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How Korean Culture Went Global

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South Korea, Viz v. The Global Market for Kareen Culture, Generated Over 11 Point Six Billion Dollars Last Year

Two decades ago, president kim de jung bet that there was a global market for kareen culture. Kareen cultural exports like movies and music generated over 11 point six billion dollars last year the era of us is starting to fade. The uptic and anti agiant violence and this kind of simultaneous, you know, obsession with sothcrean culture are definitely related. I think its copculture industry now occupies a kind of space that allows for young people in the us. And around the world, rihte, to sort of place their aspirational desires on to south korean ness. But that can exist alongside a sort of condemnation of asia as invading, yo,

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