Big/Not Big in Korea

Most of this is intended as tongue-in-cheek, and I hope it doesn't appear too cantankerous. If I'm critical, Korea, it's only because I love you.

Without further adieu, here's what's big and not big in Korea:

Queer Eye For the Straight Guy...homosexuality...The Scorpions...The Smashing Pumpkins...Choco Pies...Wagon Wheels...the Korean National Soccer Team...the Korean National Soccer League...stunningly gorgeous women...pornography...Christianity...Judaism...the Talmud...the Necronomicon...Paris Baguette...French cuisine...The Lord of the Rings...Star Wars...stem cell research...reliable data...tiny cell phones...large condoms...Dan Brown...Stephen King...dried squid...licorice...Shih Tzus...Collies...Korean traditional medicine...Pepto Bismol...Wong Kar Wai...Akira Kurosawa...corn on pizza...tomato sauce on pizza...spitting in public...toilet paper in public restrooms...Lebron James...Dwyane Wade...filial piety...retirement homes...Naver...Google...abortion...adoption...English education...English Spectrum...StarCraft...Mario 64...Lotte World...Wally World...passionate spirit...logic...kimchi...guns...Cyworld...MySpace...Crayon Shin-Chan...Bugs Bunny...Hines Ward...black people...assigned seating in movie theaters...queueing...high-speed Internet service...flushing toilet paper...smoking...smoking up...Metallica...Slayer...pro gaming...competitive eating...rock, scissors, paper...tic-tac-toe...sugary pop music...salty corn chips...Rocky...Raging Bull...racing girls...racial sensitivity...Dokdo...Takeshima...chopsticks...sporks...hwighting...pighting...dancing promo girls...ugly stewardesses...Gag Concert...The Kids in the Hall...fake goods...fake breasts...yellow dust...angel dust...reading while walking...looking while walking...Pocari Sweat...deodorant...5000 years of history...52 years of USFK...Crunky...Reese peanut butter cups...consuming live octopus...vegetarianism...cosmetic surgery...aesthetically pleasing architecture...Deep Purple...Deepak Chopra...American sports teams with Korean athletes on their roster...American television shows with Korean actors in their cast...slapstick...satire.

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