Love人Asia
I’ve been a part of Love in Asia for more than a year now. Here in Korea, every spring almost all programs undergo what they call “봄개편”(bom kae-pyon), where they make some changes/alterations, either to a shows format or timeslot.
Last year Love in Asia changed it’s timeslot from 5:30pm Saturdays to 7:30pm Thursdays along with the start of the segment “아줌마가 간다”(ajumma-ga kan-da) which later on became “우리말 원정대” (uri-mal won-jongdae), where guests from previous episodes, get to be a part of a team visiting different parts of the country to mingle with other foreign wives. 4 previous guests gets to be the show’s panels for the day and joins the studio shoot.
This spring the timeslot moved again to 7:30pm Tuesday nights. 표인봉 (Pyo In-bong), who’s been with the show from the very start, is leaving the show. His final appearance as well as “우리말 원정대”’s last episode aired last tuesday night. There’s still no notice of what the other changes will be.
Anyway, May is family month here in Korea. Childrens Day on the 5th and Parents day on the 8th. TV programs usually show lots of family-oriented specials. And Love in Asia is no exception.
First week of May, Love in Asia will be featuring a circus family. And within the month of May, they’ll also be doing a special show about 3 previous guests to see how their situations progressed. I’ll let you in on a secret. One of the 3 stories will show a Pinay and another one from Uzbekistan. I even went to her wedding. Will post pics soon!


This post has 20 comments
May 5th, 2008
I’m Filipino and I get to watch you in Love Asia. I feel proud everytime I see the Phil flag in KBS shows and in Arirang. I was even happy to see our flag alongside South Korea’s and Australia’s in an elephant show in Thailand.
How I wish I could learn Korean and do a job like yours.
Keep up the good work. Love the story of Inga and Jima (from Russia) where almost all of you cried during the show. I also saw the one with a Filipina married to a Korean parking attendant. They have 2 daughters and the youngest was left in the Phil.
Keep up the good work. Btw, I love Kwon Sang Woo and FT Island (got to watch their concert in Bangkok)… hehehe
Have a good day!
May 5th, 2008
Ooops..sorry “Love in Asia” it is.
I’m also from Davao…
May 6th, 2008
my son’s an FT Island fan! Are u based in Bangkok?
May 7th, 2008
great website. i enjoy reading your entries. very well-written and more informative than some other blogs i’ve read. keep it up!
May 18th, 2008
nope, jas. i’m based in manila but went to bkk for a pleasure trip and to watch FT Island’s concert..hehehe (really love their songs even if i don’t understand korean)
June 4th, 2008
hi! i tagged you…
June 6th, 2008
paka >>> thx~!
rose >>> ah thought u’r based in Bangkok. pleasure trip, wow~ been to Thailand twice, from Bangkok to Chiangmia, work-related. Hopefully, the next one’s “pleasure-related”
betch >>>
June 21st, 2008
Hi.
Just a lurker here but I saw on Amy’s blog where she mentioned her Love in Asia translator was a Filipino lady married to a Korean guy and thought it might be you. Just connecting the dots from across the ocean…
June 22nd, 2008
actually, i haven’t seen the program yet coz im quite busy with work here in korea.
Im married to a korean nationa and been here in korea for 10 months now. I work as an esl teacher here for 10 months. I find life here so difficult coz i can’t speak korean. Communicating with my husband is not hard though coz he is very fluent with tagalog. A lot of filipinos were actually surprise everytime my husband speak tagalog.
HAVE A NICE DAY..
June 22nd, 2008
hype>>> hey~! thanks for leading me to Amy’s blog! and for lurking too, lol!
julie>>> ellow! wow ur hubs speaks tagalog! that’s nice, my husband used to know the word “pangit~!” hahaha, i don’t know if he still remembers it.
gudluck!!!
newbie in korea… well you’ll get the hang of it. the sooner you accept the fact you wanna be here for lyf the sooner you’ll be comfy. about learning korean….ummm you will…. eventually!
August 26th, 2008
hi ate jasmine.I will call you “ate” coz im definitely younger than you.”언니” . I took me few minutes typing just one korean word(hehe).
I’m wondering how long you’ve been here in korea, since you are working as an interpreter in a broadcasting company here,(is it right)? I mean you must be really good in korean language.wow!!!! Ive been here for more than 1 month, and currently studying korean language at EWha.Im wondering if i can speak korean language as much as you do?
God bless po
August 27th, 2008
hi there! been here for ….i’d say ages hehe
ahhhh…..never mind answering the question i posted under “looking for talents”.
1 month ka pa pala…. hmmm…. i think what i had in mind has to wait for at least a while, maybe a couple of months will do. I’ll call you later so you can have my number just in case
Aw, you’re young and is actually studying Korean in school. Never had that opportunity, had to learn all i know by myself
so given time, I’m sure you’ll speak better korean than I do.
fighting~!
August 27th, 2008
hi there again ate jazz.saw you last night in LOve in Asia( chinese and korean couple episode) In case you don’t know, the camera man made a close up shot on you last night(hehehe) so I clearly saw your face.hehehe.( you really paid attention while the talk show was going on).
yes, been here for just more than 1 month so my korean speaking is not that really good.(저금 만) i have to excert more effort polishing my korean…
yeah, guess you’re right , have to get along first to korean culture, and improve my korean language before i can land to the job oppurtunities in your company.
Thank you anyway..God bless po
January 20th, 2009
i am still so mad that our cable provider lost kbsworld. we used to have them but the giant skycable decided to keep them to themselves. how i miss my kbs shows like vitamin,english subbed daily ,weekday, weekend tv dramas. incidentally one of th ehosts of love asia is an actress who usually play character or supporting roles in kdramas, and th eother host was one of the leads in ‘dae jaenggeum’. i’ve seen a couple of stories featured in love asia and i can’t believe the poverty of some of the filipinas prior to their marriage to koreans.
how come you are not featured with otherforeigner girls in that other talk show featuring eva popiel(am i correct here). that’s one of th efew kbs shows not subbed in english. this eva popiel i read is big in korea but she doesn’t come across as pretty or telegenic specially in her first tv drama. she’s kinda lat looking on tv.
also one of my fave shows before in kbs world was ’saving humanity’, .
January 20th, 2009
p.s. i wanted to say eva popiel looks flat and not impressive on tv. can’t believe she’s considered a beauty in korea
January 22nd, 2009
hi elle! thanks for dropping by!
i think you’re talking about the “chitchat of beautiful ladies” as they call it in KBS World, if you happen to see the introduction of the said program in the KBS World website you’ll find out that they’re featuring 16 ‘SINGLE’ women, that definitely crosses me off the list!
anyway, dunno why they adore eva, too, guess she’s got the ‘it’ factor for Koreans. And sad to hear KBS World was removed by ur provider. hopefully u get to find an alternative to be able to watch KBS shows again.
January 22nd, 2009
we have arirang and ytn but i miss kbs world. briefly we had mbc but our cable provider says it is too expensive to keep. ok lang as there’s no subs to their shows. re eva popiel, kaiba rin taste nila when it comes to beauty ‘no?
May 3rd, 2010
Hi!I just wanna ask what are the qualifications inorder to be featured in Love in Asia show.I’m really interested to appear in this program because i want to share my life here in korea,and i want to be a good example to other filipinas who are married here and for those who are planning to marry a korean guy,i’m 25years old and i’m working as a teacher in a high standard english academy,i’ve been staying here for 1year and 8months and i can speak koean well.I’ll wait for your reply…thank you so much.
May 4th, 2010
hi there.. i am a filipina jesusa from where are u in korea?
May 4th, 2010
jesusa can u mail me here is my email add debbievalles@ymail.com tnx..