Hallyu faces turning point
2010-04-16
The Korean Wave (Hallyu), which has taken the country’s global recognition to new heights in the last decade, has reached a crossroad.
About 200 local and foreign experts gathered for a seminar in Seoul on Tuesday to discuss the developments and emerging challenges for Hallyu.
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SM gets down and dirty with TVXQ
2010-04-15
Just over a week ago newspapers were lit up with news of the impending breakup of one of Asia's most popular boy bands, TVXQ.
With the group’s Japanese management agency Avex officially halting the band’s activities in Japan, the five Hallyu stars inched closer and closer to the end of their decade-long career.
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Seollal special spotlight hansik's globalization
2010-02-11
MBC takes the feast abroad on Lunar New Year's with its special one-hour program, "Hansik's Korean Wave Goes Global." As the title indicates, the show touches upon the currently popular topic, the globalization of Korean cuisine.
An MBC press release unveiled details of the upcoming food-doco special, explaining the angles, the approach and the scope of the program.
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SAC aims to initiate classical 'hallyu'
2010-1-21
Seoul Arts Center will aim to expand the popularity of Korean entertainment abroad into classical music, the newly appointed CEO Kim Jang-sil said on Tuesday.
A career bureaucrat, Kim took the helm of the nation's representative arts venue last month after his predecessor Shin Hong-soon resigned from the post due to health problems.
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Every government rallies (집결하다) with the private sector to support its traditional cuisines. In Korea, the effort to globalize traditional dishes began with the government's official declaration of "Hansik Globalization" in October 2008. Now the mission of globalizing hansik has emerged as one of the most valuable propositions in creating a new value-added rural economy (농업경제), sharing growth with the tourism industry....
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