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[Newbie]

Last month I flew home for a visit with the family. While reading Air Canada's in-flight magazine I came upon an ad for "Dynamic Korea" (yes, I know everyone here had a good laugh at "dynamic" a few months ago) Anyway, in the ad there is a nice little picture of a folk village, and then a list of 5 or so things that I assume make Korea "dynamic". Number one on this list................. "Korean b-boy dancers are world famous"

My wording may not be an exact match, but you get the idea. I actually let out a loud laugh when I read it. Can you believe it? Some ad wizards for Korean tourism are promoting break dancing as a selling point of this country.

Reason number 2, if memory serves, was Korean soccer fans. Sure, about 95% of them are nowhere to be found for 3 years and 11 months, but hey, let's promote them!

The other reasons actually made sense. Something about Korea's IT industry, spices, and... who knows. I'm still laughing at number 1.

[Drunken Monkey]

Last month waiting for my plane from Phuket back to Seoul one of the ground crew came through the boarding gate. This was enough to send the waiting Koreans into a frenzy helped in no way by a loud "Bali wa" from an ajumma trying to corale her hyperactive kids.

Over 100 Koreans then spent the next 20 minutes in line* waiting to board despite the fact that no borading calls had been made and all the screens clearly stated the boarding time and a sign written in Korean at the gate also said the same time.

Once boarding time came around and i was walking down the ramp there was an advert for HSBC with a few quotes on it, the one that hit the nail on the head was "If everyone thinks the same nothing will ever change".

* I have to say that the Koreans displayed impeccable queing skills that i did not think they were capable of!!

[Natalia]

This?

[Newbie]

[Natalia]

I typed it from the advertisement in a travel magazine (my scanner was - and still is - broken). That's it word for word.

[thebomb]

Natalia,

I think Newbie was actually inquiring in to whether you created the advertisement or copied it verbatim from a source onto Dave's.

[Natalia]

As I said, it's word for word from the advertisement. I read the ad, typed the ad straight out of the magazine. Didn't change anything.

I don't how how to make myself any clearer....

[Troll_Bait]

In his book "The Koreans" Michael Breen talked about how they have no idea how to market themselves. For example, they'd rather take you to a factory than to a temple.



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