Do You Like K-Pop? #044

Haley Yang is a reporter at the Korea JoongAng Daily where she writes about culture, society, K-pop, and hallyu. This is a long conversation about Korean culture, society, and the people who live and engage with it. It's critical, humorous, and lots else in between. Come for the content, stay for the shade, leave with a smile.   Discussion Outline 0:00 Introduction 2:48 Writing about Hallyu 10:35 New Jeans and the K-pop Scene 43:20 Beauty Standards and Plastic Surgery 1:08:49 Dating and Sexuality 1:20:00 Social Media Love and Toxicity 1:42:40 Omega X and Corporate Abuse 1:54:00 Fetishization and Koreaboos 2:17:00 K-Content vs Korean Content   Find Haley on Twitter: https://twitter.com/haley_dose_of Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/haleydoseof   Korea Deconstructed by David Tizzard ▶ Get in touch: [email protected] ▶ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=62047873 ▶ Watch us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DavidTizzard ▶ Listen on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/co/podcast... ▶ Listen on podcasts: https://koreadeconstructed.libsyn.com... ▶ Music by Kev at Disorientalz. Check him out!