K-pop is South Korea’s most influential cultural export. Here’s how to tell your “Koreaboos” from your “sasaengs”
im Jong-Un reckons it’s a “vicious cancer”. This scourge, said the leader of North Korea in June, is corrupting his people, influencing everything from their hairstyles to the way they speak. It is smuggled into the country on flash drives; those found with it can be sent to a labour camp for 15 years.A daily email with the best of our journalismWhat troubled Kim so much? K-pop, South Korea’s most influential cultural export.
Troops are instructed to gather at a specific time. Some then stream K-pop songs en-masse, blasting the tracks to number one in charts around the world . Others load up with hashtags and fire off tweets to make sure their favourite stars are trending.in political battles too. Last June the stan militia fought Donald Trump, when K-pop fans registered for tickets for a presidential election rally in Oklahoma.
Managers often tell K-pop stars to take time off after a big tour or album. Some fans outside Korea call these silent periods the dungeon. Idols rehearse their next releases, work on their solo careers and get a rare break. But the label determines when the stars will get let out and some singers are locked away for years.
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