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Giraf123 t1_j9ev5fe wrote

But that's.. WESTERN PROPAGANDA!?

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mCanYilmaz t1_j9fwttq wrote

Hahaha I’m going to try the same…

“That’s rich coming from you guys lol but I’m sure you’ll get it eventually lol I’m not a big deal at the end but I’m sure it’ll work well for you too.”

I think this sentence makes more sense than his comment.

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BakeSomeCoolShit t1_j9gfial wrote

Holy shit that's huge for Korea. When I was there, it was still very much the idea that gays didn't exist in Korea. Nice!

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Dorocche t1_j9gkpoj wrote

How can you even tell it's conservative? None of that is a recognizable talking point unless I've gotten way behind.

According to their comment history, the only two political comments I saw were anti-Proud Boys and anti-Austerity. "Minoroty religion in Nigeria" could maaaaaybe be a reference to Christianity? I'm not sure whether I hope they respond with a clarification or with more nonsense lol.

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GlitterCoveredUdder t1_j9gwgd6 wrote

Hopefully we will see more LGBTQ ppl getting recognized and respected in Korea

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cesarmac t1_j9gxs6s wrote

I recently got into kdramas, a rare few of them are surprisingly good at delivering realistic life interactions and friend groups that you just don't see in western shows. Yet I never really noticed any kind of gay representation in the shows with the exception of one.

Decided to look it up and apparently South Korea has basically no rights for same sex couples or even gays in general. Good to hear that they are making a change.

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Pyro-sensual t1_j9hl3uf wrote

>How can you even tell it's conservative? None of that is a recognizable talking point unless I've gotten way behind. > >According to their comment history, the only two political comments I saw were anti-Proud Boys and anti-Austerity. "Minoroty religion in Nigeria" could maaaaaybe be a reference to Christianity? I'm not sure whether I hope they respond with a clarification or with more nonsense lol.

That manner of speech and cryptic references gave me conservative vibes as well, so I looked at their post history as well and found a racist comment about how indigenous criminals get treated better and another comment about how they like the extremely conservative satire news site, The Babylon Bee.

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moal09 t1_j9honiq wrote

S. Korea is unique as far as east asian countries go where the majority of the population is Christian -- in part from a century of American missionary work, but also due to a lot of the fallout from the Japanese occupation during World War 2.

A conservative culture + a conservative religion means stuff like this takes a while to get going.

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AFatz t1_j9hwk0y wrote

I think the show Nevertheless, has a lesbian relationship, or at least they were both women by whatever denomination they go by.

Also Love to Hate You just came out and has at least 1 other lesbian couple.

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Tokishi7 t1_j9iw20h wrote

Kdramas are also heavily monitored and influenced by the government. It’s one of the issues we have here is that kdramas will often come in waves from government incentives

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King-Brisingr t1_j9j2aw6 wrote

Glad to see south Korea taking initiative and moving forward in the name of progress. Can't wait to hear the norths propaganda against the south being all gay friendly now.

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mayssi t1_j9j5p0v wrote

Web kdramas exist and they are not heavily monitored by no government. As long as it’s profitable they film it. There is lgbt kdramas (to my star, semantic error) and even korean lgbt dating programs

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Carazhan t1_jaeowao wrote

reality shows are starting to cover same sex relationships too, merry queer following all sorts of lgbt people and their day to day struggles on a basic level, and i forget what this dating reality show was but one of the women confessed and asked to go on a date with another of the women, and was accepted

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