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On a daily basis, Koreans usually express their sentiments and thoughts through community pages like TheQoo. Through these community pages, you could see diverse topics being talked about the Koreans online, from entertainment news, to societal issues Korea currently faces at the present day. Through this article, we will briefly glance at some of the hottest topics being talked about by Koreans today (February 16).
1. "Peak Time"
One hot topic Koreans have been talking about is the idol survival program "Peak Time", which started airing last night (February 15). There various posts on the community page related to the show, which show the enthusiastic response the program received from its first day of broadcast.
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Translation: "The reason why the today's production team of "Peak Time" is a genius."
Tweet: "The first broadcast of "Peak Time" took 4 hours. If they cut the first broadcast and pushed the 2nd episode, there will be teams who will get people's votes first, which would be unfair, so they showed everything at once. Mnet's a psychopath."
"For fairness, all the teams were showed >> 2 episodes in one day."
Koreans are praising the production team of the program for thinking ahead about the fair competition of the teams. The program is even being compared with another idol survival program, "Boys Planet".
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Translation: 201. "The reaction for "Boys Planet" was lukewarm but is hot for "Peak Time". I hope it goes well. I should watch it. Ha."
202. "It's perfect until the end hahahaha."
203. "The site crashed hahahaha."
204. "Because it's the same production team as "Sing Again", I knew it would go well."
205. "Wow, it was amazing that they showed everyone at once. That was satisfying. "
The general public mostly has positive remarks about the program.
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Translation: "Currently, the response to the Episodes 1 & 2 of "Peak Time" seems to be very good."
"South Korea trends: "Peak Time" - 30,708 tweets."
2. Customized Kimbap Being Similar To "Subway" Sandwiches
Apparently, the trend of selecting the ingredients that go into your food has also been followed by stores that sell Kimbap. This has also been talked about passionately by Koreans today.
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Translation: "These days, Kimbap stores have turned into a Subway"."
Picture: "Synchronization with Subway is really a 100%."
OP has shown in picture a Kimbap store that features familiar trays of ingredients, which Subway is known for.
However, Koreans seem to have a mixed reaction to this change.
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Translation: 301. "Ah. I don't know if the Kimbap price would go up naturally, but I hate that it's becoming high-end... I don't have much money and Kimbap has been the only thing I can eat without any worries."
302. "Wow good."
303. "It's quite expensive."
304. "The price is so expensive."
305. "Like Tteokbokki, it won't be good if the normal Kimbap disappears as well."
3. Hwang MinHyun's Lightstick
Hwang MinHyun's lightstick has been released today, so it is not surprising that it also became a hot topic for Koreans.
TheQoo Screenshot (02/16/23)
Translation: "The actual picture of Hwang MinHyun's lightstick has been released."
Hwang MinHyun announced the release of his lightstick last February 13, which made fans anticipate to see the actual lightstick on its release date.
One commenter found the lightstick so cute that they thought it looked like it came out of the game "Animal Crossing".
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Translation: 103. "It has the "Animal Crossing" vibe into it."
104. "I waited for the keyring but are they not releasing it?"
105. "Cute."
106. "Very cute."
107. "Cute."
4. Song JoongKi Flying To Hungary With His Wife
The actor Song JoongKi was seen today at the airport with his wife Katy Louise Saunders, on their way to Hungary for the actor's filming for the Netflix movie "My Name is Loh KiWan". With the media following the actor's every move, the actor and his wife naturally became part of the talks between Koreans today.
TheQoo Screenshot (02/16/23)
Some comments include praising the couple, saying that they look good together. The actor and his wife were also seen to have brought their dog with them, which also seemed cute to some people commenting on the post.
TheQoo Screenshot (02/16/23)
Translation: 401. "So pretty. An actor is an actor, after all. But I wonder why they're going to Hungary. Now, they are free to wave their hand, so it's nice to see."
402. "Wow, the two of them really go well together! The dog is so cute. The dog's fur shines like velvet."
403. "Aigoo. The dog looks so gentle."
404. "Give us more pictures of the dog."
405. "Pretty."
5. Young People's Thoughts About Fertility Rates
The low fertility rate in South Korea is one of the biggest issues the Korean society is facing today. With people who choose not to have children increasing these days, the problem of population looms ahead for the country. With the MBC's program "PD's Notebook" covering the issue last February 14th, it naturally became a matter of discussion of Koreans today.
TheQoo Screenshot (02/16/23)
Translation: "The reason why young people don't care about fertility rate (of South Korea)."
Picture: "Choi MinJi (Reporter, Kyunghyang Shinmun) - To "Because you're not having children, our country will be in ruin," young people would respond, "I'm rubber and you're glue." "First, I'm in a crisis. I am in a crisis right now." If they are asked to sacrifice for the country, who would listen?"
As the number of people who decide to be childless rising, there are blames against these people, saying that the country will be ruined because of this choice. However young people seem to be unaffected by this because they think they cannot afford to have any children while being "in crisis".
This is also agreed to by many commenters on the post.
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Translation: 702. "Real. I should survive first."
703. "It's already difficult to live even when I am alone. How am I suppose to create a family in this difficult world?"
704. "It's right to live for myself."
705. "I'm already busy trying to take care of myself, but to give birth to a child in this situation? I'll feel sorry for my child."
706. "I should try surviving first."
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