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Around 20,000 Japanese citizens attend Korean pop culture exhibition

About 20,000 Japanese citizens took part in an exhibition in Tokyo promoting Korean pop culture, officials said Sunday.

2024-10-13

Suzy to represent hanbok in New York's Times Square

Singer and actor Suzy will promote Korea's traditional dress, hanbok, in the middle of New York's Times Square.

2023-12-15

Korean pop culture exports fall amid chill with China

The amount of earnings from Korean cultural content dipped for the first time in 27 months amid deteriorating Korea-China relations. K-content may stagger in foreign markets under a global economic slowdown, but will continue to grow in the...

2023-06-29

Hallyu: For some, a dream maker, and others, a heart breaker

For Ludovica Lucanto, a 31-year-old Italian graduate student at Korea University, K-pop was her savior.

2022-12-03

Oh, the noodles you'll eat!

A customer looks at the ramyeon aisle in a retail market in Seoul on Sunday. Ramyeon exports hit a record $568.2 million from January to September this year, 18 percent more than the same period last year, thanks to the spread of Hallyu, or ...

2022-10-30

The Hallyu Korean wave is not just here to stay — it's gaining momentum

Three sisters attempt to win over one of the most powerful families in the world. An extraordinary rookie attorney with autism solves cases and crushes prejudices. Young mages in a fantastical country face their destinies. Two friends go on a jour...

2022-10-23

J-pop slowly dies as K-pop takes its place

The popularity of K-pop in Japan has led to the decline of its own pop industry. Missing the digital media train and a failure to see beyond the domestic market are big reasons for J-pop’s decline. While K-pop has never been more successful around...

2022-06-21

China 'stabs itself in the eye' with pop culture regulations

Last week, controversy arose when Chinese social media platform Weibo imposed suspensions on over 20 K-pop fan accounts. While the measure has led the Korean public to resent that China is intentionally suppressing K-pop, experts say that it is ...

2021-09-14

Culture Ministry vows to make 2021 a year of recovery

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism vowed to make 2021 a year of recovery, tolerance and development, overcoming the damage incurred during the Covid-19 pandemic. In its annual business plan overview for the year on Monday, the ministry ...

2021-02-02

Seventeen to star in Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Hallyu promotion videos

Boy band Seventeen will feature in the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s video clips promoting Hallyu (Korean Wave), the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Thursday. Seventeen’s Hallyu tourism promotion videos dubbed “Seoul Hallyu Staycation...

2020-09-17