Jeong Yoo-min, who stars in the new SBS TV sitcom “Strong Family,” poses during a showcase at the SBS headquarters in Seoul on Feb. 16, 2017. The drama’s first episode is scheduled to be aired on Feb. 22. (Yonhap)
Miss Korea 2015 Lee Min-ji (C) poses for a photo alongside runners-up Kim Jung-jin (L) and Kim Ye-rin during a ceremony in Seoul on March 28, 2016, to mark their appointments as honorary ambassadors for the Military Manpower Administration. (Yonhap)
I am sure there is probably some crazy back story to this case:
A 40-year-old woman has been indicted on charges of forcing her husband to have sex with her, prosecutors said Tuesday.
It marks the first time that a wife has been charged with marital rape. The Supreme Court recognized spousal rape as a crime in May 2013.
The Seoul Central Prosecutors’ Office investigating the case alleges that the wife, only identified by her surname Shim, locked her husband, surnamed Kim, inside their house for 29 hours and forced him to have sex with her.
Shim allegedly committed the crime with the aim of obtaining favorable evidence to use for divorce procedures, the prosecutors said. [Korea Times]
You can read more at the link, but no word if Songtan Sally was the perpetrator involved with this case.
Photographer Mihaela Noroc is on a mission to document diverse beauty by photographing women in every country of the world. Last month, that odyssey took her to North Korea.
“When entering North Korea you step in a different world,” Noroc wrote in a description of the series for The WorldPost. “You already know that you will see huge monuments, statues and communist celebrations but you almost know nothing about North Korean women.”
Noroc, 30, quit her job in Romania to work on the “The Atlas of Beauty” photography project, which has taken her to dozens of countries, from Ethiopia to Iran. [Huffington Post]
You can see her photos of North Korea women at the above link.
I have no issues with this craze though I wonder if the plastic surgeons will find ways to make women look fit:
Yoo Seung-ok
Today, Korean woman are seeking more of a “healthy and sexy” image. A sharp increase in fitness centers in what seems to be every building in Seoul has brought about a “fitness syndrome.” Moreover, a number of fitness gurus, such as the 46-year-old Jung Da-yeon, are now as popular as celebrities.
It used to be all about the so-called “S-line,” which refers to the curve of a woman’s waist to hip. Korean women would take pictures from the front to show off their “wasp” waist and big hips, but the current trend is to take pictures from the side, to show their “apple hips” they worked on in the gym.
Current representatives of this new beauty standard include Yoo Seung-ok, Yeh Jeong-hwaand Nancy Lang. Their muscular bodies are more distinct compared to those of traditional Korean beauty models.
Yoo Seung-ok became popular immediately after photos of herself in an international fitness contest went viral. She came in fifth at Fitness Universe Weekend, the first Asian woman to place in the top five. [KoreAm Journal]
