I always laugh about this with my students: Lawyers cannot suddenly develop expertise they didn’t have before but this always happens on TV and in bad movies the world over. I know, I know. As I was reminded haughtily a while ago, it is bloody obvious that a glossy soapie KD would do glossy, soapy KD-esque absurdities (paraphrased!) but a divorce lawyer would never ever have the competence to conduct a criminal trial as they would likely commit malpractice due to lack of competence and expertise. Not in a million years it could happen and it shouldn’t happen in a $40M production. Just laughable beyond belief. At least, with time-slip dramas, one knows they make it up as they go along but KD glossy soapies are a different kind of fiction.
Great point!! Wouldn’t the world (specifically: law school) be so much easier if you can develop expertise in an entirely different branch of law overnight though 😆
Can they do it slowly though or does it need special training either way? What I mean is for example can an older criminal lawyer decide to only take divorce cases from now on because they are more profitable?
I just wrote you a long response and was censored “ You have posted an inappropriate word.”. Who knows what it is. Grrr! I have to run now but I will respond again.
Quiet Eyes by Sharon Van Etten
From the “Past Lives” OST. Just sublime. This is an incredibly moving song to me and the lyrics also fit the contemplative context of LR.
Moving statues in the park
Mosaic faces fading in the rain
Recalling memories of loss
Yet untouched and unscathed
Is this really a mystery life?
Where we only learn from our own mistakes
Misstep, fall down stairs
Maybe you’re too wise for me
Your quiet eyes break my heart now
You’re calling out, you’re calling out despite it
A long car drive
Music in air
Comes from a place
Out of nowhere
Staring at stars or a lightning bug
On a faraway stair, on a torchlit night
The field of depth on those marble steps
We’ll meet again in light
That’s how it’s done
That’s how it’s done
And how it’s undone
That’s how it starts
That’s how it starts
And how it’s unknown
Fall, fall
Calling out in spite of it all
Fall, fall
Will we meet again in the light?
It’s a pity it didn’t win big at the Oscars, BAFTA, or Golden Globes—not that these are like the standard for whether a film is good or bad, but you know, when you love something you want it to be celebrated and receive the recognition it deserves everywhere it goes.
💐🥰 Me too! I am listening to “Dandelions” by Ruth B and can’t get enough of it! So gorgeous.
I know this is too much to ask but is there a way to know who recommended which song/s?
Oooh, no not too much at all – unfortunately I don’t think there’s a way to add it to the playlist itself as a note, but I’ve got a running notes sheet that I was keeping to help keep track and it’s got the list of beanies & their recommendations so I can post that!!
#lovelyrunnerPL I had to think carefully and check but this was one of my faves in 2008: The Empire of the Sun’s “Walking on a Dream”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP6d5zyWdIo
And, the lyrics are apt for LR:
“ Walking on a dream How can I explain? Talking to myself Will I see again? We are always running for the thrill of it, thrill of it Always pushing up the hill, searching for the thrill of it On and on and on we are calling out, out again Never looking down, I’m just in awe of what’s in front of me Is it real now? Two people become one I can feel it Two people become one Thought I’d never see The love you found in me Now it’s changing all the time Living in a rhythm where the minute’s working overtime We are always running for the thrill of it, thrill of it Always pushing up the hill, searching for the thrill of it On and on and on we are calling out, out again Never looking down, I’m just in awe of what’s in front of me Is it real now? Two people become one I can feel it Two people become one Is it real now? Two people become one I can feel it Two people become one Catch me, I’m falling down Catch me, I’m falling down Don’t stop, just keep going on I’m your shoulder, lean upon So come on, deliver from inside All we got is tonight, that is right ’til first light Is it real now? Two people become one I can feel it Two people become one Is it real now? Two people become one I can feel it Two people”
Exactly. I am not familiar with them as a group but in a highly publicised situation such as this, it must be even more stressful to be dragged into the spotlight of the feud between those two. I also think Bang Sihyuk was/is much more implicated in this corporate shenanigan and is trying to deflect attention from his personal relationship with her.
Thanks for mentioning this. I like Sam Kim but didn’t know about this song.
Nunchi is hard work! It seems in KDs many people have zero nunchi or feel entitled to disregard all of it.
^^ So apt. 👏👏👏 I was impressed that when he contacted her through the game he immediately said the most heart melting thing ever. Also their usernames. 😭 That was some Quick Nunchi too. 😍
Dear Emma, I thought I was the only one thinking that about good bad mother. It really drove me mad as this drama should be erased from the world with its abusive and traumatizing events. The only thing I could get behind was Ra Mi-ran’s nomination because she is a much talented actress but no more.
Honey Lee nomination made my day and I am rooting for her with all my heart. Also glad for Lee Jong-won, I loved him in the drama.
Dear Bunny,
There was/is definitely more of us who thought that. It was lovely seeing the happy moments of the main leads and the littlies but everything else was awful. And, agreed!
It is a work of art and storytelling.
Positively or negatively theme, that isn’t a yardstick to use to guage what gets nominated what. There are several bad characters in drama history that were nominated and won best character award but their said characters in the drama were the worst of evil. I’m talking about Jung Moon-sung in Haechi and the King in My Dearest.
As negative as Good Bad Mother was, the question is: Was the writing great as a work of art? Was the drama great overall as a work of art? If it did, I don’t see any issues with the nominations it garnered.
I actually don’t feel differently. I knew I’d be uncomfortable with it so I didn’t even watch it.
However, the drama made it through the selections and made multiple nominations. The body of jurists sure understands what makes a work of art, and while we might feel differently about it, they view this things from a different lens entirely. Sometimes this lens converge with ours as viewers. Sometimes it diverges. Here, with Good Bad Mother, it diverged.
I’m not in any way saying the drama didn’t rub the wrong shoulders or it wasn’t salty. I read the recaps for some parts and I went bonkers myself. And the categories that got nominated again will drive one bonkers cause those who watched it know what they watched and as such it shouldn’t get nominated in this categories. If anyone should get nominated for their roles, it should be the ML and Ahn Eun-jin. Best Drama and Best Screenplay? How…🤯🤯?
With all due respect to the selectors, other factors might have affected their selection. Objectively, the screenplay was not coherent, it was full of filler scenes, it fetishised awful parenting and for very little gain and it didn’t allow its main leads to develop their relationship logically after the injury. It wasn’t worthy of being nominated in those categories.
Do the ghosts become corporeal when they’re in the MS? I might ff at times to survive the sadness but I like the concept & the main actors. The leads are good together & the camera loves both of them.
The spectral physics isn’t particularly consistent in this drama. No matter where they are, the ghosts can sit in chairs and use their cell phones, but they can’t eat without magic incense. I’m just letting it all slide…
Something fun I’ve learnt about the Korean language: It is infinitely capable of accommodating new words which are created from the abbreviations and partial fusions of existing words.
A little while ago I realised that “월화드라마” (romanised approximation as “wolhwadeulama”,(pronunciation link: https://korean.dict.naver.com/koendict/#/search?query=월화드라마)
means “Monday-Tuesday drama”. It was created by taking the first syllables of Monday.
“월요일 and Tuesday, “화요일” to create “월화드라마”.
I love that, maybe they wanted to differentiate because the day the drama is shown on brings a certain quality expectations or will receive lower ratings just because it is on that day.
Ooh, I love this! My favorite Korean language thing I’ve learned recently is that their word for “preyed” as in “the tiger preyed upon the deer” is a mashup of the words for “catch” and “eat”! So it’s literally, “the tiger caught-ate the deer” which is just the best and most logical name for that word of all time.
I meant to also tell you how straightforward but amusing I find the meaning of 물고기 (As you would know: fish but literally water meat). The other word for fish 생선 seems much more dignified, maybe because I don’t know what each syllable might mean.
물 is the best combiner-word they have I’m pretty sure! Tear = eye water (눈물), broth = soup water (국물), fish = water meat (물고기) (which I chuckle at more often than not), and I bet there are loads more! I just learned broth recently too, so these combos have been on my mind lately!
Ohhh. I recently learnt the word for broth too! I wish we could keep this going but i know we will be here until the cows come home. What a good way to spend our time though!🥰😂. One more then? (목소리). Throat noise is the best, isn’t it? Just hilarious, wonderful and a rhythmically gorgeous word to my ears.
At least they have jobs. Not too far from SK, millions of unemployed Chinese have begun “lying flat”, which seems to be much more profound than Quiet Quitting.
Thanks for introducing me to “tang ping” or “lying flat”. It had bypassed me. I read a bit about it and it seems to have started during the pandemic as a rational choice to get by opposing consumerism and materialism. Undoubtedly, the high housing prices and economic downturn among other factors have contributed to its growth. It isn’t good for capitalism but much better for our embattled Earth.
“An overwhelming majority of 93.9 percent of survey respondents also answered that the decline in total birth rates is a “social problem,” with most of the respondents citing the “difficulty in combining work and childcare” as the cause of the decline in birth rates.
Another report, released by the Korean Women’s Development Institute, highlights the significant caregiving burden shouldered by women, even in double-income households, where they spend an average of 11.69 hours per day caring for their children.
According to the report \”Study on the Reorganization of Social Care from a Gender Perspective,\” this exceeds the 7.76 hours contributed by childcare centers like daycare and kindergartens, the 4.71 hours contributed by fathers, and the 3.87 hours contributed by the child’s grandparents.
The total number of hours put in by the child’s mother for childcare was around 2.5 times more than the number of hours put in by the child’s father, according to results found by the institute after breaking down the parents’ day into 30-minute chunks and analyzing how working parents care for their children before and after work.
The KWDI concluded that the burden of childcare before and after work mostly fell on the mother, as mothers provided 60 to 80 percent of care for children between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. while fathers put in 10 percent during the same period.
As the workday progressed, the burden of childcare shifted to childcare centers or the child’s grandparents but went back to the child’s mother at the end of the day. As of 6 p.m. on a weekday, the share of childcare was distributed as 55.2 percent for the child’s mother, while only 20.2 percent went to the child’s father.
“The care of infants and young children, regardless of whether they are working or not, is predominantly provided by the child’s mother, clearly indicating gender inequality in the division of childcare,” said KWDI in its report.
“To alleviate the burden of care concentrated on mothers, the working environment must be structured to allow both childcare and work to balance out on each other and a reliable level of public care should also be established.””
Korean dramas have long been written and viewed by women, Hwang said over the phone. (In 2018, the country’s Broadcast Writers’ Union estimated that 94.6% of TV screenwriters are women.) But as a result of the “feminist reboot,” she added, women feel solidarity with one another and are more empowered to express their concerns about gender issues, with stories addressing these topics particularly resonating with female audiences”.
“In real life, however, South Korea’s women face significant barriers to equality, and have reported issues with sexual harassment, outdated gender stereotypes and other forms of discrimination in male-dominated workplaces. The country ranked 99th out of 146 countries in the World Economic Forum’s 2022 Global Gender Gap Index. OECD data found that South Korean women earn an average of 31.1% less than men (the worst gender wage gap of any OECD country). Feminism, meanwhile, remains an extremely divisive topic”.
Going by the BTS, they did not even film a kiss or any other scene after that ending. While I may be wrong, I don’t have my hopes up. But other scenes might be enjoyable.
DancingEmma
April 27, 2024 at 10:15 PM
I always laugh about this with my students: Lawyers cannot suddenly develop expertise they didn’t have before but this always happens on TV and in bad movies the world over. I know, I know. As I was reminded haughtily a while ago, it is bloody obvious that a glossy soapie KD would do glossy, soapy KD-esque absurdities (paraphrased!) but a divorce lawyer would never ever have the competence to conduct a criminal trial as they would likely commit malpractice due to lack of competence and expertise. Not in a million years it could happen and it shouldn’t happen in a $40M production. Just laughable beyond belief. At least, with time-slip dramas, one knows they make it up as they go along but KD glossy soapies are a different kind of fiction.
lapislazulii
April 27, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Great point!! Wouldn’t the world (specifically: law school) be so much easier if you can develop expertise in an entirely different branch of law overnight though 😆
DancingEmma
April 27, 2024 at 10:35 PM
So much easier!😂😉
Midnight
April 27, 2024 at 11:06 PM
I have always been curious about this!
Can they do it slowly though or does it need special training either way? What I mean is for example can an older criminal lawyer decide to only take divorce cases from now on because they are more profitable?
DancingEmma
April 27, 2024 at 11:40 PM
I just wrote you a long response and was censored “ You have posted an inappropriate word.”. Who knows what it is. Grrr! I have to run now but I will respond again.
DancingEmma
April 27, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Please listen to the many gorgeous songs in the LR DB PL @lapislazulii has curated dedicated to our collective love of LR:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/55i0uKkatKWLvbPTvrpziz?si=ldJASsG3QUWu-02sycob3g&pi=a-sTJs5vbPQa2P
lapislazulii
April 27, 2024 at 10:22 PM
🥰 🥰 🥰
DancingEmma
April 27, 2024 at 10:24 PM
🥰🥰🥰
lapislazulii
April 27, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Also – I should’ve realised & done this earlier but forgot this feature existed : if anyone wants to directly contribute to the playlist, you can become a playlist collaborator through this link and add songs to the playlist through your own Spotify account: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/55i0uKkatKWLvbPTvrpziz?si=bc33a15e66f3422e&pt=68e736ffc92f229b5ad57a0808d33c2c
No pressure of course, all are welcome to join in but if you’d prefer to keep suggesting via posting on your wall that’s absolutely fine!
DancingEmma
April 26, 2024 at 11:31 PM
#Lovely Runner PL
Quiet Eyes by Sharon Van Etten
From the “Past Lives” OST. Just sublime. This is an incredibly moving song to me and the lyrics also fit the contemplative context of LR.
https://open.spotify.com/track/10IrJGEY0f48OGywIkZauw?si=Y5dkjwevSZGUloW7RhtSSA&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%
Quiet Eyes
Moving statues in the park
Mosaic faces fading in the rain
Recalling memories of loss
Yet untouched and unscathed
Is this really a mystery life?
Where we only learn from our own mistakes
Misstep, fall down stairs
Maybe you’re too wise for me
Your quiet eyes break my heart now
You’re calling out, you’re calling out despite it
A long car drive
Music in air
Comes from a place
Out of nowhere
Staring at stars or a lightning bug
On a faraway stair, on a torchlit night
The field of depth on those marble steps
We’ll meet again in light
That’s how it’s done
That’s how it’s done
And how it’s undone
That’s how it starts
That’s how it starts
And how it’s unknown
Fall, fall
Calling out in spite of it all
Fall, fall
Will we meet again in the light?
lapislazulii
April 26, 2024 at 11:46 PM
I just caught Past Lives last weekend (so happy I managed to see it in theatres before it left) and loved it to bits – this is a fantastic song rec!!
DancingEmma
April 26, 2024 at 11:50 PM
I’m so glad you saw it on the big screen. I just loved it. And this song is just amazing.
Thank you for the great idea and for putting the LR DB OST!
DancingEmma
April 26, 2024 at 11:50 PM
“Putting together”!
lapislazulii
April 27, 2024 at 1:24 AM
It’s a pity it didn’t win big at the Oscars, BAFTA, or Golden Globes—not that these are like the standard for whether a film is good or bad, but you know, when you love something you want it to be celebrated and receive the recognition it deserves everywhere it goes.
DancingEmma
April 27, 2024 at 1:55 AM
I completely agree. It was robbed.
DancingEmma
April 27, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Thank you for spending your precious time curating the LR BD PL. I love it.
lapislazulii
April 27, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Glad to hear you’re loving it – I’m genuinely having such a fun time, especially with discovering new songs and artists!! ❤️
DancingEmma
April 27, 2024 at 9:58 PM
💐🥰 Me too! I am listening to “Dandelions” by Ruth B and can’t get enough of it! So gorgeous.
I know this is too much to ask but is there a way to know who recommended which song/s?
lapislazulii
April 27, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Oooh, no not too much at all – unfortunately I don’t think there’s a way to add it to the playlist itself as a note, but I’ve got a running notes sheet that I was keeping to help keep track and it’s got the list of beanies & their recommendations so I can post that!!
DancingEmma
April 26, 2024 at 11:48 PM
H/T to @elinor for giving me a heads up about “Quiet Eyes”. After seeing “Past Lives”, I fell for this song and the movie.
Elinor is trapped in the timeslip
April 27, 2024 at 12:29 AM
I still listen to it at least once a day.
DancingEmma
April 27, 2024 at 12:32 AM
Me too.
Ally
April 27, 2024 at 10:46 PM
This was a beautiful song selection! Love her voice.
DancingEmma
April 26, 2024 at 10:16 PM
#lovelyrunnerPL I had to think carefully and check but this was one of my faves in 2008: The Empire of the Sun’s “Walking on a Dream”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP6d5zyWdIo
And, the lyrics are apt for LR:
“ Walking on a dream How can I explain? Talking to myself Will I see again? We are always running for the thrill of it, thrill of it Always pushing up the hill, searching for the thrill of it On and on and on we are calling out, out again Never looking down, I’m just in awe of what’s in front of me Is it real now? Two people become one I can feel it Two people become one Thought I’d never see The love you found in me Now it’s changing all the time Living in a rhythm where the minute’s working overtime We are always running for the thrill of it, thrill of it Always pushing up the hill, searching for the thrill of it On and on and on we are calling out, out again Never looking down, I’m just in awe of what’s in front of me Is it real now? Two people become one I can feel it Two people become one Is it real now? Two people become one I can feel it Two people become one Catch me, I’m falling down Catch me, I’m falling down Don’t stop, just keep going on I’m your shoulder, lean upon So come on, deliver from inside All we got is tonight, that is right ’til first light Is it real now? Two people become one I can feel it Two people become one Is it real now? Two people become one I can feel it Two people”
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 26, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!! 🥰
Your thinking cap hides some real gems. 💎
lapislazulii
April 26, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Love it!!! Especially the lyrics, you’re so right!
DancingEmma
April 25, 2024 at 4:02 PM
A few recent interesting stories from Korea Times:
“Wealthy Koreans are twice as happy with life as non-rich: bank report”: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/biz/2024/04/175_373483.html
“Constitutional Court strikes down inheritance rule mandating portions to siblings”: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/04/251_373471.html
“Oceans minister promises to stabilize local seaweed supply as gimbap prices soar
Posted”: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2024/04/419_373466.html
DancingEmma
April 24, 2024 at 11:37 PM
https://www.koreaboo.com/news/hybe-claims-min-hee-jin-asked-shaman-advice-run-ador/; if this is true, art imitates life imitates art.
neener ~ Inside the Magic Shop ~
April 25, 2024 at 5:56 AM
It’s turning into a makjang drama
mindy
April 25, 2024 at 6:23 AM
I feel bad for the Newjeans girls tbh 😬
DancingEmma
April 25, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Exactly. I am not familiar with them as a group but in a highly publicised situation such as this, it must be even more stressful to be dragged into the spotlight of the feud between those two. I also think Bang Sihyuk was/is much more implicated in this corporate shenanigan and is trying to deflect attention from his personal relationship with her.
owl 🦉 🫰
April 25, 2024 at 10:05 AM
I can picture the visit just like in dramas
DancingEmma
April 22, 2024 at 7:23 PM
This is a cute explanation for the Korean word, “눈치“, nunchi.
tabong has two different tears🍉
April 22, 2024 at 7:51 PM
This reminded me of Sam Kim’s song “No Sense” (No 눈치).
DancingEmma
April 22, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Thanks for mentioning this. I like Sam Kim but didn’t know about this song.
Nunchi is hard work! It seems in KDs many people have zero nunchi or feel entitled to disregard all of it.
tabong has two different tears🍉
April 22, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Oh, yeah. Kdrama characters suck at reading the room. Or just anything. They’re dense af. 😆
Just yesterday, Soo Cheol invited himself to his aunt’s date. Nunchiga opseoso.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 22, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Ah! So he’s Quick Nunchi! Great Emma suits you and your astute remarks. Thanks for explaining! 😍👌
tabong has two different tears🍉
April 22, 2024 at 11:53 PM
In this case Soo Cheol had no nunchi. But, in the park, when he came back and figured out Da Hye had abandoned him again, he was quick nunchi.
I feel like he’s only quick nunchi when it involves Da Hye. LMAO
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
April 22, 2024 at 11:58 PM
^^ So apt. 👏👏👏 I was impressed that when he contacted her through the game he immediately said the most heart melting thing ever. Also their usernames. 😭 That was some Quick Nunchi too. 😍
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
April 24, 2024 at 11:07 PM
I love this cute character and the explanation for nunchi thanks for sharing.
DancingEmma
April 10, 2024 at 9:05 PM
It is bonkers that “Good bad mother” got nominated for best screenplay and best drama.
But nice that Lee honee was nominated in the best actress category for “Knight Flower” as well as Lee Jongwon in the best new actor category: https://www.soompi.com/article/1653702wpp/60th-baeksang-arts-awards-announces-nominees
Bunny S.
April 11, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Dear Emma, I thought I was the only one thinking that about good bad mother. It really drove me mad as this drama should be erased from the world with its abusive and traumatizing events. The only thing I could get behind was Ra Mi-ran’s nomination because she is a much talented actress but no more.
Honey Lee nomination made my day and I am rooting for her with all my heart. Also glad for Lee Jong-won, I loved him in the drama.
DancingEmma
April 11, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Dear Bunny,
There was/is definitely more of us who thought that. It was lovely seeing the happy moments of the main leads and the littlies but everything else was awful. And, agreed!
jerrykuvira
April 11, 2024 at 2:32 AM
It is a work of art and storytelling.
Positively or negatively theme, that isn’t a yardstick to use to guage what gets nominated what. There are several bad characters in drama history that were nominated and won best character award but their said characters in the drama were the worst of evil. I’m talking about Jung Moon-sung in Haechi and the King in My Dearest.
As negative as Good Bad Mother was, the question is: Was the writing great as a work of art? Was the drama great overall as a work of art? If it did, I don’t see any issues with the nominations it garnered.
DancingEmma
April 11, 2024 at 2:36 AM
This drama wasn’t a work of art in any shape of form deserving of nomination in those categories. If you feel differently, so be it.
jerrykuvira
April 11, 2024 at 2:58 AM
I actually don’t feel differently. I knew I’d be uncomfortable with it so I didn’t even watch it.
However, the drama made it through the selections and made multiple nominations. The body of jurists sure understands what makes a work of art, and while we might feel differently about it, they view this things from a different lens entirely. Sometimes this lens converge with ours as viewers. Sometimes it diverges. Here, with Good Bad Mother, it diverged.
I’m not in any way saying the drama didn’t rub the wrong shoulders or it wasn’t salty. I read the recaps for some parts and I went bonkers myself. And the categories that got nominated again will drive one bonkers cause those who watched it know what they watched and as such it shouldn’t get nominated in this categories. If anyone should get nominated for their roles, it should be the ML and Ahn Eun-jin. Best Drama and Best Screenplay? How…🤯🤯?
DancingEmma
April 11, 2024 at 3:09 AM
With all due respect to the selectors, other factors might have affected their selection. Objectively, the screenplay was not coherent, it was full of filler scenes, it fetishised awful parenting and for very little gain and it didn’t allow its main leads to develop their relationship logically after the injury. It wasn’t worthy of being nominated in those categories.
jerrykuvira
April 11, 2024 at 3:13 AM
Exactly. Not those categories.
DancingEmma
April 2, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Do the ghosts become corporeal when they’re in the MS? I might ff at times to survive the sadness but I like the concept & the main actors. The leads are good together & the camera loves both of them.
Seon-ha
April 3, 2024 at 3:55 AM
The spectral physics isn’t particularly consistent in this drama. No matter where they are, the ghosts can sit in chairs and use their cell phones, but they can’t eat without magic incense. I’m just letting it all slide…
DancingEmma
April 3, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Thanks. I am doing the same but just wondered if I had missed the explanatory bit.
DancingEmma
March 28, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Something fun I’ve learnt about the Korean language: It is infinitely capable of accommodating new words which are created from the abbreviations and partial fusions of existing words.
A little while ago I realised that “월화드라마” (romanised approximation as “wolhwadeulama”,(pronunciation link: https://korean.dict.naver.com/koendict/#/search?query=월화드라마)
means “Monday-Tuesday drama”. It was created by taking the first syllables of Monday.
“월요일 and Tuesday, “화요일” to create “월화드라마”.
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
March 29, 2024 at 10:01 AM
I love that, maybe they wanted to differentiate because the day the drama is shown on brings a certain quality expectations or will receive lower ratings just because it is on that day.
DancingEmma
March 29, 2024 at 12:13 PM
It’s done for dramas on other days too as a convenient shorthand.
Unaspirated
March 29, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Ooh, I love this! My favorite Korean language thing I’ve learned recently is that their word for “preyed” as in “the tiger preyed upon the deer” is a mashup of the words for “catch” and “eat”! So it’s literally, “the tiger caught-ate the deer” which is just the best and most logical name for that word of all time.
DancingEmma
March 29, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Oh! It is cool. Could you please share it in Hangeul?
DancingEmma
March 29, 2024 at 11:51 AM
It’s 잡아먹다, right?
Unaspirated
March 29, 2024 at 12:50 PM
I’m pretty sure, though I always have to look back to verify spellings haha!
DancingEmma
March 29, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Thanks. Btw, you’re not alone in needing to verify the Korean spelling of the words!
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
March 29, 2024 at 2:35 PM
That’s so cool!!!!!!!
DancingEmma
March 30, 2024 at 3:35 AM
I meant to also tell you how straightforward but amusing I find the meaning of 물고기 (As you would know: fish but literally water meat). The other word for fish 생선 seems much more dignified, maybe because I don’t know what each syllable might mean.
Unaspirated
March 30, 2024 at 5:05 AM
물 is the best combiner-word they have I’m pretty sure! Tear = eye water (눈물), broth = soup water (국물), fish = water meat (물고기) (which I chuckle at more often than not), and I bet there are loads more! I just learned broth recently too, so these combos have been on my mind lately!
DancingEmma
March 30, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Ohhh. I recently learnt the word for broth too! I wish we could keep this going but i know we will be here until the cows come home. What a good way to spend our time though!🥰😂. One more then? (목소리). Throat noise is the best, isn’t it? Just hilarious, wonderful and a rhythmically gorgeous word to my ears.
owl 🦉 🫰
March 29, 2024 at 5:55 PM
월화드라마 “wolhwadeulama” – hooray for Wedding Impossible!
DancingEmma
March 27, 2024 at 3:13 AM
“Quiet quitting: Why more than half of SK does it”: https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20240326050493
Ghost of Tim (eccentric observations from a male perspective)
March 28, 2024 at 12:06 PM
At least they have jobs. Not too far from SK, millions of unemployed Chinese have begun “lying flat”, which seems to be much more profound than Quiet Quitting.
DancingEmma
March 28, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Thanks for introducing me to “tang ping” or “lying flat”. It had bypassed me. I read a bit about it and it seems to have started during the pandemic as a rational choice to get by opposing consumerism and materialism. Undoubtedly, the high housing prices and economic downturn among other factors have contributed to its growth. It isn’t good for capitalism but much better for our embattled Earth.
DancingEmma
March 27, 2024 at 3:09 AM
A translated interview with Son Sukku: https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20240327050638
DancingEmma
March 22, 2024 at 10:31 PM
I only watched a few minutes of this sweetly awkward Viki event with MSM and KDW: https://www.soompi.com/article/1650074wpp/watch-wedding-impossible-stars-moon-sang-min-and-kim-do-wan-showcase-perfect-brotherly-chemistry-in-live-interview-with-viki?utm_source=viki&utm_medium=newsmodule-container-ios&utm_content=40397c&utm_campaign=soompi_news_module
DancingEmma
March 18, 2024 at 7:42 PM
https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20240317050113
“An overwhelming majority of 93.9 percent of survey respondents also answered that the decline in total birth rates is a “social problem,” with most of the respondents citing the “difficulty in combining work and childcare” as the cause of the decline in birth rates.
Another report, released by the Korean Women’s Development Institute, highlights the significant caregiving burden shouldered by women, even in double-income households, where they spend an average of 11.69 hours per day caring for their children.
According to the report \”Study on the Reorganization of Social Care from a Gender Perspective,\” this exceeds the 7.76 hours contributed by childcare centers like daycare and kindergartens, the 4.71 hours contributed by fathers, and the 3.87 hours contributed by the child’s grandparents.
The total number of hours put in by the child’s mother for childcare was around 2.5 times more than the number of hours put in by the child’s father, according to results found by the institute after breaking down the parents’ day into 30-minute chunks and analyzing how working parents care for their children before and after work.
The KWDI concluded that the burden of childcare before and after work mostly fell on the mother, as mothers provided 60 to 80 percent of care for children between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. while fathers put in 10 percent during the same period.
As the workday progressed, the burden of childcare shifted to childcare centers or the child’s grandparents but went back to the child’s mother at the end of the day. As of 6 p.m. on a weekday, the share of childcare was distributed as 55.2 percent for the child’s mother, while only 20.2 percent went to the child’s father.
“The care of infants and young children, regardless of whether they are working or not, is predominantly provided by the child’s mother, clearly indicating gender inequality in the division of childcare,” said KWDI in its report.
“To alleviate the burden of care concentrated on mothers, the working environment must be structured to allow both childcare and work to balance out on each other and a reliable level of public care should also be established.””
DancingEmma
March 18, 2024 at 6:21 PM
I wish more people would care to ask why this young man died instead of commenting on the relationships of celebs:
https://www.soompi.com/article/1649159wpp/voice-actor-lee-woo-ri-passes-away-at-a
DancingEmma
March 8, 2024 at 12:58 AM
I hope this will be a good one & I’ll get to watch it: https://www.soompi.com/article/1647340wpp/watch-lee-se-young-and-sakaguchi-kentaro-test-their-chemistry-at-script-reading-for-new-drama-what-comes-after-love
nerdy
March 8, 2024 at 2:07 AM
It is so cute that both Lee Se Young and Sakaguchi Kentaro introduced themselves in the other’s language.
(Also, can K-Dramaland keep him?)
DancingEmma
March 8, 2024 at 2:49 AM
For sure! And, yes!
parkchuna ❤️🍉
March 8, 2024 at 2:59 AM
OMG screams in Kentaro! Love this!
zindigo
March 8, 2024 at 4:57 AM
I am stupid excited for this one! 😀
DancingEmma
February 28, 2024 at 8:36 PM
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/28/world/asia/k-pop-suicide-goo-hara.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
Parts of her life seemed straight out of a KD. Sad and haunting
DancingEmma
February 21, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Korean dramas have long been written and viewed by women, Hwang said over the phone. (In 2018, the country’s Broadcast Writers’ Union estimated that 94.6% of TV screenwriters are women.) But as a result of the “feminist reboot,” she added, women feel solidarity with one another and are more empowered to express their concerns about gender issues, with stories addressing these topics particularly resonating with female audiences”.
Source: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/korean-dramas-changing-representation-women/index.html
DancingEmma
February 21, 2024 at 10:41 PM
“In real life, however, South Korea’s women face significant barriers to equality, and have reported issues with sexual harassment, outdated gender stereotypes and other forms of discrimination in male-dominated workplaces. The country ranked 99th out of 146 countries in the World Economic Forum’s 2022 Global Gender Gap Index. OECD data found that South Korean women earn an average of 31.1% less than men (the worst gender wage gap of any OECD country). Feminism, meanwhile, remains an extremely divisive topic”.
Source: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/korean-dramas-changing-representation-women/index.html
DancingEmma
February 21, 2024 at 1:19 AM
Flower Knight movie featuring unreleased scenes: https://www.soompi.com/article/1643968wpp/knight-flower-to-air-tv-movie-edition-featuring-exclusive-unreleased-scenes
seyhan
February 21, 2024 at 1:59 AM
I don’t trust MBC, they toyed with our feelings the last time (85 mins).
indyfan
February 21, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Going by the BTS, they did not even film a kiss or any other scene after that ending. While I may be wrong, I don’t have my hopes up. But other scenes might be enjoyable.
DancingEmma
February 21, 2024 at 2:36 AM
I agree. I bet the extra scenes are of the boring LSM. Sigh.
DancingEmma
February 21, 2024 at 2:40 AM
They publicised the supposed 85 minutes’ duration but didn’t deliver. A low move.