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The new Korean wave

South Korea’s latest animated export, K-pop Demon Hunters, has taken the world by storm. Since its June release on Netflix, the film has topped the platform’s global movie rankings. Its soundtrack has ...
BTS and Blackpink need no introduction to millions of K-pop fans, but a fuller and fashion-infused examination of the high-flying Korean cultural wave is now on at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
We have sung along to K-Pop or sweat through a bowl of spicy Buldak ramen, but do we fully understand why we love it?
Beginning in the mid 2000s, one culture would rise in popularity among Millennials and Gen Z at an unprecedented rate, catching the attention of people around the world and drawing them into the ...
From the bright pink guard costumes in hit Netflix series "Squid Game" to a large sculpture of rapper G-Dragon, London's V&A museum is celebrating South Korean popular culture and its rise to global ...
Ten years ago, a little-known South Korean singer and rapper named Park Jae-Sang (a.k.a. PSY) put out a pop song and corresponding music video that catapulted both him and his country onto the global ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - From “Squid Game” to Gangnam Style to the BTS Army, the “Korean Wave” has reached the shores of Hawaii — a phrase used to describe the global success of Korean music, beauty ...
Surprising as it may sound, the Korean film industry has had a rough time over the past couple of years. Get ready for a comeback. Just at a moment when Korean film producers might have expected to ...
The 2022 Induction Ceremony for Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) Overseas Promotional Ambassadors of Korean Culture. Credit: KOCIS photo by Jeon Han Subscribe for ads-free reading Since ...
First, there was the frenzy surrounding the Frieze Seoul launch. Then there are major exhibitions of Korean art and culture staged at leading institutions such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art ...
At the Michelin-starred Korean restaurant Cote, diners load the familiar Korean barbecue tabletop grills with galbi and skirt steak, yes, but also USDA Prime cuts and A5 wagyu meats. Banchan and ...