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Anti-foreigner news/show in Korean Media this past few month
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lostandforgotten



Joined: 19 Sep 2006

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:16 am    Post subject: Anti-foreigner news/show in Korean Media this past few month Reply with quote

A celebrity Korean couple files for divorce because the wife cheats on her husband with a foreigner

http://kr.news.yahoo.com/service/news/shellview.htm?linkid=319&articleid=20071016135500243d9

A 30 year old Canadian gets caught on cam cheating on his Korean fiancee on a Korean reality show called 'Scandal' which is a Korean version of the American 'Cheaters'

http://www.chtvn.com/VR/bbs/bbs_3002.asp?bbsID=86147111

A documentary about unqualified English teachers on a Korean version of 60 minutes.
http://www.kbs.co.kr/2tv/sisa/chu60/vod/1476013_879.html

A lot more to be posted.
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excitinghead



Joined: 18 Jul 2005

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I haven't seen the episode and I don't intend to, but "Scandal" is completely FAKE...it only appears like "Cheaters" at first glance. Like people in other threads have said, it's so bad you can tell it's fake after...hell, a whole FIVE minutes or so. Rolling Eyes

Sure, there's a lot of spacegoating of foreigners going on in the Korean media at the moment, but jeez, absolutely NO Koreans give a flying c r a p about Scandal's take on the white devil.
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GoldMember



Joined: 24 Oct 2006

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

1. Doing the oofty magoofty with a Korean guys wife.
2. Two Timing on the Fiance.
3. Teaching whilst unqualified/no visa.

Yikes that could have been me on all three programs.
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Hollywoodaction



Joined: 02 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"A 30 year old Canadian gets caught on cam cheating on his Korean fiancee on a Korean reality show called 'Scandal' which is a Korean version of the American 'Cheaters' "

Yes, and like Cheaters, it is bad fiction and worse acting.

Get over it. Most Koreans are very cynical of local media. Only the dumbest and most gullible ones pay attention to these stories.
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flakfizer



Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

excitinghead wrote:

Sure, there's a lot of spacegoating of foreigners going on in the Korean media...

I know I'm tired of being spacegoated.
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excitinghead



Joined: 18 Jul 2005

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lol...It's coz we're all high on drugs...
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halfmanhalfbiscuit



Joined: 13 Oct 2007
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cheaters is fake.When they fight the hits never connect.

Scripts are good though.I liked the one with the hoopy mudang banging the guys wife.When caught he started shaking his antler shaped rattle on his knees and stuffing money from the wife in his drawers.
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Newbie



Joined: 07 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Isn't the first one a compliment to the foreigner and a sign that the Korean was immoral?
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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Anti-foreigner news/show in Korean Media this past few m Reply with quote

lostandforgotten wrote:

A 30 year old Canadian gets caught on cam cheating on his Korean fiancee on a Korean reality show called 'Scandal' which is a Korean version of the American 'Cheaters'

http://www.chtvn.com/VR/bbs/bbs_3002.asp?bbsID=86147111


Fictional or not (okay, fictional), having a segment on this show as described above shows off Korean sentiment on the infidelity of foreigners.
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Qinella



Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Do they single out foreigners doing these things, or do they also show Koreans? If the latter, I don't see what the problem is. I hope no one is suggesting they simply refrain from reporting news or having shows involving nefarious waegs.
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Hater Depot



Joined: 29 Mar 2005

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is a particularly stupid one.

http://koreabeat.com/?p=413
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that guy



Joined: 29 Feb 2004
Location: long gone

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hater Depot wrote:
Here is a particularly stupid one.

http://koreabeat.com/?p=413