{"id":466,"date":"2026-08-28T17:14:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T17:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radiancesos.com\/?p=466"},"modified":"2026-08-28T17:14:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T17:14:29","slug":"korean-beauty-secrets-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiancesos.com\/?p=466","title":{"rendered":"Korean Beauty Secrets, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/815595991?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=229388\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This experimental video delves into the intricate entanglement of beauty standards, identity, and cultural pressures through the lens of cosmetic surgery. With a film crew, the artist posed as a potential client exploring procedures like breast implants and facial contouring, capturing the allure and complexities of South Korea\u2019s beauty industry.<br \/>\nThe video draws on archival images, surgery diagrams, and photographs from U.S. cosmetic surgery history\u2014the birthplace of modern cosmetic practices\u2014highlighting the deep, often overlooked connections between the United States and South Korea. The historical influence of U.S. military occupation in South Korea shaped not only the nation\u2019s political and economic landscape but also its cultural ideals, including standards of beauty. This entanglement is visible in South Korea\u2019s thriving cosmetic surgery industry, which has adopted and localized Western practices, but has ultimately created a distinctive South Korean beauty design, both problematic and future facing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This experimental video delves into the intricate entanglement of beauty standards, identity, and cultural pressures through the lens of cosmetic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/radiancesos.com\/?p=466\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Korean Beauty Secrets, 2023 - 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