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4 Dec

Exploring Korea’s skinny obsession and the plus-size models fighting

In a fat-shaming, skinny-obsessed society with a high eating disorder rate, listed below are the trailblazers fighting for acceptance “If a lady weighs over 50 kg, she should be nuts” - this line told by a male protagonist of a Korean online drama Dam Naneun Jib to his girlfriend’s girlfriend went viral after being aired last yr since it touched upon a dark side of K-beauty - the obsession with skinny body types. The “50 kg myth” is a perfect created by Korean mainstream media by glorifying celebrities who openly discuss their weight being 40-something. K-pop idols often share their extreme food plan regimes with a view to achieve the under-50 ideal weight,...
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30 Apr

President Joe Biden and First Lady Welcome South Korea’s

WHITE HOUSE HOSPITALITY: Prematurely of what will likely be the Biden administration’s second state dinner on the White House, President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden welcomed their guests of honor — President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea and his wife Kim Keon Hee — Wednesday morning on the South Lawn. Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Douglas Emhoff were readily available for the photo-op that comes on the heels of Biden’s announcement of a reelection run. The powers-that-be were all smiles and with good reason as two presidents are signing the “Washington Declaration,” an agreement to cooperate in regards to the potential use of nuclear arms, in addition to military training and knowledge sharing in...
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