Why Korean men want G-Dragon to make parasols cool

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Korea’s weather over the past few days could be described as turbulent, with record rainfall and scorching heat waves taking turns battering the peninsula.

In a strange twist, Korean men are now turning to G-Dragon, a celebrity known for setting fashion trends, hoping he can make parasols fashionable.

Korea’s first severe heat wave warning of the year was issued last Sunday, followed Tuesday by heavy rain warnings for the Seoul metropolitan area and Gangwon Province, with rainfall of more than 50 millimeters per hour.

A day later, the Korea Meteorological Administration forecast another heat wave and tropical nights, a weather condition in which the overnight temperature does not fall below 25 degrees Celsius between 6 p.m. and 9 a.m. the following day.

Seoul was forecast to reach 30 degrees Celsius during the day, with humidity of up to 75 percent through the evening.

A look at the comments under YouTube weather forecasts, meanwhile, finds them increasingly filled with calls for G-Dragon, a member of K-pop group BIGBANG, to use a parasol. ...