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In need of a distraction, I binged my way through Beyond Evil*. In need of more context, I've been adding Korean fiction to my reading list. In a twist I should've expected, I also, finally, fell into the BTS pit— but more on that some other time**.

I started off with Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park ("There were so many DJs in Seoul that I wondered if there ought to be some regulating association that handed out licenses in order to ensure quality spins."), translated by Anton Hur. Vivid, funny, and so centred in its time and place that I wound up noting down some random things.

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*IT'S SO GOOD. It gave me a to-do list, but we'll see how that goes. Ideally, I'll rewatch it on Viki to compare the subs, watch Yeo Jing-goo's The Crowned Clown, and track down some of Shin Ha-kyun's films.

**Relatedly, here's Sang Young Park on The Literary Life of K-Pop Lyrics