The Korean Wave

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This book is the first in a series of upcoming books to introduce modern Korean culture overseas.

The term “Korean Wave” (“Hallyu” in Korean) was coined by the Chinese press a little more than a decade ago to refer to the popularity of Korean pop culture in China. The boom started with the export of Korean television dramas (miniseries) to China in the late 1990s. Since then, South Korea has emerged as a new center for the production of transnational pop culture, exporting a range of cultural products to neighboring Asian countries. More recently, Korean pop culture has begun spreading from its comfort zone in

Asia to more global audiences in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and the Americas.

Birth of the Korean Wave

Birth of the Wave

The Beginning of the Wave in Japan

The Wave Goes Global

K-Pop Joins the Wave

The neo-Korean Wave

‘Korean Invasion?’

The New Wave

The Internet Connects the Wave Fast

The Fun of Copying

Distance No Longer a Barrier for K-Dramas

What’s Korean Pop Culture Got?

K-Pop: ‘Music of Fusion’

K-Dramas: ‘Healthy Power’

The Korean Wave in other Fields

Korean Films

Hallyu in Literature

epilogue

Will It Continue?