Whither the Korean Underwear Model?

image brazenly stolen from the NYT
Are there too many foreign (especially western) models working in the Korean underwear modeling industry?
The Sports Chosun did a little . . .uh, research into the issue, and Korea Beat kindly translated it into English There’s also a discussion going on over at FeetManSeoul. The Grand Narrative has also talked about this topic in great detail, and found some research that says it’s not just underwear (PDF) that’s being hawked to Koreans using foreign faces. . .
Personally, nobody’s talking about what really interests me: Are the men in those underoos more likely to be foreign as well? Hmm, time to do some . . .uh, research.

cross-posted from 폭탄영어

I've Been Waiting a Long Time for This . . .

At last, FeetManSeoul has a male fashion diarist! Finally, a bit of eye-candy for we of the female persuasion . . . and a very nice piece of eye candy it is, too. Welcome, Sungwon, and congrats on becoming my first official scantily clad male model. Mmmmmmmm.