the new TrueMove H brand ambassador, attended a grand opening event for “True Beyond”, the latest mobile phone and tablet from TrueMove H. The opening was held at Parc Paragon in Siam Paragon, Bangkok.

At the event, the members of Girls’ Generation appeared on stage for a brief interview and photos. Pictures from the “True Beyond” opening can be found in Soshified’s Photos Section. A video recording of the event is available from Soshified’s Video Downloads Section. A new CF featuring Girls’ Generation for “True Beyond” was also played during the grand opening. Bright and cheerful, the CF shows the members in several different scenes tapping on “True Beyond” phones to show people their different functions. Finally, TrueMove H’s website now includes a Girls’ Generation page, which can be found at http://truemoveh.truecorp.co.th/girlsgeneration.

After the first half of the “True Beyond” opening concluded, the members of Girls’ Generation later returned for the second half, this time accompanied by Sooyoung. During the second half, the MC and group discussed the Girls’ Generation live wallpapers and other functions featured on the “True Beyond” phones. As a treat for the audience, Girls’ Generation sang part of “I Got A Boy”, and Hyoyeon and the MC of the event also danced to a short part of “Gee”, with the fans attending singing along. At the event’s finale, the members of Girls’ Generation were given phone cases to decorate using a variety of decals. They showed the cases to the cameras and then gave their last greetings to their fans.

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Sources: PINGBOOK ENTERTAINMENT’s Facebook Page, TrueMoveH, bugfany8; Written by: bhost909@soshified


event gifs here, cf gifs here

The other day, we half-joked about "Anchorman: The Legend Continues" being our most anticipated for the rest of the year. Of course, we are desperately counting the days until the comedy sequel arrives, but there are films that are probably a little higher on our watch-list. And perhaps at the very top is Bong Joon-Ho's "Snowpiercer."

The Korean filmmaker, who was behind "Memories of Murder," "The Host" (the good one, not the Stephenie Meyer one) and "Mother" is one of the most exciting filmmakers in the world right now, so we've been following his English-language debut with eagle-eyes ever since it was announced, and even more so since he started to assemble a killer international cast. But the closer the film gets, and the more we see of it, the more desperate the wait for it becomes, and that's true of the latest batch of photos and posters for the movie that just arrived.

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Source: IndieWire

source: WGkoreadotcom