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Movies.

The first ever Korean movie that got my attention was Man from Nowhere, starring Won Bin. The film was so crazily sadistic when the villain shaft the hair dryer up the prostitute's vagina in a bid to force her to give up the stolen crack. Since then, I've been watching a lot more Korean movies for it's elaborated uncensored parts as well as the cinematographic which is explicitly evident in most Korean movies. One of the few which blown me away was Taxi, based on a true story, a taxi driver saved a German reporter during the military coupe down south. Another reason why Koreans make such unique movies due to the inherent social problems within Korea, school bullying, income inequality, corruption and the list goes. Movies made based on such subjects can feel so real if you are really connected to their culture, news and history. Innocent Witness is a movie about a lawyer's route to fame and fortune, which he so willingly ditched eventually, after meeting a

Blind .

Toxic marketing or brain washing had been running their schemes and agendas since before the time of internet through TV. These days, they have been replaced with influenza, yeah influencer, they so called themselves. Many of which lack the depth and experience to fully review an experience or a product using their social media fueled by the false reality created and driven by fame and fortune.  A Singapore Telco engaged a marketing firm who got their own influencers to badmouth their rivals as well as a vlogger's unjustified rant on SIA services seems to sum up the "real" world these days. Telco Saga:  https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/singtel-says-sorry-over-gushcloud-controversy SIA Saga:  https://www.asiaone.com/lifestyle/foreign-travel-vlogger-considers-singapore-airlines-cabin-crew-letdown FYI, i've never really fancied SIA's service to be honest but his expectations are -______-  Anyways, just like how we had survived the era