Korean Culture

K-Pop as a Linguistic Phenomenon

K-Pop as a linguistic phenomenon

Article
Luna-Anastasia Riedel
06/11/2019
13 minutes to read

The interest in Korean pop music has been rising over the last couple of years making the Korean Wave grow. As part of its fan following, K-Pop has developed into a unique linguistic phenomenon, whereby fans are familiarized with Korean.

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Plastic surgery and the quest for the perfect selfie in South Korea

Article
Nataliia Vdovychenko
20/03/2018
15 minutes to read

Plastic surgeries changed the world. In this article, we are going to talk about the measures taken to make an ordinary picture on your Instagram account “on point” and what some are willing to do in order to score those 10.000+ likes.

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Will K-pop ‘conquer the World’ ?

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Manouk Boelhouwers
19/06/2017
13 minutes to read

The new Korean wave has been very successful, but is it successful enough to conquer the world? And if it does, will it still be K-pop?