The logo of South Korean electronics company LG is supposed to resemble a human face. The “L” forms the nose, and the forms the face and mouth. But after seeing this GIF, all I can think of is wakka wakka.
Good at Tekken Tag Tournament 2? Want to be on TV? South Korea is getting a new gaming program dubbed Tekken Busters in which features players facing off in The King of Iron Fist Tournament.
Later this month, Nintendo is releasing the Nintendo 3DS in South Korea. To mark the event, Nintendo’s South Korean branch held an online Nintendo Direct press conference.
While the iPad is roughly the same size as a cutting board, that doesn’t mean it is a cutting board.
South Korea’s BuffLab shows off its series of “shock absorption” screen covers by cutting cabbage and smashing walnuts. As one would.
If you need more stabby-stabby, the other videos feature a nail, a screwdriver, a hammer, and a scraper going at an iPhone. There’s also a mug.
If there’s one good thing that has come from Angry Birds, it’s this: Korean politician Jeong Hong created an Angry Birds themed re-election video called “Hong-ry Birds”. Geddit? Hong-ry? Hilarious! Hong is a member of the rightwing incumbent party, the Saenuri Party, which is seeking re-election in the upcoming April 11 election. As website Korea Bang pointed out, in the video Hong is launched at social issues, saying, “I’m doing this all for you…If the citizenry enjoys this, it will help to break up the system!”
Last month, an article appeared in Japanese newspaper Nikkei. In it, Nikkei stated that Nintendo was targeting Asia. Moreover, the paper gave a specific example of this tactic — namely that Nintendo was launching the 3DS in South Korea on April 28.
Kim Sa-rang, a Korean actress (Secret Garden) and the 2000 winner of Miss Korea, has entered into mutual symbiosis with MMORPG DK Online: The Legend of Dragon Knights. Kim agreed to model for a DK Online photoshoot and commercial, and there are further plans for Kim to lend her voice as an NPC in the game. Kim said that she had fun with the shoot, and that she felt she “had become one of the characters in the game.”