Dysfunctional Societies

"I've encountered Koreaboos. Many of them in fact. Most of them, as described above, are fascinated with the Korean culture and wish to emulate some part of it — be it looking like a Korean, learning Korean, listening to K-pop and acting what they perceive to be Korean. For me, I have Korean friends, and in my opinion, they are no different from my Chinese, Indian or Caucasian friends. Still human — not necessarily superior from us. And the claim that Kpop is better than American pop? I think it's an overused phrase. Please, it's like comparing Royal Gala with Pink Lady apples.

But the issue is Koreaboos don't think this way.

Koreaboos, for me, is like one of those guys who are struck with Yellow Fever — fascinated with Chinese culture, want to have Chinese girlfriends and have their own notions and perceptions about China, or that girl who thinks that everything from the West is better. These are usually the result of sheer ignorance. To be honest, if one frequents KoreaBang and The Grand Narrative, I think many koreaboos would be frightened. Korea is a highly patriarchal society and lookism is rampant as . But of course, koreaboos would be in denial, especially those who haven't lived in Korea before. 

But don't you think it's kind of interesting that K-pop alone can generate this much of admiration towards the country, to the point of idolization towards the country that they barely know a single thing about?

I guess all those good looking people that grace our laptops and now, TV screens, do work their way into constructing a highly positive, almost mythical image of South Korea while the reality is, the gender gap is high, the rich-poor divide is growing, and large Korean companies are killing off small and medium industries. 

While some koreaboos do manage to get out from this phase, unfortunately, most of them cannot be too bothered about reading any news apart from rumours of who their oppas are dating. "