Korea Observer
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What is the K in K-pop? South Korean Popular Music, the Culture Industry, and National Identity
This article focuses on the source of K-pop’s commercial success and the meaning of that success for South Korean society and culture.
It links Korean music with Confucian Korean culture, a link that was affected by an influx of foreign music styles…
The Globalization of K-pop: Korea’s Place in the Global Music Industry
This article challenges approaches to Korean popular music based on cultural hybridity by arguing that the globalization of K-pop involves modifying musical content from Europe and other locations into Korean content and redistributing it to global…