Reader Check
For our Reader Check our team chooses one K reader for every issue - based on feedback,
leters to the editor and the interaction on our social media sites. Here we‘ll introduce
our chosen reader to you.
January - April: Vanessa
me sometimes to think that I’ve been interested in Korea
for almost half my life. It started seven years ago through
a bit of a coincidence. When I was eleven, I started being
interested in Japan. Like many children I used to watch
anime series; that’s how it all started. Litle by litle
my interest in knowing where the series and mangas
come from grew and so I started paying atention to the
country. Later I also listened to Japanese music and so at
one point I discovered a Korean group which released a
song together with one of my favorite Japanese singers.
Excited by the good looking young men I started to look
them up and suddenly I liked Korean music even more
than Japanese. So one could say that everything started
with K-pop, but that’s not where it stopped. From the
very beginning I was fascinated by the language and then
gradually I became interested in the culture, the country
and the history. Before I knew it seven years passed and
I’ve never goten away from Korea. To be honest I really
don’t want to.
What are you most interested in about Korea?
Please introduce yourself to our readers.
Annyeong dear K readers~
I’m very happy to be able to present myself in my favorite
magazine. First of all thank you very much for that!
My name is Vanessa and I’m 20 years old. It startles
It would be a lie to say K-pop wasn’t the start of my love
for Korea. As I already said, everything started with one
song, more precisely with the band Dong Bank Shin
Ki. At that time Korea was completely new to me and
through the music I