Around the time the article below was published, a visiting friend from Singapore and I were looking for a Psy doll -- a specific request from her almost 4-year-old daughter. Vendors we've spoken to were amused; the expression on their faces seem to be saying, Whaat? That's like so '90s!
(OK, so that song's less than 5 years old, but the reactions made me feel the song was way older.)
And then there's this:
Guess the most searched words about Korea
What keywords do people planning trips to Korea search for the most on the Internet?
It was "Gangnam" for English-speaking people, "Jeju Island" for Chinese speakers and "bulgogi" (Korean barbeque) for Japanese, according to the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), Tuesday.
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Wanted to take my friend shopping around Gangnam, see if people in the popular Seoul district would react different. But we got too busy shopping in Dongdaemun.
Where to buy a Psy doll?
Fortunately for her little girl, friend found this Psy doll on her way out of the airport:
The article continues:
English-speaking groups wanted standard tourist information such as weather and transportation, while Chinese people were more interested in shopping with two duty free shops being included in their top 10. Japanese people focused mainly on food, as six of the top 10 words searched related to foods.
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