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[mack4289]

Preferably stereotypical, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy types. The government has decided to get involved in the fashion industry.

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2880914

"As the global fashion industry grows into a giant cash cow, the Korean government yesterday announced that it plans to help three Korean clothing collections become global brands that can rub shoulders with Europe�s Zara and Benetton brands within eight years.

�We have set a goal of owning three global fashion brands and raising fashion�s portion of total overseas sales revenue to 35 percent from the current 10.3 percent,� the Ministry of Commerce said in a release.

... Over the course of the next eight years, the ministry will study countries with leading brands, such as the United States, Italy, Japan and France, to come up with appropriate fashion business projects.
On the basis of what it learns, the ministry will apply for funding from the Ministry of Planning and Budget.

But an official with the Ministry of Commerce who refused to be named confessed that the Ministry of Planning and Budget and has allocated a mere 900 million won for the project so far, complaining that the funding process is �extremely demanding.�

I'm going to imagine an extremely flustered, extremely effeminate gay Korean man saying that getting money from the government is "extremely demanding". Maybe the guys from the lemondade commercial can help out.

[jaganath69]

This has 'Hub of Asia' written all over it. Seriously, what is it with bureaucrats here setting lofty goals and proceeding to bugger them up by setting conditions antithetical to said goals after that?

[GoldMember]

I can see it now,
Pierre Kim
Chanel Kim
Ralph Kim
Tommy Kim
Valentino Kim
Versace Kim
Hugo Kim

[jajdude]

"I have a dream to become the first openly gay leader of Korea and Korean fashion."

Martin Luther Kim, 2006

[in_seoul_2003]

"Korea�s fashion industry has a global market share of only 1.6 percent."

I'm surprised they have even that. And I'm pretty sure that "global" share is mostly Dongdaemun fashion ending up regionally.

But note the contradiction here. One minute they say, "Andre Kim is famous all over the world" The next minute they write articles like this implying that no Korean fashion is famous anywhere in the world... except Korea.

If Andre Kim was as globally famous as they say, why are they learning from Italy, US, Japan, France, when they could be learning from his international prowess?

Korean nationalism is always shooting itself in the foot.

[billybrobby]

What, Majah Flavah isn't already a huge international brand?

[PeterDragon]

The idea of a government setting goals to enter the world of global fashion seems kind of alien to me. But, to quote a Korean soldier I met (whose English was quite good; he worked with the American Military Police): "Your country is already on top of everything. You don't need to worry about these things."

I think they should focus on dominating the car market, since they've already got a toehold thee. Or cultivating a more total domination of the electronics market, which they're already kicking ass in.

Who knows though? Maybe ten years from now, women will sport Buckaroo brand low riders on the catwalk or somesuch nonsense, and all us cynical Waygooks will be eating crow.

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[mack4289]