K-dramas just as a mirror of Korean society contain a lot of #alcohol. These scenes have a bunch of different purposes for the plot of the show. In general the female protagonist gets really drunk and say or do things that betray her feelings for the male protagonist.

Today I am going to tackle the scandal caused by the use of #virtual influencers for propaganda by the #CommunistYouthLeagueofChina on Weibo. On February 17, the Communist Youth League of China published a pair of virtual influencers named #Jiāngshānjiāo and #Hóngqímàn on Weibo.

OPTION KOREA :
Deep-rooted misogyny in Korea is not really well known by the world. Hallyu shows the good sides of Korea so most of hallyu fans idealize Korea and are not aware of sexism issues until they get to experience it. I think they need to know for their own safety

At first sight, the increasing adaptation of manga into television and movies seems to offer an opportunity for fans, broadcasting companies and mangaka, but it that really the case ?

#YourNameEngravedHerein : I first saw this movie during covid and it has a profound effect on me. I was mesmerized by the impactful dialogues and the powerful emotions portrayed by the actors. I was seeing the struggles that gay people go through to even accept their gay identity in a homophobic

As a martial arts film, I choose the first film in the #KungFuPanda saga. For me, it's the best martial arts film ever made. It's a comedy, but it conveys some very powerful messages, which means it appeals to all audiences. The animation is stunning (even more so in the latest

Option A : China as an exigeante competitive society obviously creates anxiety and issues for its people. Today we will focus on anxiety and issues around #fatherhood and #masculinity in China. First of all, there’s been an increasing presence of fathers with their children linked to the changing

Option D : I was really surprised by Korea’s coffee culture. Especially by the cult around #Americano. Even the elderly who don’t speak a word of English and who aren’t familiar with Western culture know what an americano is. To be honest, I didn’t know what was an americano until I came to Korea a

Option B : Cosmetic Surgery in Korea
Korea is known for its competitiveness. A lot of pressure is put on Korean people by Korean society. The young people in particular are targeted by this pressure and the strict requirements to fit in. Those requirements obviously includes physical appearance.

Option A : In this thread I’m going to talk about how the fandom networks used their skills on social media to make social and political changes with the example of french legislative elections of 2024. In June 2024, the french president #Macron announced the dissolution of the National Assembly.

Students of Asian Languages Option :
My consumption of popular culture is linked to my process of learning Korean. #NatsukiFukunaga #LearningKorean
Dr. Fukunaga talks about how pop culture initiates the learning of a language (here Japanese) and how consuming it helps you to catch faster on some

For today’s exit ticket I chose to talk about #RedBull’s F1 driver #YukiTsunoda. I will analyze how he is depicted in this article from #TheNewYorkTimes.

www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/w...

Option 1 : In this thread, I will discuss the stereotypes about Asian people in Western medias and more particularly in the movie « #MeanGirls », a teen comedy that came out in 2004 and was directed by #MarkWaters.
Asians have long time suffered from misconceptions and stereotypes in the Western

OPTION B : How have transnational cultural flows touched you?
I became interested into #kpop with #BTS and then discovered the many different aspects of Korean popular culture like #kdramas and #webtoons. These basically portray the daily life of Korean people, so this is how I happened to learn