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Jenna didn't have the desired effect, so now the parent company of iRiver are pointing out that it's god-damn un-Korean to buy an iPod... news.com reports on this jingoistic turn of advertising:

If porn stars won't do the job, maybe patriotism will.

That appears to be the thinking at South Korean gadget maker ReignCom, the company behind the iRiver brand of digital music players. The company ran newspaper ads this week suggesting it was a slam against Korean pride for anyone there to buy an iPod.

According to the newspaper Chosun Ilbo, the ads ran on March 1, Independence Movement Day, when the country celebrates its liberation from Japanese occupation.

More here, if you don't want to be a running dog for the opressive Imperialist Yankee Jobs.