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ㅋㅋㅋㅋhahahaha :lol: OMG I totally agree that Korean humour and Australian humour are totally different. As far as I'm concerned, Australian humour is often (not always) quite dry (probably due to the British influence) and there is a huge market for political satire. But Korean humour leans...

ahaha ... like HOW?!

Bahaha thanks. I'll keep that in mind.

Yeah I get annoyed with the bad translations. I used to visit such sites in order to get a quick-and-easy idea of the Korean pop culture scene but it was infuriating so I stopped. I remember when Shoo from the former girl group S.E.S released a single titled "자기밖에jagi bakke" and the hallyu-niks...

That's fair enough if you haven't encountered the notion of Korean males being cultural conservative. But I know I'm not alone in thinking it. There's a Korean bestseller-author, Nam In-sook 남인숙 who writes for Korean women in their 20s and 30s and she explains the cultural dynamics pretty well...

Hahaha fair enough. Actually I have a Cyworld. And I use Naver all the time. And KakaoTalk. There are plenty of Koreans around me but I keep them at arm's distance. Except my family. But I don't really identify strongly as a Korean Korean. But when I go to Korea, people can't tell; they just...

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Oh man, I didn't even know those sites had fora LOL coz I hardly ever visit those sites. It feels too fob. BOS feels more banana, if you know what I mean. Thanks anyway though! Might check them out.

No kidding; I suspected this was the answer all along! Needed confirmation. Don't suppose you'd care to elaborate, inJust???

Touché! But I didn't know any better fora. Don't suppose you could recommend one? :(

lolz.

Thanks krnofdrg. Yeah I take all your points about Korean culture and nationalism. Sorry I didn't really make myself clear in my OP, but I'm not freaking out about my Korean friends or anything like that. It's just that I find that Korean guys are disproportionately more likely to hold on to...

Strong opinion! But yeah I think I agree with your point.

Similar story in my 'hood. Haha yeah maybe I will. ROFL I didn't realise it could also be interpreted like that; which would be pretty lame. :blink2:

Ok so the Usyd boys' t-shirts said "You can call me Oppa", where Oppa (오빠) is a term of address which strictly translates to "brother". It's used by girls when they address an older guyfriend or a brother, since the Korean Confucian culture strictly dictates deference to anyone older than you...

Yup! Cool cool. I've never lived in the Sydney Korean community but every time I visit, I always meet much more progressive(?) types than I've ever seen in Melbourne. And that's easily explained by the fact that Sydney's Korean community is much older (which could mean there are more older...

Hahahahahaha … are you serious? Wow, what a turn-off. Call me anal retentive, but it's not even funny. I mean, anyone else is of course free to find it funny, but I reserve the right to find it creepy. LoL yeah I've never joined an on-campus Korean society. But don't unis in Sydney have Korean...

That's generous of you to offer your conditional consideration, but no thanks. I'm not actually looking for a relationship; just interested in Korean culture.

never mind. i beg your pardon.