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Lee Jin-man / AP
South Korean Christians pray during a service as they call for the cancellation of a concert of U.S. pop star Lady Gaga at a church in Seoul, South Korea, April 22. Lady Gaga's April 27 concert in Seoul was banned to under-18s by the Korea Media Rating Board as the Gender Equality Ministry considers one of her songs to be performed at the show as "inappropriate" for minors.
Yang Kang-sam / AP
U.S. pop diva Lady Gaga waves upon her arrival in Seoul, South Korea, April 20.
Local media in Seoul said the ratings board had a particular objection to the song “Just Dance,” which was on the set list for the highly choreographed concert. The song had earned an over-18 rating from another censoring agency, something called the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family’s Commission on Youth Protection.
-- Reported by IHT, the global edition of The New York Times
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South Koreans are clueless and classless...
Are you that ignorant? I could say that Hispanics are clueless and classless judging from your surname, unfortunately that would make me clueless and classless like you.
Have we really come these far!? We find it weird that a group of people would stand up for some semblance of morality. Lady Gaga has performed nearly nude and is often extremely vulgar (from the little I've seen of her). I would never allow my kids to go see her perform, or own one of her albums. I know that each of us have different standards, but it is amazing how many have adopted the 'no standards at all,' or the 'new morality' as some see it. It is no wonder our country has sunk so far from the 'Old Glory' of it's youth.
It seems as though Koreans of the North and the South are very good at crying on demand in public?
^ No, it's just a unique trait that Koreans share. It's an affectionate society based on "jung" and "han". Look it up.