Won Bin and Bada are both highly respected and talented with each of their own great qualities. Please consider this before making biased opinions based on appearances alone.

Also, Bada mentioned that she personally felt hurt when during the scandal years ago because people were saying the same thing you all are: “Won Bin is too good.” Celebrities have feelings too.<<<

I agreed. I think Bada and Wonbin are both talented and they have reputation in the entertainment. Both are senior stars now. I find nothing wrong if Bada and Wonbin actually went out. I’m not sure about Wonbin, but Bada has a really great personality. I remember Shinhwa’s Junjin once said that if Bada has a boyfriend, that guy’d be a lucky one. Bada is pretty, Wonbin is handsome. They’d be a perfect couple.

and as for promoting a culture, well, i think it’s mostly a fad when it’s about food. for example, there used to be a lot of korean bbq restaurants in hong kong ten years ago, now they’re a lot harder to find, coz what’s popular now is thai food, five years ago was japanese but it’s resurfacing again last year. these cultural fads come and go. i don’t think it’s possible to compare one culture to another, there are so many factors that makes it what it is. can’t really strip it down to just economics.

People who run restaurants, who work in BEER factories, are victims of this gap. Why? because Korea has one of the longest working hours in the world. On average, a korean worker has a 50+ work week. So while you enjoy your CASS or OB, just think of how this really is boosting the economy. It may boost the economy, but it totally kills your point of ‘large scale emigration’ in relevance to a ‘bad economy’. It’s emigration due to the exploitation of the working people. I really suggest you learn more about the culture, whether you are korean or not, because it seems like you just enjoy making baseless opinions about the country.

And one more thing: Korean business is run rather shadily and forcefully. The top corporations or ‘jaebols’ are family run, and have lots of power extended to all things in Korea. From politics, to hotels, to even sports teams, these big businesses run alot of stuff in Korea. Guess what the top jaebols are? They are either automakers, technology, or shipbuilding/construction industries. This is just a part of Korean business. This is the way how things are. If you research and learn more, you will understand what I’m trying to say.

korea has to market their country and food as much as possible. making CASS, HITE, and OB beer popular is a plus. Many people will buy it. After I drank CASS, I stop drinking Budweiser and only drink CASS. I am helping Korea’s economy by purchasing korean beer. Yes, it’s true that cars, electronics, etc. can help the economy, but in addition to that, there are several other ways in boosting the economy.

Korea’s weakness is not knowing how to market their country and making the country clean.

Also, Bada mentioned that she personally felt hurt when during the scandal years ago because people were saying the same thing you all are: “Won Bin is too good.” Celebrities have feelings too.

Wow, never saw that one coming.

Really?!

Tae Kwon Do is actually very popular in the States. There is a Tae Kwon Do place pretty much in every big city. Usually more then one.

Unfortunately, TKD really isn’t a viable martial art for self-defense, but you do learn to get lean and limber so it can work towards improving fitness.