There is a running joke in South Korea that not even native Koreans would dare to traverse into the mystic land of Peju, depicted in Hawaii Five-0. Aired in 2010, the show was a remake of the original from 1960s. It had some incendiary scenes for Korean audience. In a decrepit bar in a jungle, a bartender serves literal Bloody Mary with makgeolli and snake blood. Mind you, there is no city named Peju, as far as I know. The show clearly used Pohang as-is, I wouldn’t think they deliberately made a decision to avoid the name of a real…
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Finding K-Pop Nyan Song
I was listening to Korean radio today. As a classical music fan, radio isn’t exactly my go-to for musics, but the radio was on nonetheless. Then it hit me like a freight truck. Or, like a tabby cat suddenly jumping on my laps so I chocked a little with some coffee in my mouth. It was most hilarious hymn, repeating “nyan nyan nyan” by K-Pop stars; I had to look up what the hell was going on. Is this a tributary song to the internet meme? Are there actual boy band humming “meow” in Korean? So many questions.