- Author: jinstevens
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Mar 14, 2009 19:32 JST
- Tags: Actress, Celebrities, Crime, Hana Yori Dango, Idol, Korea, Rape, Suicide, TV

The recent suicide of popular Korean actress Jang Ja-yeon, known for her latest role in a Hana Yori Dango drama, is revealed to have been prompted by her shocking treatment at the hands of her agency; it emerges she was treated as little more than an indentured prostitute, being forced to have sex with the rich and powerful and being beaten if she displeased her masters.
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A gang of six teenagers have been arrested after they kidnapped and abused two middle schoolers, imprisoning them naked in order to sell them to clients, and torturing them on film to ensure their obedience.
Previously the gang captured other girls, forcing them to have sex with men and making millions of won in the process.
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A gallery of Korean race queens posing seductively on the race track and beyond.
The Hermit Kingdom certainly has much to offer for the connoisseur of the fine female form; you can also see what the Land of the Rising Sun has to offer in the previous gallery.
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Solbi (솔비), host of the popular Korean show Music Core, has been roundly criticized by fans for having the audacity to show up too soon after plastic surgery.
In the latest airing of Music Core, Solbi appeared with a face that was clearly swollen; MBC message boards were flooded with negative messages, with many “fans” comparing her to a steamed dumpling that had swollen in size.
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The mysterious appearance of a political message in the currently airing anime “Rideback” threatens to cause a storm; the message is widely interpreted as calling for the removal of the current Korean President.
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The Seoul Metropolitan Police have arrested a 41-year-old homosexual pimp, only identified as Park, for arranging the transport of dozens of Korean homosexuals and transgendered individuals into Yokohama’s red-light district.
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As you can see from the detailed comparison below, Korea’s reputation for being a nation whose womenfolk have embraced plastic surgery to an unprecedented degree is far from undeserved.
There are some rather impressive examples of surgical enhancement on display, with results which put to shame some of the efforts of Japanese idols…
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Rising actress Jang Ja-yeon, who was currently starring in the Korean drama adaptation of Hana Yori Dango (Boys over Flowers), was recently found to have committed suicide at her home in Bundang, Gyeonggi Province.
Jang’s death marks the third celebrity suicide to hit the Korean entertainment industry in the past 6 months.
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“Where is my home?” laments this rather appealing maiden. She is (literally) the new poster child for an initiative to “foster territorial awareness” by the Junior Chamber International Japan, the Japanese arm of international (and moderately conservative) civic group JCI. This group has no connection to the Japanese government.
“Let’s protect our home together” rallies the poster, urging participation in petitions for policies promoting the favourable (to Japan) resolution of territorial disputes, and supportive of national defence.
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The Korean furore over supposedly racist WWII parody anime Hetalia, which resulted in a partially successful campaign to force the anime off the air in Japan, did not stop at threats of cyber-terrorism; it appears even death threats have been issued against the author, 日丸屋 秀和 / Hirumaya Hidekazu.
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Not satisfied with forcing a cancellation of the main TV broadcast of WWII parody anime Axis Powers Hetalia in Japan, or rather, perhaps emboldened by the ease with which the station was overcome, Koreans have redoubled their efforts and are taking action to see the rest of the online broadcasts, DVD sales, and presumably manga, cancelled.
A new petition (below) has already gathered 5,000 signatures, and extremists are advocating attacking Japanese websites connected with the anime to force a cessation of its distribution. The previous petition with more signatures led in part to the cancellation of the TV broadcast…
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A unit of Nazi cosplayers has incited international consternation by goose-stepping about the centre of Seoul in a marketing action in support of WWII MMOFPS Karma II.
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