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koreaguides · 2 years

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5 Essential Items For Visiting Korea

1. T Money Card

A T Money Card is a rechargeable card that travelers can buy to make journeys extremely convenient. It can be used to pay for all your transportation fees including buses, subway, taxis, and even as one of the method of payments at affiliated stores.

2. Naver Map

This Naver Map is a navigation tool that Korean uses to search for the locations they want to go to. It shows all the best route travel durations and other information. It also shows restaurants that are nearby. You can either use the Naver website or download the app to access it as both are convenient and precise.

3. Papago

Papago is a web translation app that was developed by South Kora’s largest internet company, Naver Corporation. It is popular for its artificial intelligence developments. It can translate texts and speech from a language to another. One good thing about Papago is that it’s free to use as well.

4. Airvisual

South Korea is known to have hazy weather from time to time. Airvisual to provide the real time data of the air condition at your area. So basically, Airvisual will actually help during your trip to Korea as you can check the weather to see if it is hazy or not. By knowing the condition, you can also prepare a mask just in case.

5. Kakaotalk

As everyone knows, Kakaotalk is a mobile messaging app which was operated by Kakao Corporation and often referred as KaTalk. It is an app that you can’t miss out on using as it is an app that almost all Korean use to message.

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shattereddteacup · 8 months

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Past Lives (2023)

Dir. Celine Song

Language: Korean, English

#past lives #2023 #english #korean #celine song #greta lee #teo yoo #john magaro #korean cinema #female directors #movie screenshots #movie screencaps #film screencaps #cinema #film screenshots #cinematography: shabier kirchner

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kadextra · 2 months

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Intro to Yangdding!

Yangdding / YD / 양딩 (she/her) is a really popular Korean minecraft creator who has been a leader in the Korean gaming space for a long time, she has made videos regularly for nearly 11 years! and has broken lots of records, like being the 1st YouTube channel to reach 1 million views!!

YD is a creative person, mainly does minecraft series content with mods but plays a variety of different games & has a separate channel to show all of the irl adventures she has, along with her husband and dogs too. she also knows Acau!

Youtube channel

Streams on CHZZK

Real life channel

#qsmp #yangdding #qsmp korea #she has qsmp in her stream title!#but she has been speculated to be joining for a while #according to korean viewers who have said her participation is likely planned #i think acau might’ve said something on live once too alluding to it #finally can drop this info

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meimeikyu · 3 months

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sry must get this out ive had this mental image for so long of dust being like. a quiet talker in english, but he switches to korean and suddenly he is much louder and oh god he is talking FAST

#dust sans #my headcanons #him angerly yelling at ppl during battle in korean lives in my head rent free

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katydoodles · 1 year

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Raise your hand higher!!!

Years of waiting

#Adrinette #miraculous ladybug #marinette dupain cheng #adrien agreste #marinette x adrien #digital art #procreate #just kiss already #ALL THE YEARS OF WAITING #THE WAIT FOR LIVE STREAMS AND FAN SUBS IN 2015 #only being able to find dark Cupid and Evillustrator in Korean #Nickelodeon giving them legend of Korra treatment #everywhere else in the world it was on Disney Chanel #and in the use I had to get viruses on crump websites for a French live stream or Korean dub just to see the new episode #all the theories we went through #it’s been a long journey

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itsallaboutbl · 25 days

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It brings me back an old memory... When we first met.

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artfilmfan · 8 months

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Past Lives (Celine Song, 2023)

#greta lee #teo yoo #past lives #celine song #a24 #female filmmakers #female directors #women in film #female screenwriters #female directed films #korean american #korean #asian american #south korea

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absolutebl · 1 month

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Top 10 Best BLs on Gagaoolala

My Beautiful Man AKA Utsukushii Kare

Japan 2021

One of the most Japanese BLs to release in the last decade, as weird and as messed up as any 2000s yaoi: emo af and hella warped, entirely true to itself with no attempt made to modify its POV for modern sensibilities or current BL fandom. It used seriously old school problematic and kinky tropes, like whipping boy, for a truly uncompromising piece that also manages to hit up themes of communication, consent, and self acceptance. It’s a wonderful BL but uniquely dirty and harsh, in the best possible way - Japanese cinema, uncompromising.

I lost my ever loving mind over the ending. This show won the Grand Prix “My Best TV Award” at the 16th Galaxy Awards.

Minato's Laundromat AKA Minato Shouji Coin Laundry

Japan 2022

A classic age gap romance where a high school student pursues the man of his dreams (who runs a laundromat). This BL is so steeped in yaoi nostalgia, not to mention a classic romance arc, that it will overload some, but those of us who love this genre for its DNA will adore it. It made me very happy because it did everything I want a BL to do - there’s not much more I could ask of a show than this. It’s the closest Japan has come to perfect live action yaoi since Seven Days (and I never make that comparison lightly).

Squee watch-along here.

My Ride

Thai 2022

Thai BL grew up with this pulp (the first ever to make my end of year top 10). It’s a truly lovely and special little show featuring the extremely rare pairing of sunshine/sunshine (AKA a cinnamon roll couple) plus mature explorations of relationships using one of the softest, sweetest, and most innocent friends to lovers vehicles. Kindly, overworked doctor meets broken-hearted motorcycle taxi driver in an “other side of the tracks” slow burn romance. The support cast is excellent, making for great friendship groups and family dynamics. With honest queer rep that adds to, but doesn’t impede, the story, and genuine conversation about the nature of class, wealth, and classism, not to mention communication, honesty, and respect for boundaries, you can’t go wrong with this show. In other news, I am a sucker for a single dimple.

Takara & Amagi AKA Takara-kun to Amagi-kun

Japan 2022 I gnawed on my knuckles and squealed a lot with this BL. Reserved cool kid who must learn to communicate to keep the tiny disaster nugget he’s madly in love with. It is beyond charming: soft and gentle, packed with cuteness and high school angst, thirst, & yearning. Was there plot? Not really. Was it emotionally tense and paced well enough for me not to notice? Absolutely. Did I enjoy the hell out of it? Oh yes.

Kiseki: Dear to Me

Taiwan 2023

The plot is totally ridiculous and slightly unhinged, but that’s normal for Taiwan. It involves all the tropes under a very casual framework of gay mafia gangs + food = love. Absolutely every character is queer. There’s a gum-ball machine of cameos, elder gay rep, great chemistry from all pairs, and a KILLER side couple. As a result Kiseki is a poster child for Taiwanese BL, and I happen to love Taiwanese BL. Bonus? They also managed to END IT WELL, which we cannot expect from Taiwan.

My Personal Weatherman AKA Taikan Yoho

Japan 2023

This style of live action yaoi really only works from Japan. Basically: boys who fell in love in college end up living together but both are so repressed they actually don't realize they're in love. It's higher heat than we usually get from Japan's HEA stuff, and that part is also very well done, but it leaned into the "why don't they just talk for fuck's sake?" trope which is only exacerbated into undiluted frustration by the fact that they're already fucking. It's great, but watching requires more patience than usual, even for Japan.

Our Dining Table AKA Bokura no Shokutaku

Japan 2023

A lonely salaryman and talented cook gets accidentally adopted by a college kid and his little brother. I was always gonna love this show if they stuck to the manga (which is very dear to my heart). And they did, paralleling it almost exactly. It’s a quiet & cozy little parable of found family alleviating loneliness. Possibly too slow for some but definitely high up there for me as the best of what Japan can do with softness (like Restart After Come Back Home). It’s only flaw (if I dare say such a thing) is that it is not really “romantic.” Lovely & sweet but the romance beats are being used to build a family relationship, not just couple intimacy, but that's OK with me. This is a very safe show for anyone to watch.

Step By Step

Thai 2023

This was Thailand’s answer to The New Employee, and everything I loved about that show I loved about this one. This office romance between a stern boss and sweet subordinate felt more authentic to cubical work than previous Thai BLs of this ilk. That authenticity added tension to the narrative and its characters development (how novel). I also really enjoyed the charming side characters and the brothers' relationship to each other (although I could have done without that brother's side BL).

Long Time No See

Korea (Strongberry) 2017

Catfishing assassins on either side of a turf war who fall in love not knowing they are on opposite sides. Or do they? Suspenseful plot, good fight sequences, mature characters, hot sexitimes and even hotter beating the shit out of each other and kissing while covered in blog (this came from KOREA?), plus an HEA. One of the hidden gems of the BL genre.

About Youth

Taiwan 2022

A truly lovely little coming of age high school BL with a classic YA low drama but high angst and an earnest depth. I didn’t even mind the singing, and that’s saying a lot. A weak seme/uke dynamic but tons of BL tropes (both rare in a high school setting but common for Taiwan) makes this one feel both sweet and colored by real world authenticity and grit.

Some of these shows ALSO appeared on Viki or iQIYI, but these BLs will appear only once on these round up posts (here for Gaga), not on the other platforms top 10.

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This list updated Spring 2024, not responsible for cool stuff that aired on Gaga (or was taken off the platform) after that date.

This is part of a series more here:

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dragonsareawesome123 · 2 months

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They never fail to serve looks! 😍😍😍

#i’m living for all their photoshoots #love for love's sake #love supremacy zone #myungha x yeowoon #lee tae vin #cha joo wan #kdrama #korean bl

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koreaguides · 2 years

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Strange Things About Korea

1. Friendly People Approach You On The Streets

These people usually work in pairs, strike up a conversation and then introduce their religion. They’ll usually start by asking for directions or asking you to fill out a quick questionnaire. The best thing to do is to just walk away.

2. No Stray Cats Or Dogs In Korea

Not many stray animals can be found in Korea. You’ll see more stray cats than dogs while pigeons are very common.

3. How Often Do Koreans Eat Kimchi

For every Korean meal, kimchi will be served.

4. Eating Alone

It’s becoming more and more of a norm to eat alone in public places in Korea now. You’ll spot many eating alone.

5. Racing Taxi Drivers

It could get scary when taxi drivers U-turn in the middle of the road or drive fast.

6. Wearing Hair Rollers In Public

This new trend makes people look like they rushed out in a hurry, but it’s actually a style in itself or for maximizing the volume of the bangs.

7. Korean Couples Have No Limits

Young couples celebrate their 100th, 200th, 300th days and so on. They also celebrate Valentine’s Day, White Day, Pepero Day, Christmas, and many more. They also wear matching shoes, clothes, and etc.