Into the New World: Emerging Challenges for the K-pop Industry
The K-pop industry navigates a minefield of a powerful and opinionated new fanbase as they attempt to break into the US music market.
The Corporate Battle for the Future of K-pop
The proxy battle between Kakao and HYBE for control of SM Entertainment has significant implications for K-pop’s future.
A Future for Virtual Concerts?
Although audiences still prefer live performances, South Korea’s entertainment industry will likely continue building on virtual concerts that were piloted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 in Review: K-pop Surviving Through the Pandemic
In many ways, K-pop in 2021 was not terribly different from K-pop in 2020: a focus on online content, with in-person shows just starting to creep back.
Anti-feminism Endangers the Korean Wave
Suffocation of the creative arts represents one potential fallout of the increasingly vocal anti-feminist ideology in South Korea.
North Korean Fears of South Korean Culture
Kim Jong-un has called K-pop a ‘vicious cancer’ but whether it will destabilize the North Korean regime is impossible to say.
Globalization and Reverse Imports
Korean fried chicken is an example of how an American dish became transformed in Korea and returned to the United States.
What is Korean about K-pop?
The establishment of new bands modeled on K-pop’s style and regimen gives rise to the question on what constitutes “authentic” K-pop.
10 Issues to Watch for on the Korean Peninsula in 2021
We were reminded last year that it can be difficult to anticipate the events that will dominate any given year. As 2020 began, few people…
South Korea Weighs Alternative Military Service Programs for Pop Culture Artists
Following BTS’ billboard success, Seoul deliberates whether to allow pop culture artists to participate in alternative military service programs.