Korea needs moar scientists!!!!!11

Article: From 'Savings Idols' to 'CEO-dols', Idol Finance A to Z

Source: Lady Kyunghyang via Naver

Article that talks about the big money making idols and how they're making so much money. Jang Geun Suk and BoA invest in real estate, Lee Min Ho and Jo Kwon prefer long term savings plans, Kim Hyun Joong and Jaejoong are also investing in villas and restaurants, Shindong and Seungri have started up their own businesses (PC rooms and dance academies), and Taeyeon, Hyoyeon, Jo Kwon, Suzy, and Yoochun have bought their parents apartments, homes, and businesses (ice cream store for Yoochun's mother).

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1. [+132, -1] These are the types of articles that have brought us to the point of having 1 million trainees. Idols that don't make as much should also be included in lists like this to offer the other side of reality. Why do they keep showing only the glamorous side and blowing up dreams that most kids will never even realize?

2. [+110, -4] Aside from rich idols like those in the list.... Many probably keep food on the table by taking in sponsors

3. [+48, -0] Don't plant unreliable dreams with articles like this into the minds of young children... as well as crush the morale of non-celebrities

4. [+45, -2] Jealous... How many years will it take us to buy our own home?

5. [+43, -1] I'm really jealous.. I work all day at my part time job for $50 bucks

6. [+41, -0] I really hope there won't be kids that read articles like this and think "Maybe I can too..." To be at the level of success shown in this article, you need a combination of talent and investment support as well as luck. Think of how many starving celebrities there are behind those that shine.

7. [+50, -9] What our country needs are intellectuals, moral politicians, pioneering scientists, and mentors worthy of respect... Not clowns like them

8. [+39, -0] Another article painting the entertainment industry in a glamorous light. Celebrities that make as much as they do are rare. The majority barely make enough to eat ramen a day.

9. [+38, -1] This is why everyone and their mothers want to be a celebrity when what we need are more scientists

10. [+33, -2] Take this article down. All the dumb kids are going to run around auditioning to be idols.

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