Comment by 331c8c71
14 days ago
> You think people just magically started liking kpop in the us?
How about British Invasion, also facilitated you think?
14 days ago
> You think people just magically started liking kpop in the us?
How about British Invasion, also facilitated you think?
No, I don't think K-pop is a government initiative. It is an actual fact.
> In the late '90s, when Asia went through a huge financial crisis, South Korea's leaders decided to use music to improve its image and build its cultural influence. So the country's government poured millions of dollars into forming a Ministry of Culture with a specific department devoted to K-pop.
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/04/13/399414351...
British Invasion was not a state thing.