France in Korea

As I'm a French Student, I'd like to highlight the fact that you can easily meet French people in Seoul at one place.

Indeed, each second Thursday of each month, the « Novotel » in gandgnam hold a kind of buffet (Café du commerce). For 24 000W you can drink (wine) and eat (French food) as much as you can. But the most interesting is that you can meet a lot of French or Korean people who speak French, and English.

Why would you go there? The main interest is especially for those who are looking for a first job or an internship. Most of the participant are expatriate and work in Seoul. And as you can guess, meet and speak with someone is always better to impact the mind of you potential future employer than a trivial CV…

K pop

Korea has a huge musical culture. Most famous tendency : The K-Pop.

It is an abbreviation of Korean pop or Korean popular music) is a musical genre blending electronic, hip hop, pop, rock, and R&Bmusic originating in South Korea.K-pop has grown among a popular subculture among teenagers throughout Asia, resulting in widespread interest in the fashion and style of Korean idol groups and singers.

K-pop appeared in the 90’s. However, it will know a great expansion and globalization at the beginning of the XXI century.

To guarantee the best probability of success of potential talent, agencies fully subsidize and oversee the professional lives and careers of trainees, often spending in excess of $400,000 to train and launch a new artist.

Taeyang

K-pop is steadily gaining influence in foreign markets, most notably in the North America, and Australia. In 2009, the Wonder Girls became the first Korean singers to place on the U.S. with their single: Nobody

« In China, Japan, and the entire region of Southeast Asia, K-pop culture has become so popular that authorities and nationalists fear that it is leading to an exocentric preference for Korean styles and ideas. ^»

Superbowl 2011

I'd like to speak about the Super bowl today. Held yesterday in Dallas, this is one of the biggest sport event in the world With the Olympic games and the World cup of Soccer. What¨s the relation with Korea ? Well, as almost all the country in the world American football in Korea is not quite famous. However, it remains a sport (almost) well known thanks to broad casted program like the Super bowl. There is in Korea an american football Championship, including severeal clubs, and tenth of University team. At the end of the season, the best clubs meets the best university team, and play the "Kimchi Bowl"


Here are some links about american football :


http://kafa.org/
http://www.ifaf.info/
http://www.nfl.com/

Here is a Summary of the 45th Super bowl :

Super Bowl XLV was the 45th annual Super Bowl, the championship game of professional American football. The game decided the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2010 season, and was played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference(NFC) champion Green Bay Packers. The game was held at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas on February 6, 2011. The Packers defeated the Steelers with a score of 31 to 25. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was named Super Bowl MVP, completing 24 of 39 passes for 303 yards and three touchdowns.

The 110,000 capacity Cowboys Stadium, completed on May 27, 2009, is the largest domed stadium in the world. As the new home of the Dallas Cowboys, it was the first time the Super Bowl was played in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, and the third time it was held in the state of Texas, with the city of Houston having hosted Super Bowl VIII andSuper Bowl XXXVIII previously. Per convention as an odd-numbered Super Bowl, the Packers as the NFC representatives had the home team designation, wearing green jerseys. The game was broadcast live on Fox. The National Anthem was sung byChristina Aguilera and the halftime show featured the American hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas.