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apolline-lucy · 3 months

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POV: you’re on a date in a coffee shop in seoul with your favourite fictional queer character. she’s a liar, but one thing that’s true is that she’s obsessed with you.

THE ANATOMY OF DYING

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bieups · 6 months

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2023.11.11 - 전국노동자대회

Yesterday I attended the National Workers' Rally, which is held every year in November in honor of Jeon Tae-il.

[Image 1: Marching past City Hall; different unions have different colored vests & flags // Image 2: this year's poster]

120만 전태일의 반격! 퇴진광장을 열자!

1,200,000 [number of union members] Jeon Tae-il's counterattack! Let's open the resignation plaza!

노동 - 민생 - 민주 - 평화 파괴 윤석열 정권 퇴진! 전태일열사 정신계송

Destruction of Labor - Livelihood - Democracy - Peace Yoon Seok-Yeol regime, resign! Inherit the spirit of martyr Jeon Tae-il

(Sorry, I don't know how to make these slogans sound good in English lol...)

Who was Jeon Tae-il?

Jeon Tae-il worked in Seoul Peace Market (서울평화시장) in the mid-late 1960s doing sewing & other odd jobs. Although there were laws meant to protect the rights of workers, they weren't enforced. Workers were routinely forced to work unpaid overtime, injected with drugs to keep them awake, and suffered health issues like TB due to the unsanitary environments they had to work in.

In 1969, after learning about the laws, Jeon Tae-il started the first labor organization in the market, 바보회 (the Fool's Association), to educate the other workers about their rights. However, the government under dictator Park Chung-hee responded by cracking down harder on the employees trying to organize.

On November 13th, 1970 Jeon Tae-il set himself on fire and ran through the streets to bring attention to the terrible working conditions. He was 22 years old.

His death was a catalyst for people to unite in the struggle for workers' rights. Factory workers began forming unions and slowly the laws have been enforced/changed to protect workers. The struggle isn't over, though, so every year since 1988 the 전국노동자대회/National Workers' Rally has been held in Seoul.

#life in korea #labor unions #kctu #studyblr #민주노총

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her-satanic-wiles · 1 month

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Fair play, the people in this country really forget that foreigners are entirely different to them. This is a genuine conversation with my 40 year old student during our last class.

My student: Your hair is curly today.

Me: Yes, it usually is!

Student: It looks so natural.

Me: It is.

Student: What?

Me: It is natural.

Student: Really? I thought you used a Dyson airwrap or something...

Me: No, I just towel dry and then add some cream, but that's it.

Student: 😲

#mel rambles #life in korea

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agingerwithaseoul · 1 year

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cafe hopping in a lil city outside of seoul! (youtube)

#daejeon #korea #cafe hopping #dango #korean #korea cafe #seoul #life in korea #cafes #aestethic #cafe aesthetic

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astrolaurical · 1 year

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This has been in my drafts for a few days.

Good thing BTSTarot is deactivating their account so they can’t spew harmful misinformation like this anymore. Like tell me you know nothing about Korean culture and have never been in korea without telling me. And remember, I said that I have agreed with SOME things they have said in the past. This was wayyyy back during the YNWA era where Jin was getting unfair treatment. That I 100% agreed with BTSTarot. But conspiracy theories like this that can seriously harm others? I cannot get behind. I will wholly change my views if it comes out that I am wrong in the future, but until then, I am cautioning readers AND posters to be careful about posting things like this and labeling personal choices like buying an expensive house with hard earned money as “living in a dungeon” or getting thought-out and meaningful tattoos labeled as “being branded like cattle”. Please choose your words more carefully.

1. Koreans have a hard work ethic going back to the Korean War, WWII, and even back to Joseon Dynasty, really. Korea had rarely been free. They have always been ruled by another country or fighting someone else’s war. This has made Korea for CENTURIES a very poor country. Some of the older generations (boomers) in korea don’t even know how to read because they were too busy working for WWII and are attending primary school with their grandchildren. There are reality shows about this. This generational trauma of poverty has created a hard work ethic in Koreans still seen today. Korea has a minimum 9 hour workday. Many go for an average of 10-12 hours. Then you have the 회식 after work hours. So like really 16-18 hour work days. All to make an average of 40 million won ($32,000/yr). And this is the average day for a Korean office worker. Hmmm I wonder why the suicide rate in Korea is so high then?

So you’re wondering why idols have their fandom names tattooed on them? Because idols aren’t working 18 hour days. We’ve seen behind the scene videos of them at dance practices. Or the multitude of BTS documentary films. Idols put their bodies on the line until many have permanent damage (just look up any SM idol- 80% chance they will have had 1 serious injury). Seventeen even had a reality show filming when they were trainees!! All when they were minors, too, mind you. Documenting their battles before they even signed a contract! So I don’t blame these idols for getting tats of their fandoms. On Idol Quiz Show, JK even said how important and precious fans are, especially at the beginning of an idols career. Fans not only mean support, but also sales and money, like a paycheck.

2. BTS worked hard and put in hours of overtime, emotional and physical harm to their bodies to get to where they are. To discredit their hard work and say they are living in the company building??? Uh no. They live in gated apartment communities. Why would they choose to live in the company building that has a PUBLIC MUSEUM ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR? Where anybody can get to them?? All 7 of them didn’t drop $7 million in cash on their high security apartments for bs rumors like this. They did it to keep naysayers like people saying they live in dungeons away from them

3. Yes the company does monitor what they say and do (Tae even said so on JKs live… but Tae and JK also said that BTS is so big that it doesn’t matter why the company says. The company needs to listen to BTS to survive. Remember BigHit almost was filing for bankruptcy and BTS was their last shot. And BTS owns shares of the stocks. Hybe is already prepared for a drastic drop in stocks when they all enlist. That is why they are focusing so much on TXT, Enhypen, and Le Serrafim.

All I’m trying to say is those who read things like this: use media literacy and common sense. Dissect everything you read like I have just done above. Don’t believe everything you read, especially if it is so nefarious like this.

#life in korea #bts tarot #bts

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kim012 · 15 days

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#investing #life in korea #entrepreneur

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agentimmobilier · 1 month

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#traveladdict #visitseoul #luxury #room #myroom #korea #seoul

#traveladdict #luxury #room #my room #life in korea #seoul

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storkmuffin · 11 months

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msg 1. [City of Seoul] Boundary breach emergency message for residents of Seoul. PREPARE TO EVACUATE, and allow children and the infirm to evacuate first!

msg 2. [Ministry of Public Admin. & Safety] Informing you that the earlier message sent by the City of Seoul was in error.

What I did in the intervening time:

1. Text a mutual in Europe going, I don't actually know what they mean by evacuate. Would've been useful to do a drill sometime.

2. Turn on the news.

3. Wonder if I should take my cat with me or leave him here in my apt with all the cat food open and the bathtub filled with water.

#life in korea #first time getting the PREPARE TO EVACUATE message #can ya be maybe a bit more specific??#north korea shot something southward attempting to shoot it into space

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faeriebunni · 1 year

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Pink things from life lately 💖

#faerypearll #my photos #i took these #life in korea #living in korea #pink aesthetic #kawaii aesthetic #sanriocore #sanrio #my melody #kuromi #korean cafe #lingling

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starburstfloat · 5 months

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I don't think I realized up until recently just how exhausting it would to keep up a straight persona at work here in Korea. It keeps taking me aback how much effort goes into nodding and smiling along to coworkers asking me about my ideal boyfriend/future husband, what I think about x type of of guy, etc, and the mental loopholes I have to quickly jump through before answering. I keep wondering, was that too little enthusiasm? Too much? Can they tell? Would they be disgusted?

One of my coworkers asked if I've ever been in love and my heart sank because yes, the only person I ever fell in love with was a girl miles and miles away, and it broke my heart when it didn't work out, and frankly it's something I'm still coming to terms with, nearly two years later, but all I could do was shake my head and laugh it off. "Guess I'm too young for that," I joke. It's only lunch hour and I wish I could disappear.

#hello from the closet #ot always strikes me how comfortable i am being gay online but as soon as I'm confronted w real life #it's like oh haha #i forgot I'm not among my queer besties lol #anyway #life in korea #lgbtq #rebecca rambles

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iseoulu · 1 year

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Lotte World Seoul🇰🇷 It’s one of the most famous amusement theme park in Korea. If you want to have thrilling ride experience , then don’t miss this world. Over 100 of rides are there to enjoy 😊

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apolline-lucy · 1 month

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2024.03.25✨

menu for a productive day:

- 1 hour walk ✔️

- finish reading Modern Divination ✔️

- write 1k words for my wip - ongoing

- post about my sapphic fantasy novel THE SILVER BIRDS ✔️

- journaling ✔️

- medical check up ✔️

how’s Monday treating you? 🤎

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bieups · 7 months

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Vocabulary for Moving House

I moved recently, so here are some random moving-related words!

이사하다 - v. to move (house, residence)

이사업체 - n. moving company

일반 이사 - n. regular move; basically just a person with a truck will drive your things to the new place

포장이사 - n. packing move aka "full-service;" the movers pack up all your stuff, move it to the new place, and unpack. There's also 반포장 or "half service" where you help with the (un)packing

가정이사 - n. family move; this option is basically for two-room houses where you have big furniture/appliances

보관 이사 - n. storage move; when you need your things to be stored for a time

트럭 - n. truck, can be a pickup truck or the more classic "moving truck"

��다리차 - n. ladder car; used to easily bring things up to a higher floor (they go through your window -- especially useful when there's no elevator!)

견적 - n. quote (estimate); when the company tells you how much their service will cost

(이사)박스/바구니 - n. box/basket for moving

#langblr #studyblr #language learning #korean #한국어 #vocabulary #life in korea

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wolfwithafoxtail · 10 months

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when Seoul is hitting just right 💌

#seoul travel #life in korea #starchild.jpg

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agingerwithaseoul · 1 year

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Busan Fireworks Festival 2022

#korea #korean #busan #fireworks #life in korea #living in korea #south korea

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astrolaurical · 1 year

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Like jungkook really does seem like a bit of a dick 🤭

Not really? He is actually just acting like a typical Korean “boyfriend”. (living and loving in korea has brought me into contact with many a men in korea. This is how they are. Yes they are dicks. But it is cultural. You got to either enjoy the misogyny, be raised in that culture, or look past it. I am too outspoken to look past it and have gotten myself in many dangerous situations because of it.)

Jungkook is totally himself. He has shown time and time again that he cannot lie. You just have to be observant enough to notice that yeah, he has the mindset of an angsty teen boy in love, which is not so attractive (to me) when you’re pushing 30. But a LOT of Korean men have mindsets in love like this. They find the jealousy and possessiveness a sign of love, not realizing those are not signs of a healthy, mature relationship. Or look at all of his partying scandals. Man likes to go clubbing and drink. He even had to apologize for doing it during lockdown because he couldn’t resist partying. He had never denied who he is. Only fans have.

I don’t want this to add fuel for antis to hate jungkook or for fans to turn on him. If it helps to break the idealized version y’all see him as , great. Stop viewing him as an idol (ever wonder why they are called that? Isn’t it a sin to view anything other than God as an idol? Idk I’m not religious) and start viewing him as a human being with flaws, even better.

The point that I am trying to make is that he is the epitome of a South Korean man. For those who have not lived in Korea, it is hard to understand what that means. I am happy to explain more, as kdramas are the whitewashed happy go lucky version of the country.

Jungkook meme board to remind y’all

#jungkook #ask #life in korea

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