2013년 5월 30일 목요일

week11) What is the Korean wave?



 

The Korean wave is the phenomenon of spreading Korean entertainment and popular culture beyond frontier. It is also called by ‘Hallyu’. This term was used in China at the first. Asia continent was easy to be influenced by ‘Hallyu’, because they are closer comparatively and have many points of similarity with Korea.

Then, improving technologies and integrating both Korean values and Western elements, ‘Hallyu’ was spread toward the other countries. As a result, many people in the world became the fan of ‘Hallyu’. That has effects, which are increasing attention of Korean cultural content, Korean language education, Korean products and lifestyles. In addition, Korea got many foreign tourist.

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