KMK: Gi Hyeong-do | A Misunderstood Modern Gay Korean Poet
Gi Hyeong-do (1960-1989) is one of the most highly recognized names in modern Korean poetry
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Category: Arts
KMK: 4th World DJ Festival in Seoul
KICK ASS KOREA reason 25 This past weekend the world DJ festival hit Seoul for it’s fourth birthday! I’d missed last year’s bash so I was even more excited to attend this time around. The event brings DJ and musical acts from around the world to perform. For 2010 included Freemasons, Dirty Disco Youth, Fantastic […]
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KMK: 2NE1 on Fire
2NE1 is one of the newest girl groups to hit the K-Pop scene. They more than stand out and top the charts because of their own distinct and non cookie cutter looks. The girls of 2NE1 don’t do the usual glam, girly-girl, cutesy thing. Now, there’s nothing wrong with the girly-girl cutesy thing in general […]
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KMK: A Psychic Critic Review | Kick Ass
Movie: Kick Ass Director: Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake) Starring: Aaron Johnson(….), Nicolas Cage( white Elvis!), Poster: The colorful neon latex costumes are giving me visions of Joel Schumacher’s horrible Batman and Robin. Artificial nipples anyone? The splashes of neon paint blood like on the background give me a vision of something promising. Trailer: Irreverent, witty […]
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KMK: Jeju | Folk Art Village
This visit happened after I’d uttered the phrase, “If you’ve seen one Korean Folk Village…” Which, I can now reluctantly invalidate because the Jeju Folk Art Village provided a few distinct experiences I’ve yet to encounter in it’s sister sites dotted throughout Korea. Things didn’t start off on that great. Drizzle quickly turned into slushy […]
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KMK: Pop vs K-Pop
Okay, my friends from back home love to lord over the fact that the Pop acts there are just all that and a bag of chips. They had never even heard of K-pop before I started filling them in on the music scene here. They can’t help but to compare Pop and K-pop artists. One […]
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