Most Popular AAK! Posts of 2012

Here is a quick look at the most popular AAK! posts of 2012, by the number of page view.Most Viewed Posts of 2012 (All-Time)1.  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Korean Men2.  The Ultimate Korean Looks List3.  Dog Meat in Korea4.  Lose Weight with Korean Diet5.  Why is StarCraft Popular in Korea?  The Korean is resigned to the fact that AAK! has become...

Readers - please do this one favor

Dear readers,Despite numerous chances to put the blog behind a pay wall or put up ads on the blog, the Korean steadfastly kept the blog clean and pristine for your maximum reading pleasure. So you guys could do me this one favor, right? :)For some reason, beginning around a couple of weeks ago, Facebook would not allow linking to Ask a Korean! on anyone's Timeline, apparently because AAK! is an unsafe...

Ask a Korean! News: the World's Saddest Flashmob

As the Korean explained previously, Korea celebrates Christmas, but not in the same way Americans do. Except for Christians in Korea -- who celebrate Christmas in a similar way as Christians around the world -- Christmas in Korea is basically an extra Valentine's Day, in which young couples get together for a romantic date...

Best of the Worst 2012

Did the world end yet? No, it only feels like that whenever the Korean receives these stupid emails. Despite seeing the examples of dumb questions from 2008, 2009, 2010 (in Parts I, II, and III) and 2011, people simply do not learn.So here is another edition of AAK!'s end of the year tradition -- the worst emails of the year...

Normal Reaction to a Gun

Dear Korean,I've been a fan of Korean action-thrillers for a while now, but there's something weird that I think only happens in Korean movies: there are almost no guns. Even when the main character is a gangster/assassin/cop is more usual to find them using knives, bats or just kicking around than shooting. And when someone...

AAK! PSA: Donate to NK News!

The good folks from NK News has this PSA:Today we’re very happy to announce another new addition to our growing portfolio, THE NK NEWS FUNDRAISING SHOP.Although NK NEWS is currently run on love, as our reach and audience have expanded, so too have our running costs!So to keep the ship afloat, we’re running a campaign asking for donations from you, our loyal readers, to help us raise enough money to...

Quick Thought about PSY's Past Anti-American Lyrics

Imagine you live in Manhattan.(source)Now, imagine that, Central Park does not look like this ...(source)But instead, looks more like this.(source)For maximum emotional effect, imagine those soldiers looked really different from you. There are thousands of those soldiers in Central Park alone, and thousands more all over the...