Korean Wave
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The Korean Wave, or hallyu, refers to the rise in global interest in South Korean popular culture that has spread rapidly since the 1990s. It is led by the spread of K-pop, K-dramas, K-beauty, K-food,
South Korean K-pop rapper Psy performing "Gangnam Style" in Sydney in 2013
BoA performing at San Francisco Pride in June 2009
K-pop songs being played by the South Korean conglomerate LG at the IFA trade exhibition in Germany in 2011
K-pop fans outside the Korean Cultural Center in Warsaw holding up a South Korean-Polish flag, as well as banners for Korean boybands MBLAQ, B1A4, and 2PM in 2011
Korean drama
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Korean drama, also known as K-drama and Koreanovela, is a Korean-language television show made in South Korea. These shows began to be produced around the early 1960s, but were mostly consumed domesti
A set of the Korean drama Jewel in the Palace (2003–2004) at Dae Jang Geum Theme Park
A drama script for the network HLKZ-TV, South Korea's first television station
Actress Chae Shi-ra, the lead of Eyes of Dawn (1991)
Actress Lee Young-ae, the lead of Jewel in the Palace (2003)