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> This EU born coworker was confused what changed in that 5 year period. Could be this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bae_Yong-joon https://en.wikipedia.or
by yongjik 7y ago
> This EU born coworker was confused what changed in that 5 year period.
Could be this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bae_Yong-joon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bae_Yong-joon
Or more seriously, a series of Korean dramas that somehow gained immense popularity in Japan. Bae, nicknamed Yon-sama, became so popular that Japanese prime minister (Junichiro Koizumi) joked that he wanted to be like Yon-sama.
- dba7dba 7y agoYup, I looked up and sure enough 'Winter Sonata' TV series was shown in Japan in 2003. Irony is that of the 10 richest peeps in Japan, 2 are Korean descent. One owns big chain of pachinko. https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-pachinko-gambling-japan-2018-7 https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-pachinko-gambling-ja... The other is Masayoshi Son Both were denied the path to a stable salary career life time job at a big firm and so they went on their own way.