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Dramaland in Review #2
by: Raine — Hello universe. Let’s check out what I’ve been watching and hear a couple of rants and raves. This week we’ll be looking into Descendants of the Sun, Moorim School, One More Happy Ending, Come Back, Ahjusshi, and Cheese in the Trap. I don’t want this to just be about my not-so-humble-opinion, but I’ve…
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Winner – “Exit : E” Album Review
by: Raine — Admittedly, I’ve never gotten into Winner (purely due to lack of effort,) but I know they’re a pretty big YG group and battled it out against iKON and won on “YG’s Win: Who Is Next” to become signed by YG and debut into idoldom in 2013. It’s been a year and a…
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SMTown Coex Artium – the home of many SHINee goodies!
by: Raine — OMG! So many SHINee pictures and CDs and Posters and OMG! SMTown Coex Artium is seriously the biggest SM brainwashing building EVAR…and I LOVED IT! How can you NOT love all of your idol favorites plastered on the walls! Yes, I fangirled happily. My HanCinema article isn’t quite so fangirly, but it…
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Namsan Tower is AWESOME!
by: Raine — So Namsan Tower is in every Korean drama and movie EVAR. It’s romantic and sappy. There are locks everywhere and lots of pretty lights… …and it’s definitely worth the trip. It’s unbelievable how stunning the place is. The walk up the steep hill and the view of Seoul is breathtaking. Watching it…
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The Soul of Seoul: The places found in K-drama
by: Raine — Man, I love this picture, Johnny. It’s me rocking the cello in the same mall, the Nagwon Instrument Arcade, as Sung Joon. Happiness is playing cello in South Korea, people! It was awesome. But more than that, when visiting Seoul and laying eyes on the sites where my favorite dramas were filmed,…
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I Visited the Big, Green Naver Building!
by: Raine — Naver is that magical place that brings us a top world search engine, Brown the Bear and his Line character friends, webtoons, television, and a ton more. The building was huge, with incredible amenities. It was a little scary in how intense it was, a world centered around giving workers everything they’d need…
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Interview with Yonhap News journalists
by: Raine — Yonhap News Agency is the foremost organization in Korea for all of the up-and-coming news. A lot of the translated material we read on our English outlets and portals comes from this agency and the two reporters I got to interview Lee Eun-jung (K-pop specialist) and Yoon Go-eun (drama and film specialist).…
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