Korea: beyond K-drama and K-pop

It's Christmas eve!, hope you are all getting ready to have a peaceful and a very Merry Christmas.  I feel very lucky to be doing what I enjoy most: writing and blogging on a special day like this. Plus, I love intercultural topics.

Beyond fabulous Jung Il Woo...
(Jung Il Woo in 49 Days; manhwa.sportchosun.com)

So, I'll continue with Korea, the country that is steeling Latina's hearts with every K-drama and K-pop groups. There is so much to say about this topic: plots, actors, music videos... but, there's also so many sites, blogs and pages (FaceBook is loaded!) with this information; or channels like Vikki and Drama Fever that besides showing the latest drama or movies, presents every imaginable detail: behind the scenes, interviews, gossip,... but beyond fabulous Jung Il Woo (btw: loved his recent drama!) and cool 2PM is the force of the country and it's people (don't forget, the Asian-boyfriend challenge continues, too).

First, I looked into the sister city of Gwanju, with the advantage of existing diplomatic relationships. the city's site is complete and has updated information for tourists or those interested in relocating (very tempting). There were other sites, as well. One really called my attention, but we (Americans) have to pay a yearly membership fee of $45, well, obviously, didn't register. However, I sent messages to several sources (including the city hall) to start connecting with real people from Gwanju, yet, its too early to have any response. I made sure the request showed the honest intention of connecting with real social sites, not the generic or shady ones. Meanwhile, here's the site: http://english.gjcity.go.kr/eng_city/greeting.asp. It's worth getting to know this city better, did I mention it has a higher male population (roughly 6%, but still a better deal than in America)? And foreigners are less than 10,000 but the city embraces world culture and tourism, big time!

Then, in a wider scope, I looked into Korea's tourism national site: a great site! I was able to create a community under my blog's name (just like in Sinoplaybook but, with much more restrictions). Go to: FusionLatinasia's community to become a member and form a strong Latin presence to start our Korean connection. This also is the site looking for world bloggers where I submitted my request (still keeping my fingers crossed).

Well, it's is not much, I  honestly was wishing to have more to offer from Korea. But, I have to wait a little while for the feedback, just like the one we got from SPB (which is getting more interesting by the day). Nevertheless, it does look promising, let's just wait a little while, ok?

I'll be traveling on New Year's weekend, but that's not an excuse to be away from my blog... so I'll see you next week. Thank you all for viewing this blog, it is very impressive the amount of views in such a short time. I wonder... will it reach 1,000 before the end of year?... well, maybe I'm being a bit ambitious, nonetheless, it would be AWESOME!

Merry Christmas!