{"id":4292,"date":"2012-03-28T13:23:40","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T13:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=4292"},"modified":"2014-07-11T15:21:51","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T15:21:51","slug":"surprise-the-new-funniest-arab-speaking-comedian-is-korean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/surprise-the-new-funniest-arab-speaking-comedian-is-korean\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise! The New Funniest Arab-Speaking Comedian is&#8212;Korean!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friends, if you were under the impression that you would never have a fighting chance at mastering Arabic, lest it be your Mother tongue, then you may wish to reconsider that thought once you&#8217;ve seen this!<\/p>\n<p>Please, brace yourself to meet<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<strong>\u0648\u064f\u0646\u0647\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0648 \u062a\u0634\u0648\u0646\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u063a (<strong>Wonho Chung<\/strong>)<\/strong><\/span>, a never-seen-before Korean comedian.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, &#8220;Korean comedian&#8221;, you got that right.<\/p>\n<p>But hold on, don&#8217;t let that title fool you, for Wonho is no ordinary Korean.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, deep inside, he considers himself to be <strong>\u0639\u064e\u0631\u0628\u0650\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u064a\u064c \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0643\u064e\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0627\u0645\u0650\u0644<\/strong> (a full-fledged Arab), and he is proud to say it to everyone!<\/p>\n<p>As you will see, Wonho is a purely funny creature, and currently enjoys the status of a rising Arab TV personality.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps his family background credentials may shed some light as to how he got there:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>His father is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/\">\u0643\u064f\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0648\u0631\u064a\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>(Korean)<\/li>\n<li>His mother is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/learn-vietnamese\/\">\u0641\u064a\u062a\u0646\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0627\u0645\u064a\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0629<\/a><\/strong> (Vietnamese)<\/li>\n<li>He was born in\u00a0<strong>\u0627\u0644\u0633\u064f\u0651\u0639\u064f\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0648\u062f\u064a\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0629<\/strong>\u00a0(Saudi Arabia)<\/li>\n<li>He was raised in <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0631\u062f\u064f\u0646\u00a0<\/strong>(Jordan.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He jokingly described his ever-traveling family as one of &#8220;<strong>\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u064f\u062a\u064e\u062d\u0631\u0650\u0651\u0643\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0629<\/strong>&#8220;, a clever <strong>\u062a\u0648\u0631\u064a\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0629\u00a0<\/strong>(pun, or wordplay) on the name of &#8220;<strong>\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u064f\u062a\u064e\u062d\u0650\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u062f\u0629<\/strong>&#8221; (&#8220;United Arab Nations&#8221;), which actually means &#8220;<strong>Animated Arab Nations<\/strong>&#8220;!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn1.google.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQkPr-N9_-pCNweA46517bvnelDUTq6RTFpol4AMSOgIAc58AkWkA\" alt=\"\" width=\"110\" height=\"166\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=unE2SYNz0Kk\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=unE2SYNz0Kk<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>!\u0648\u064f\u0646\u0647\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0648\u060c <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/arabic-in-outer-space-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ab%d9%8f%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%8e%d9%91%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d8%a7-the-pleiades-and-more-arabic-stars\/\">\u0627\u0644\u0646\u062c\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a<\/a>\u00a0\u0627\u0644\u062c\u062f\u064a\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u062f\u060c \u064a\u062a\u0622\u0644\u064e\u0651\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0642\u00a0\u0641\u064a \u062f\u064f\u0628\u064e\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u064a<br \/>\n(Wonho, the new <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/arabic-in-outer-space-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ab%d9%8f%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%8e%d9%91%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d9%80%d8%a7-the-pleiades-and-more-arabic-stars\/\">Arab Star<\/a>, shining in Dubai!) \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although he speaks very well\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/\">Arabic<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/\">English<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/learn-vietnamese\/\">Vietnamese<\/a><\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/\">French<\/a><\/strong>, ironically, his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/\"><strong>Korean<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>happens to be the least fluent of them all&#8230; Maybe someone should tell him to subscribe to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/\">The Transparent Korean Blog<\/a><\/strong>, or check\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/learnkorean\/\">The Transparent Korean Facebook Page<\/a><\/strong>?)<\/p>\n<p>Chung got his first shot five years ago, when he joined the crew of the so-called &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/articles.cnn.com\/2007-06-30\/entertainment\/axis.comedy_1_aron-kader-palestinian-american-dean-obeidallah?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ\/\"><strong>Axis of Evil<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Comedy Tour<\/strong><\/a>&#8220;, initiated by<strong>\u00a0Vince Vaughn<\/strong>&#8216;s\u00a0pal\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Ashton Kutcher<\/strong>&#8216;s buddy in <strong>Punk&#8217;d<\/strong>, the well-known <strong>Arab American\u00a0<\/strong>stand-up comedian\u00a0<strong>Ahmed Ahmed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the time, the comedy tour title aimed to poke fun at the expression used by former President <strong>Bush<\/strong> to refer to the countries of\u00a0<strong>Iraq<\/strong>, <strong>Iran<\/strong>, and <strong>North Korea<\/strong>, as being part of what he considered as &#8220;<strong>\u0627\u0644\u062f\u064f\u0651\u0648\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0627\u0631\u0650\u0642\u064e\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0629<\/strong>&#8221; (&#8220;the Rogue Nations.&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After that, during the <strong>2008<\/strong> &#8220;<strong>\u0645\u0650\u0647\u0631\u062c\u064e\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0627\u0646 \u062f\u064f\u0628\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0633\u064a\u0646\u0645\u064e\u0627\u0626\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0648\u0644\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u064a<\/strong>&#8220;, or &#8220;<strong>Dubai International Film Festival<\/strong>&#8221; known as &#8220;<strong>DIFF<\/strong>&#8220;, Wonho went to animate interviews with various celebrities, such as the actress\u00a0<strong>Goldie Hawn<\/strong>, the mother of\u00a0<strong>Kate Hudson,\u00a0<\/strong>and whose long-time boyfriend is none other than actor <strong>Kurt Russel<\/strong>, the superhero of the <strong>1996<\/strong>\u00a0blockbuster &#8220;<strong>Executive Decision<\/strong>.&#8221; In that &#8220;action-packed&#8221; Hollywood movie, <strong>Russel<\/strong>\u00a0went on to save the day against what CBS news consultant<strong> Jack Shaheen<\/strong> famously coined as &#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Reel-Bad-Arabs-Hollywood-Vilifies\/dp\/1566563887\">Reel Bad Arabs<\/a><\/strong>&#8220;, who were memorably portrayed by a handful of\u00a0actors among whom was the aforementioned comedian\u00a0<strong>Ahmed Ahmed&#8212;<\/strong>Yes, yes, I know, <strong>\u064a\u0627 \u0644\u0640\u0640\u0647\u064f \u0645\u0646 \u0639\u0627\u0644\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0645\u064d \u0635\u063a\u0650\u064a\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0631 \u062c\u0650\u062f\u064b\u0651\u0627\u00a0<strong>\u062c\u0650\u062f\u064b\u0651\u0627<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong> (what a very very small world.)<\/p>\n<p>A year later, Wonho Chung would once again cover <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0650\u0633\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0627\u0637 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062d\u0645\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0631<\/strong> (the red carpet) of huge Cinema events in the Arab region, but this time in <strong>\u0642\u064e\u0637\u064e\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0631<\/strong> (Qatar), during the inauguration of the &#8220;<strong>D<\/strong><strong>TFF&#8221;<\/strong>, which, rest assured, has absolutely nothing to do with &#8220;<strong>Jersey Shore&#8221;<\/strong>, but rather stands for\u00a0Qatar&#8217;s own version of the &#8220;<strong>DIFF<\/strong>&#8220;, namely\u00a0&#8220;<strong>\u0645\u0647\u0631\u062c\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0648\u062d\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0629 \u062a\u0631\u0627\u064a\u0628\u064a\u0643\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u064a\u0646\u0645\u0627\u0626\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u064a<\/strong>&#8220;, or the &#8220;<strong>Doha Tribeca Film Festival<\/strong>&#8220;!<\/p>\n<p>Also while staying in Qatar, Wonho joined the team of<strong>\u00a0\u0642\u0646\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0627\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u064e\u0651\u0648\u0631\u064a \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0643\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0623\u0633<\/strong>, the Government-owned rival of<strong> Aljazeera Sports Channel<\/strong> known as &#8220;<strong>Al-Kass Sports Channel<\/strong>&#8220;, where he would rub elbows with &#8220;retired&#8221; Football stars of the likes of the Tunisian<strong> Sabri Lamouchi<\/strong> and the Algerian<strong> Ali Benarbia<\/strong>, or the Dutch midfielder of <strong>Ajax Amsterdam<\/strong> and <strong>FC Barcelona<\/strong>, <strong>Ronald de Boer<\/strong>, who ended his career at <strong>Al-Shamal Club<\/strong>, the very lucky Qatari team being currently spoiled with a brand new &#8220;deluxe&#8221; stadium designed in the shape of a traditional Arabic sailing ship called <strong>\u062f\u0627\u0648 <\/strong>(dhow), ahead for the <strong>2022 World Cup<\/strong>\u00a0to be hosted by Qatar!<\/p>\n<p>But don&#8217;t think that\u00a0<strong>Wonho Chung<\/strong>&#8216;s rising high profile would go unnoticed by his fatherland: The <strong>Government of South Korea<\/strong> officially bestowed upon him the\u00a0honorific title of <strong>&#8220;Goodwill Ambassador<\/strong>&#8221; for <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0650\u0651\u064a\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0627\u062d\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0629<\/strong> (tourism) in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, himself a singer of merit, Wonho became a judge on <strong>\u0633\u064e\u0645\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0627 \u062f\u064f\u0628\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u064a<\/strong> (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dmi.ae\/samadubai\/\">Sama Dubai<\/a><\/strong>)<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>TV\u00a0reality show &#8220;<strong>\u0627\u0644\u0641\u064f\u0631\u0635\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0629<\/strong>&#8221; (&#8220;<strong>Al Fursa<\/strong>&#8220;, meaning &#8220;<strong>The Chance<\/strong>&#8220;), which welcomed various voice talents from all over the Arab world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friends, if you were under the impression that you would never have a fighting chance at mastering Arabic, lest it be your Mother tongue, then you may wish to reconsider that thought once you&#8217;ve seen this! Please, brace yourself to meet\u00a0\u0648\u064f\u0646\u0647\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0648 \u062a\u0634\u0648\u0646\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u063a (Wonho Chung), a never-seen-before Korean comedian. Yes, &#8220;Korean comedian&#8221;, you got that&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/surprise-the-new-funniest-arab-speaking-comedian-is-korean\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3525,3],"tags":[8146,61862,209034,209031,209037,209033,209030,208995,209005,208997,209004,209020,2024,209039,209014,209025,209023,173296,209013,930,209011,80251,209035,209006,209015,209042,10164,173292,209018,66028,209016,54453,209017,208992,10681,3004,209028,209019,209022,209010,209036,209032,209047,62518,209038,209002,209001,208998,209003,209041,208993,209009,209043,209048,208996,208994,209040,209046,209044,208991,209045,208990,209027,209029,208989,1327,1341,208988],"class_list":["post-4292","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-arabic-language","category-culture","tag-abdel-halim-hafez","tag-ahmed-ahmed","tag-ajax-amsterdam","tag-al-kass-sports-channel","tag-al-shamal-club","tag-ali-benarbia","tag-aljazeera-sports-channel","tag-animated-arab-nations","tag-arab-american","tag-arab-star","tag-ashton-kutcher","tag-cbs","tag-comedy","tag-dhow","tag-diff","tag-doha-tribeca-film-festival","tag-dtff","tag-dubai","tag-dubai-international-film-festival","tag-english","tag-executive-decision","tag-fairuz","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-former-president-bush","tag-goldie-hawn","tag-goodwill-ambassador","tag-iran","tag-iraq","tag-jack-shaheen","tag-jersey-shore","tag-kate-hudson","tag-korean","tag-kurt-russel","tag-mother-tongue","tag-newsweek","tag-north-korea","tag-qatar","tag-reel-bad-arabs","tag-richard-pryor","tag-rogue-nations","tag-ronald-de-boer","tag-sabri-lamouchi","tag-sama-dubai","tag-stand-up-comedy","tag-the-2022-world-cup","tag-the-axis-of-evil-comedy-tour","tag-transparent-language-korean-blog","tag-vietnamese","tag-vince-vaughn","tag-wonho-chung","tag-208993","tag-209009","tag-209043","tag-209048","tag-208996","tag-208994","tag-209040","tag-209046","tag-209044","tag-208991","tag-209045","tag-208990","tag-209027","tag-209029","tag-208989","tag-1327","tag-1341","tag-208988"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4292"}],"version-history":[{"count":90,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9594,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4292\/revisions\/9594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}