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anachronista
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Thanks, creidesca 
I hope some day I'll get to see those. I live in an area where the only Korean TV series available to me is on DVD.  And also being a noob, I still have a lot to sift through.
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class blockquote sherlee wrote:
If I have to look one more time at Dr. & BS gazing at one another like lovesick cows, ....LOL - too funny!!
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9/5/2006, 4:09 pm
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Here's an article on "wild goose daddy":
[Times Colloquy] `Wild Goose Daddies’ Home Alone
By Park Moo-jong Chief Editorial Writer
In the 1990 mega-hit Hollywood comedy, ``Home Alone,’’ Macaulay Culkin was accidentally left home alone by his family while they flewoff to France for Christmas vacation. The eight-year-old boy loves his freedom, delightedly gorging himself on sweets and staying up late _ until he is forced to defend his home from a duo of burglars _ Joe Pesci and Mark Stern. But the boy learns that self-defense can befun too, as he goes about defeating the bumbling thieves.
Twelve years later, in the 2002 reality of Korea, a considerable number of fathers are deliberately left home alone while their wivesand children fly abroad _ to the United States, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere _ for the kids to attend schools and their mothersto take care of them.
A father who is separated from his family and lives alone is dubbed a ``wild goose daddy’’ in Korean, in reference to the migrant bird that goes to the northern region in warm weather and returns to Korea when it gets cold. The new term is also used to describe widowed fathers, since male geese raise chicks alone if the mothers die.
With the approach of ``Chusok,’’ or Full Moon Harvest holiday, which falls on August 15 th according to the lunar calendarand is one of the most festive traditional Korean holidays along with ``Sollal,’’ or lunar New Year’s Day, tens of millions of peopleare gearing up to hit the road to their hometowns to see parents, relatives and friends they have not met for months.
Ahead of the national holiday, tearful family unions are taking place at Mt. Kumgang, a scenic sightseeing spot in North Korea, between South and North Korean family members who have been separated fornearly half a century.
Yet, the wild goose daddies will have no family members joining them to visit their hometowns to celebrate Chusok, which falls on thisSaturday, Sept. 21, because they sent their wives and children abroad for various reasons.
The wild goose daddies of today are a distinct social phenomenon that has been caused by the collapse of the Korean educational system.
At first, the wild goose daddies were resident officials, professors or employees of private firms overseas who returned to Korea, leaving their families behind.
The wild goose daddies of today, however, are generally those who send their children and wives to foreign countries, mostly English-speaking ones, support them by sending monthly payments and live by themselves in single-room ``officetels.’’
According to the 2000 census, the number of wild goose daddies in their 40s, called the golden age of life, is sharply increasing due to the separation from their families by adverse circumstances.
Last year alone, as many as 15,000 elementary school children leftschool to study abroad, and it’s quite easy to figure out that their mothers accompanied the little kids to strange new lands.
Why is this happening?
The abnormal state of public education is to blame for such a distorted phenomenon. Korean children of today are almost suffocated by the competition that is beyond imagination, characterized by ``kwaoe’’ or private tutoring outside school, to enter prestigious universities.
The soaring and unreasonably high prices of apartments in the Kangnam area, especially Taechi-dong, are a clear testimony to the phenomenon, as the district is full of top-level private institutes or ``hagwon,’’ specializing in preparation for the college entrance examination.
Many parents of this land, sick of the distorted educational environment, sacrifice themselves by investing in their children’s future and removing them from the suffocating reality.
In the initial stage, lots of the wild goose daddies might have felt a sense of freedom, enjoying being alone. As days go by, they increasingly feel what families are for and what solitude is like. Theymust miss their nagging wives and naughty kids.
Their sole pleasure may be keeping in touch with their family by e-mail or telephone. But they may be anxious about being estranged from their growing children and wives who are far away from home.
The sharp increases in the number of educational emigrants and solitary fathers are boosting the so-called ``wild goose industry,’’such as eateries, laundry services and housemaid jobs in Yoksam-dong, Socho-dong, Kongdok-dong and elsewhere in Seoul where there are many officetels.
A 14-year-old son asks, ``Daddy, what is the family for? Why shouldwe be separated?’’
A 49-year-old wild goose daddy, a company executive, writes in hisdiary: ``I drank too much last night. I miss seeing my wife, who used to bring me a glass of honey water in the morning. Six years havepassed. I’m tired. I go to my office with an upset stomach.’’
This is not a normal way of life. The lonely fathers sacrifice toomuch, considering what they may earn by sending wives and children to foreign lands.
It is not too much to say that a family that does not live together is not a family.
Being along during the holiday season, particularly the coming three-day Chusok holiday, is hard to endure for anyone in his or her middle age, although he or she may be responsible for such a reality.
In any case, the phenomenon is the product of the distorted publiceducation system and Korean parents’ zeal for their children’s education, with the boom to learn English making it even worse.
moojong@koreatimes.co.kr
코리아타임스 2002-09-17 16:49:53
http://news.empas.com/print.tsp/20020917n03067
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9/6/2006, 8:00 am
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That's really sad. It's much harder than they suspect for men to live without their families.
Years ago, my husband had an opportunity to work in Saudi Arabia for six months or so and make a huge pile of money. I had to talk him out of it because I thought I'd just about die being without him that long.
My son, who worked in Korea for two years, told us that it's extremely hard to contact the head of the family in ordinary circumstances because of the long hours they work, and my husband, after watching a few dramas with me said that he could certainly see that was the case. Not that dramas paint a completely accurate picture of life in any culture, but they can give you a good idea of some basic features.
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9/6/2006, 9:40 am
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class blockquote creidesca wrote:
DO NOT miss the last 4 episodes of this drama.LOL - I fell asleep a little before last Thurs' ep started. Will be glued to the TV for these last 4.
Thank you to ALL... for deleted sceens, all the pics, and tidbits about the show and stuff.
bubu13 - thanks for the Seoul Drama Awards Link
Anachronista - Hello, glad you jumped in. Hope to see you on the other drama threads.
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