Korean Singers who goes to the World!

There are some Korean singers who try hard to be worldwide star. Some people said they are a sort of "hero" because they praise South Korea by their success. Frankly speaking I cannot believe they are famouse or popular because I do not know a person who listen or know them except Asian.

Rain is one of famous entertainers in South Korea. I heard he is famous even in America from Korean media and I believe that news because he chosen by time magazin as worldwide star. However, I didn't see any body know about him in America, but he is really good singer, dancer and actor. :-)

BOA is really famous in Asia. She is Korean but I think she is more popular in Japan. Even she is small and very thin she have energetic voice and dance skill! She start singer when she was 13years old and she always do her best! when she appear to public she always show to public much progress abilities! I'm fond of her!

We called them 'DongBangShinKi' they are really popular boy band in South Korea! Actually they are same generation as me, so I do not have any interests about them (because I feel jealous!). However, when I came to America and meet many Asian friends and almost them kow about 'DBSK'!! I heard they are famous in Asia I didn't believe in the past, but now I cannot deny they are Asia popular star.

One day, I visit TCBY with my conversation parters and when I pay my money, the clark asksed me, "where are you from?" so I answered South Korea and then she said, "Do you know DBSK?" At first, I thought my ears not working well so I ask her again. When she said they are her favorite singer, I'm very shocked!! I haven't imagin that situation !!!

This American girl make me think about Korean stars who go to another country and become famous... I'm not fan of them but they make me feel some proud of them! I think is it incredible thing that American people likes Asian star but it isn't!

So, I bring some movie clips for you! Have you ever listened Asian music or Korean music? Why don't you try?

where is it going?

when I saw this article I said "They are crazy!" I do not have any plan to get a job related to the press, but as student of Journalism and communication, I really worried about Korean media. Until I got a news that we can use just part of youtube I thought it can be possible to make clear online environment, because some people hurt or died because of rumer on online that spread by personal information covered internet users. However, this is not same to youtube things. It is really serious danger of freedom of speech.
The producer of PD note is just want to show to the public the real situation that our government's behaviors and after the program on air, president appologized to public, also. It means, changing import policy about American beef is mistake of government but now they insist that the program include lie things and it was intended. If producer made lying program, why they couldn't suggest evidences that prove producer's lying, and why they agree with them and appologize to the public? Why they said different things by one mouth?
I'm sure that it is a sort of warning to journalist. Government said through this case, "You have to under control by government, and if not, you are go to jail like this!" They are crazy. I'm worried about our future, seriously.

Do You Like Walking?

The biggest thing that changed after I came to America is walking a lot. I spend over four hours per day on the street but I usually use the transportation, so I don't need to walk so much except I went to shopping :-) . In here, Kearney, I always have to walk a lot to get my class or to buy food and so on. Today, I went to mall to window shopping. I don't have any specific goal of today's shopping but my friends and I get many stuffs and it takes near six hours. I wrote about my diet before, so we decided get our home by walk. To me, it takes almost one hour but today's weather is quite warm and we need to spend our calories so we start walking! Frankly speaking, I don't like walking but with friend? It's quite good! wind is cool air is fresh. (The only thing annoying me is someone's shouting from the car! I cannot understand why they shouting toward walking Asian students.) We are really exusted already but walking one more hour is pretty good exercise to me! :-) My foots are soar but my feeling is really great! Do you like walking at night? :-) I like it! I like walking under lots of building lights but I preper walking under full yellow moon! Did you see today's night sky? The moon is really beautiful! How about enjoy beautiful night walking?

Can You See The Ambition of The President Lee? - Column 2

Silvio Berlusconi is the prime minister of Italy. He was elected as the prime minister third times in 2008. (1994, and from 2001 to 2006 he was prime minister of Italy.) He is the first wealthy person in Italy before and after he was being prime minister. He owns many companies and it include the Italian media companies and after he was being prime minister he tried to control a broadcasting station that run by government. He made his person as a president of a government-run broadcasting station and it cause huge demonstration but finally he control Italy media almost 90% and Italy people said they cannot know the real social situation through the media because Berlusconi control the media. People elected him because he was CEO so they believed that he can help develop their economy but after he became prime minister their economy development rate was not high.

Lee myung-bak is the president of South Korea. He was CEO of Hyundai Construction Company and a mayor of Seoul. He promoted himself only he could develop Korean economy and Korean people believed and certain that insist because he was CEO of big company. However, current Korean economy is terrible. Worth of money is going down and almost company fire many employees and reduce people’s salary. He made or fixed policies for big company and he neglect small company or poor people. Before I came to America, many people go out to the center of Seoul to show their voice that they don’t want to import beef from America but President Lee ignored that voice and put down by violence. It means he want control everything by him and he started to try control media. He changed president of KBS, a government-run broadcasting station, as his person and now he try to change the media law that one company can own newspaper and broadcasting station both. Isn’t he looks as same as Silvio Berlusconi?

Every day I look Korean web site and news, when I found a movie clip which was made by labor union of one broadcasting station, my feeling is so complex. The movie clip said the Korean situation that the party in power try to make the new media law without agreement of the others in many foreign languages. I felt embarrassed and shame, on the other hand, I’m worried about my country. Because of appearance of new media, we need some new rules but their new law just focus on the turning public broadcasting station to private and the allowance of one company can own newspaper and broadcasting station both. Some people said they cannot understand why people against this new law even they do not know this law’s meaning. In case of Korea, one company has newspaper and broadcasting station is can threat freedom of speech.

First of all, change to private broadcasting station is the first step to make control media easier than before. Private company always has to follow a man of power so they try to do their best make the news that fit to power man’s taste. It causes perversion of the truth. The party of power insist that this law have limit to one company can has just 20% of media company but you know that? Over thirty huge companies are whole one family through marriage in South Korea! Korean people have strong thinking that family have to help each other. Of course this is really good proverb to every family but in this case, it cause tragedy! Samsung and Jungang newspaper company owners are family in law so they always look after each other. In 2007, west sea of Korea has huge ship accident, so sea covered oil. Actually this accident is responsible for Samsung but Jungang newspaper never asked their responsible at once! It is really good example that what happen when big company own media company! When big company owns the media thing they can people blind, deaf and mute. In this situation, a power man such as President Lee can control media and people.

Sometimes I’m really afraid that President Lee wants to go back to past that one power man control people and take freedom from people. If big company own much media things, result is so clear! It is going to same to Italy! Television is just fool box that avoid show real thing and avoid to speaking for poor people. It is not journal but advertisement for government or companies. When I heard a new media law, my friend and I said even drama change to commercial like as movie Truman show. Of cause it was just kidding. However, I’m really worried about Korean mass media change to just commercial seriously. If the law is passing the National Assembly, it can be real. Can you see the future of Korean society? Can you see the ambition of president Lee?

The Real Beautiful Thing - Column 1.

I went to trip during spring break with many international students by bus. While we moved to our destination I saw many beautiful things. My home country, Korea is very small country and I’m sure that it is smaller than Nebraska, so I haven’t seen endless horizon. This is my first time that saw wide open field, endless horizon, grazed horse, wild deer and many nature things. The most impressed nature thing is the Milky Way. I born in big city so I haven’t seen much stars in the sky before came to Kearney, but it is the first time saw the Milky Way on my own eyes! It was amazing, so I thought that there is no more beautiful thing in this trip.

Actually this trip is planned by CSF, Christian Student Fellowship, I and many international students have to follow their plan. According to the plan, we had to visit Indian Reservation. Frankly speaking, I didn’t know that Indian Reservation exist in South Dakota, so I didn’t have any information about Indian, I expected that I can see their traditional thing like as picture of books. When we arrived their reservation, of course reservation is just same to outside of there, I was little bit disappointed. We entered school gym and wait for Indian people.

As time goes by, Indian people, from kids to elder, came to gym and we started taking pictures for a while. Indian people’s appearance were very different from my expectation, everybody was really sweet and kind. We were just exciting to meet unfamiliar culture and people. After taking photo, we shared our own cultures each other such as learning how to greet each other, traditional dance, say greeting language and martial arts. (I didn’t know they have their own language!) At last, all people stood circle with hold hands each other and followed Indian traditional dance. It was really interesting time share with them. Nearly three hours spend with them and we had to say good bye.

The day after that day, we had a time that shared our impressing from this trip. One of my Korean friends Hana said that when she got out from gym at the Indian Reservation, her eyes met the girl who named Jasmine so she said good bye to her and then Jasmine approached and hugged her. At that time she thought she is better than her! The main goal of this trip was showing our love but she felt she got a love from Jasmine when she hugged. Compare to this little girl, she is much wealthy and educated but she doesn’t know how to share her love and haven’t thought about that.After her said the atmosphere was hushed, and suddenly a phrase popped up my head that I read from Indian Reservation gym wall. I used to complain about my shoes, until I met a man with no feet. I heard they are really poor and in not good environment but they, at least the people I met, have really generous mind that can love the other people. In this society, people ignore poor people and many people do bad things for their wealth. Some people suicide because of the money, some people kill their family for money. This is our current portrait. People lost their mind because of money. However, through this trip I felt love is alive! Even though they don’t have lots of money they are afford to share their heart! Of course nature thing is really amazing and awesome but real beautiful thing is sharin

Keep Our Voice

In South Korea, there is some conflict in their. Of course conflict is never stop in the society but this is quite huge conflict. Actually I didn't know this problem but one day I found this movie clip on the Internet and I started to find article about it.

I'm very shocked by this fact that they make this movie clip for prevent make the policy which allows big newspaper company can own broadcasting company.

It is crazy! why they make the policy to prohibit the voice of weak people? Is it not enough that their wealth already have?

review about review: the notebook (2006)

I find my review from rottentometoes.com and I think this review which wrote about movie the notebook is quite good review for me. The notebook is appear to audience as novel in 1999 and as movie in 2006. Actually, I saw this movie last semester because my conversation partner said this movie is her favorite movie and she saw it more than ten times! I'm not a person who watch the movie again and again, so I really wonder what kind of movie is it.

When the endng credit appear the monitor, me and my friends face were covered with tear. It makes me really sad but happy. Like to review writer Betty Jo Turker, I'm not that like young actor's acting but I really impressed by old people's acting. Their acting makes me really cry!

In addition, I can understand about her disappointment by this movie. Second version of same story can't overwhelming original story. This movie have the original story and the writer is Nicholas Sparks. I have exactly same experience to her, also. I read Nicholas Sparks' novel Walk to Remember and this book became the only written in English book that during the reading I cried. So, I have really huge expectation about the movie version but after watching movie, I really regreted watching that! I didn't read original the notebook, I don't know how stories change and real character's personality, so I can't figure out which one is better.

However, I think except young people's acting, this movie has good story and good sceans. I like this movie :-)