The allegations involving South Korean President Park Geun-hye and her friend of 40 years, Choi Soon-Sil, has all the hallmarks of an old-fashioned scandal in the country. But things are nonetheless not [...]
An increasing interest in South Korean entertainment and culture has been on the rise since the late 1990s. Researchers at the World Association of Hallyu Studies, a [...]
We are pleased to announce the publication of “The Korean Wave: A Sourcebook” . An Academy of Korean Studies-funded research project, this volume, edited by Stephen Epstein [...]
Chris Baumann, senior lecturer at Macquarie University in Australia and visiting professor at Seoul National University Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk By Chung Hyun-chae Korea has [...]
[Jan. 28. 2014] K-POP Conference (USA-Southwest Regional Office) Prof. Hyo-Jung Kim, Director of Center for Korean and Korean-American Studies at CAL STATE LA (Regional President of WAHS [...]
Report on The ‘Miracle’ Narrative of the Korean Cultural Industries: Perspectives from the Middle East” Jerusalem, Israel, May 7-9, 2013 Submitted by Nissim Otmazgin and Irina Lyan, [...]
Hallyu Festival (Argentina)Association of Korean Residents in Argentina hosted the Hallyu festival on May 25th. At this event, promotional video of Korea and K-POP music videos were [...]
Because K-Pop (Hallyu) is looking for newer consumers as it stretches its reach further and wider into the region. Cultural theorist Mary Ainslie, co-editor of a book [...]