Gender Ratio in Korea

Dear Korean, China currently has an abnormal ratio between men and women of marriageable age. I've heard that is also true for Korea and a few other Asian countries. Has it become necessary for men to seek alternative methods of finding a bride, such as mail-order bride situations?StephTraditionally, and until not too long ago, Koreans favored having a male child. But it has been at least 25 years...

Name Change in Korea

[Series Index]Dear Korean,Here's yet another question for you about Korean names. At the end of last semester I was giving speaking tests to our middle school students, and was taking roll based on the name list given at the beginning of the year. However, several of my students had changed their names in those few months. Not changed their English names, I mean their parents changed their Korean...

50 Most Influential K-pop Artists: 12. Rain

[Series Index] 12. Rain [비] Years of Activity: 1998-present (last regular album in 2008, last single in 2011)Discography:Bad Man [나쁜 남자] (2002)Rain2 (2003)It's Raining (2004)Rain's World (2006)Rainism (2008) Representative Song:  How to Escape the Sun [태양을 피하는 방법] from Rain2태양을 피하는 방법How to Escape the Sun울고있는 나의 모습 바보 같은 나의 모습My crying self, my foolish self환하게 비추는 태양이 싫어 태양이 싫어I hate the sun,...

Excreting the Dregs

Dear Korean, Recently, I realized I know more Asian women who are married to white guys than Asian women married to Asian men. Why is that? And why does it bother me so much? (Disclaimer: I do not live in Flushing, Palisades Park, Annandale, Koreatown NY or LA, etc, where Koreans are the majority.) I am already happily married, and I know that whom one decides to fall in love with is none...