Most Seoul Singles Live Along Line 2 and Earn Little

From: english.chosun

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Most singles in Seoul are blue-collar workers and live around the circular Subway Line 2. That emerges from a demographic report on the city published Wednesday by Byun Mi-ree, a research fellow at the Seoul Development Institute. It finds that in 75 out of 525 “dong,” or wards, single-person households accounted for over 30 percent, and in 11 dong near metro stations on Subway Line 2, singles accounted for more than half. The data used is the 2005 census by the National Statistical Office.

Japan: Schoolgirl skirts getting longer

Thanks to: lovelyasianladies

Japanese schoolgirl’s skirts are actually getting longer. That’s what the teen magazine Cawaii has determined. It seems that Tokyo schoolgirl’s skirts are actually on average 10cm longer than 5 years ago.

Many Shibuya teens are moving towards a more “wholesome” image. Shirts are beginning to not be unbuttoned, and makeup is looking more natural. The new look is being called “Celebrity high school girl” due girls wanting to appear more elegant and refined.

Don’t expect to see any knee-caps in Kobe Japan. Over half of the schoolgirls there are wearing even lower skirts than Tokyo. On average skirts are 20cm longer than 5 years ago.

Sano Katsuhiko, uniform research director for Tombo, says

“The ideal length for skirts is just a few centimeters above the knees. Tokyo is still too short, and Kobe is too long.”

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New desks to Short schoolgirl skirts

Thanks to  extrakorea.wordpress.com

While students at Korean middle schools and high schools are still required to wear uniforms, dress codes have been relaxed in recent years. Students are now allowed to wear running shoes, and regulations regarding hairstyles are not as strict as before.

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Another effect has been that schoolgirls have been shortening their skirts, a subject that I and other bloggers have written about before.

The Gangwon Province Office of Education has cooked up a brilliant scheme to deal with this problem. They will spend 820 million won on new desks that will be specially-constructed so as to hide the schoolgirls’ legs.

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