Paji eh Wong
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
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 Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 4:16 pm Post subject: Yon-fluenza |
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There's an interesting peice in the NYT about "Yon sama"
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TOKYO, Dec. 15 - Consider Yon-sama, the $2.3 Billion Man.
A 32-year-old South Korean actor past his prime in his homeland, he has become, thanks to a syrupy television series, the most popular man in Japan, the object of desire of countless middle-aged women, the stimulus behind an estimated $2.3 billion rise in economic activities between Japan and South Korea. |
elsewhere
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| Youn Jung Suk, a specialist on Japan-Korean relations at the Sejong Institute in Seoul, said Japanese women were genetically predisposed to like the actor because he is from Pusan and many Japanese originally came from that corner of South Korea. "Well, that's my theory at least," Professor Youn said in a recent interview in Seoul. |
Sure thing grasshopper.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/23/international/asia/23JAPAN.html?oref=login&8hpib
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