The South African Girl Who Captured Korea

With her clumsy Korean and bubbly personality, a 23-year-old women from the southern tip of Africa has become the darling of Korea. Bronwyn Mullen is the offbeat beauty on KBS TV’s variety program “Global Talk Show” and one of the main reasons why so many viewers tune in. She came to Korea two years ago as an exchange student from the University of Kwazulu Natal in South Africa, where she majors in media studies. Asked why, she exclaims, “So many Koreans ask me that question! I had to choose between Malaysia, Japan and Korea. I’d already been to Malaysia, I’d already studied Japanese, but I hadn’t been to Korea. I wanted to come to Korea.” Curiosity, then.

She traveled halfway around the world, and the early days were tough. Mullen had a cold throughout the winter. “It snows a lot in Korea. It hardly snows in my country. Korea is very cold. I have asthma and I got sick here.” The polluted air in Seoul seems to have made her asthma worse. Even now she takes her drugs every day to get by. Still, every day is an adventure. “Korean food is so different, and I meet new people every day. I feel like I’m a baby all over again.” She has of course visited tourist spots like Gyeongju and Busan, and went to Gangwon Province just for fun. At one time, she drank soju -- Korea’s traditional liquor -- with her friends almost every day. After one semester, she put on almost 8 kg. “I had a lot of ramyeon, soju and samgyeopsal (Korean-style fresh bacon). I got chubby. My belly got big. So I only ate dwenjang jjigye (Korean miso soup) and vegetables. Then I got slim again,” she says, pointing at her thin waist.

Even for outgoing Bronwyn, going on TV was not an easy decision. “My Korean is stupid, though I’m not. But I’m on TV, so I worried.” While she prevaricated, her friends at school submitted the application for her, and in the end she decided to go. Why? “It’s a part-time job. I feel bad for my mom, you know.” She has been feeling sorry for her parents because of the costly tuition so she decided to appear on the show. “Korea is very expensive,” Mullen sighs. There have been some awkward moments while she was on the show. As the “Global Talk Show” moved its airing time further into the night, panelists were sometimes thrown by intimate questions like asking about the quality of sanitary napkins. “I don’t say anything when such topics come up. I just don’t know what to say,” she admits. Korea’s office workers, men in particular, are another object of fascination for her. “They drink too much. They sing too much. Their wives, sons and daughters suffer. Why don’t they go home?”

Does Bronwyn have a boyfriend? Suddenly blushing, she rolls her eyes, saying she needs some time to answer that question. Finally she says, “Yes. I do. He is Korean” “Love is private,” Mullen adds, smiling shyly. After the interview, she asked one last favor. “I have dark circles around my eyes, but you don’t know that because I have make-up on. So please be careful when you take my picture!”



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shes a idiot she should be proud and shouting from the rooftops that she has a awesome guy!

Not sure how I feel about this. It reminded me a little bit of these blonde girls who tried to get me to go into this hostess bar in Tokyo. In many ways, there's this mutual exploitation going on but as I type I think I'm reading too much into it. If she wants to make a few bucks and answer some silly questions, so be it.

Cute girl.

Well the shows that are comming out now in Korea are basically foreign girls sitting at desks answering questions on their time in korea, their lives and how they feel about korean media, men and society.

Because these girls love the culture and are all chosen on looks many of them have gotten uhljjang status.. sort of like the deal or no deal girls.

Would you do it?

There are a couple shows I would love to go on.. Super Viking for one.. its like ninja warrior only with HUGE giant cool opsticles and people dressed as vikings. Oh oh.. X-men.. thats a varity game show where you play dodge ball and a whole other onslaught of games and have to find out who is sabatoging the other player.. one game i love on that is monkey bar joust!

As for a talk show if there was a bunch of girls here that would want to have a round table show.. showcasing the best of Asian guys and Hangouts and neighborhoods and what they love about Asian men.. why not. It might bring some girls around to see hey this guy is hot, or that music is good or that movie was entertaining.

As for answering intimate questions.. i dont think it would be lowering myself to get down to reality , it might give many close minded people a fresh perspective.

As for hosting and that japayuki stuff.... HELL NO but if any hot asian guys (especially taiwanese or korean0 need a pimp.. IM so there

Any videos of her?