Korean wave

Professor Jennifer Jung-Kim Korea 40: Korean Popular Culture 21 August 2015 K-Pop, K-Drama, and Their Fans: It 's A Two-Way Street Korean music and drama industries have fans that are rarely ever seen as a passive audience. These fans dedicate an enormous amount of both their time and money to these celebrities. They often interact with artists and actors and discuss new music videos or favorite drama characters with other fans through social media sites. Fans of Korean pop music not only purchase albums

stereotypes. That’s when I discovered Kpop, or Korean Pop Culture. I immersed myself into the music, the dramas, and even the food. I found a second home, even if it was through my computer. These korean stars were talented, funny, and most of all “cool.” They had an aura around them that I was not able to find in any American stars. Maybe it is because they were all “trained” to do so; but

Korean Pop (K-Pop) Lately, it seems that South Korea is making a mark of its own in the world, besides the fact that South Korea has a booming tech industry. The fact is that South Korea is making a name for itself due to the successful music industry. Since the fact that K-pop has spread to many different countries many Koreans are calling this the “Korean Wave” (Choi 1). So, what exactly is Korean pop or K-pop for short is that recently it has become a global craze, appealing to teens

What is the true meaning of beauty? According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, beauty is “the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit” (“Beauty”). With such an open definition, beauty can have a wider variety of interpretations. Although it is often seen as the visual attractiveness of a person, it can also be defined by someone’s personality or abilities. However, should it just be limited to people? Merriam-Webster’s

in order to give a clearer picture of what is Hallyu and which medical tourism I am referring too. Hallyu is defined as the growing popularity of Korean-based products that include drama, film, and pop music (Kim). It is also used to describe the fast spreading popularity of Korean culture like food, clothing, and housing. Recently, Hallyu or Korean Wave has not just swept over Asia, but also Middle East, Africa, and America. Out of all sector, medical tourism is one of the biggest areas that received

Ju & Soobum Lee's "The Korean Wave and Asian Americans: the ethnic meanings of transnational Korean pop culture in the USA" provides readers two perspective of Korean popular culture in American society. They use the method of in-depth interviews with 15 Midwest college female students, all recognized as Asian Americans. First and foremost, developed as main ethnic media in American, Korean pop culture identified majority of Asian American youth. The similarities in Korean drama with East Asian cultural

someone would like to visit someday in their life especially people who like traveling and seeing new places. Being one those people Maha chose South Korea over all the other places she would like to go to. To symbolize this country Maha brought in Korean Calligraphy she had done in the past. She showed her favorite country through a creative

for the first generation K-pop groups were teens. Their images, clothing styles, music, and personalities all catered and appealed to the teens. For example, groups like H.O.T and Sechs Kies embraced rebellious identities and criticized the South Korean education system. At the same time, they released dance music along to clarify that “their identities were closer to attractive teen-oriented products than to messengers of social criticism,” (Kim 90). In addition, broadcasting system had an importance

Globalization of Korean Popular Culture in Asia 1. Introduction Since 1990s, Korean Popular Culture has had a strong influence in Asian countries, including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and Singapore. This new popular cultural phenomenon in Asia is called the “Korean Wave”, also known as hallyu in Korean pronunciation, which refers to the surge of popularity of Korean popular culture abroad, particularly in Asia(Kin 284). The “Korean Wave” is first coined in mid-1999 by journalists in Beijing

Korean Drama is a television series, ranging from 16 to 30 episodes depending on its broadcasting network. Each episode usually lasts an hour and is aired once or twice a week. One of the popular terms incorporated with the advent of Korean Dramas is the term “Hallyu wave”. Hallyu wave refers to “a surge in the international visibility of Korean culture” (Ravina, 2009, p.3). “Korean Wave refers to the cultural phenomenon in which people in the world are willing to adopt and consume Korean popular