South Korea’s K-Pop Beyond Gangnam Style
The “Gangnam Style” music video by South Korean musician PSY is now the most watched online video ever. But what most viewers don’t know is that “Gangnam Style” is just the tip of the iceberg in a massive government-backed effort to export Korean pop music, or K-pop, all over the globe.
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