AbstractDownload in PDF format In South Korea, popular culture serves as a form of modernity and has developed separately from (or in a dialectical relationship to) the state-culture, which was shaped by military dictatorship during postwar economic development. The...
AbstractDownload in PDF format Assessments of the impact of K-pop beyond Korea, and of other aspects within the broader Korean Wave, often focus on groups of fans. The research reported here began from an intention to move beyond fandom, encouraged by a challenge to...
AbstractDownload in PDF format During the summer and autumn of 2012, K-pop finally got its breakthrough in Northern Europe due to the Gangnam Style world phenomenon and also in Sweden wherein K-pop previously had had a very small fan base. This article consists of a...
AbstractDownload in PDF format WebToon is a new digital means of distributing commercial cartoon content to online communities all over the world. Webtoon was first developed and commercialized by South Korean portal service providers, such as Daum and Naver, the two...
AbstractDownload in PDF format If one looks up “sports diplomacy” and Korea, the immediate results returned are overwhelmingly about T’aegwŏndo and inter-Korean relations. What is more difficult to find however, despite being demonstrably more politically...
