Koreans Love Their 팝 스타

팝 스타 = ppahb seu-tah = pop star

It's obvious...Koreans love their K-pop (Korean pop) stars. They're on tv all the time, in advertisements everywhere, and inspire the desk graffiti that my girls do ('TVXQ', 'Big Bang', '2PM', 'Shinee') are written all over the desks and chairs in my classroom).

In addition, one of the top three most read articles of the Korean Times features a pop star or actor. Today, the most read: Jae-beom Leaves 2PM (a 7 member boy band)! The third most read: Seoul Asks NK (North Korea) to Apologize for Deadly Flood. [FYI, there's also a boy band called 2AM.]

This should be BIG news. The English Wikipedia article has already been updated; actually, it's been updated more than 200 times in the last 24hrs. I wonder how disastrous this will be for class today....

2PM: "The hottest time of the day."

Good-bye Jae-beom (bottom center)