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[World Traveler]

If you are wondering what happened, this article elucidates:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/11/gangnam-style-street-traders-eviction-seoul-kpop

On a drive to attract more foreign tourists to Gangnam, local mayor Shin Yeon-hee plans to turn the area into a K-pop themed "global luxury district", complete with a K-Star Road and guides highlighting sites that have featured in popular music videos and TV shows. She hopes it will compare with Abbey Road and Rome's Piazza di Spagna as an area rich in pop-cultural heritage.

[Soft Machine]

Topic aside, the dude who spoke about "we" economists has a strange idea of what an economist is....plus, he's a grammar policeman! What would Greenspan or Modigliani have said about differentiation and adverbial clauses of time?

Dave's ESL Cafe - where economists go to discuss grammar and street vendors!

[guavashake]

The title of this thread is not appropriate. All hell didn't break loose.

A similar situation in China produced a different outcome...

Chinese Citizens Beat Government Bureaucrats During Mass Riot

http://www.infowars.com/chinese-citizens-beat-government-bureaucrats-during-mass-riot/

[Speck7]

[World Traveler]

“What makes Abbey Road in London, Piazza di Spagna in Rome and Central-Mid-Levels escalator in Hong Kong so special? It’s the Beatles who crossed the road, Audrey Hepburn who strode the plaza, and the Romance of Chungking Express that hit the stairway. It’s our beloved stars and their stories that make the spots shine.”

So begins the lovely blue guidebook to Gangnam’s newly unveiled K-Star Road, an urban walking course linking the largely Hallyu (Korean Wave)-related sites in the affluent district south of the Hangang River. The dream—to turn Gangnam into a cultural, shopping and culinary hotspot rivaling New York’s Soho or Marais in Paris—is still very much a work in progress as the district, made famous by Korean pop sensation Psy, adjusts to its newfound status as an international tourism destination. But as the guidebook explains, this is a land where stars shine. If star-gazing’s your thing, this is the place to be.

http://magazine.seoulselection.com/2014/04/01/walking-the-k-star-road/

As you move further eastward, you’ll enter the beating heart of the Korean entertainment industry. Just to let you know you’ve arrived, SM Entertainment papers its headquarters—just a short walk from the Galleria Department Store—with a huge canvas wrapping featuring larger-than-life images of its top artists.

Further east, in the side streets north of Cheongdam Intersection, you’ll find still more entertainment companies, including Cube Entertainment (BEAST, 4MINUTE, G.NA), JYP Entertainment (Wonder Girls, 2PM, miss A), FNC Entertainment (CNBLUE and F.T. Island) and BH Entertainment (founded by actor Lee Byung-hun and representing actors Ko Soo, Han Chae-young, Han Hyo-joo and Bae Soo-bin).