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On the third floor of the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History in central Seoul sits a cylindrical shelf filled with diverse Korean wave or “hallyu” items ranging from the figurines of K-pop juggernaut BTS to a green tracksuit featured in the 2021 hit dystopian drama, “Squid Game.”
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The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister Park Bo-gyun, “MCST”) and the Korean Foundation for International Cultural ...
In South Korea, both K-pop and K-drama draw inspiration from manhwa
What is Hallyu and when did it begin? Although Korean dramas had been steadily gaining popularity in East Asia in the early 1990s, it was not until Dec. 17, 1998 when the term Hallyu, or the Korean Wave, was coined. On that day, Taiwanese newspaper Lianhe Wanbo ran an article titled “Korean Wave has come,” according to an exhibition at the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History. The exhibition, ti...