Kyung Hyun Kim & Youngmin Choe’s edited collection of academic essays, The Korean Popular Culture Reader is an important entry into popular culture and Asian…
While awaiting the release of The Korean Popular Culture Reader from Duke University Press in fall 2013, and generally wondering where all the books are…
Despite all of the talk about PSY in the United States, there is still so little substantive discussions of K-pop in English. Here, then, is…
K-pop has recently gotten on the radar of mainstream English speaking audiences, including two mentions on Nightline and a story on Planet Money. However, the…
Considering that even NPR, specifically through Planet Money, is now doing stories including mentions of Korean dramas, I thought it was time for a Guide…
We write a lot about hallyu (exported Korean pop culture) on this blog, and K-pop has really started to hit the mainstream U.S. press this…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gdw1KiIs_8] Today, the BBC posted an article entitled The Dark Side of Korean Pop Music. Interestingly, this is only a couple of months after the…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I96WdNuim4] Here in the U.S., it seems like there can only be one highly successful female rapper at a time — now Nicki Minaj (and…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQWTxDd4a7E] Two recent books, East Asian pop culture : analysing the Korean wave (EAPC) & Pop goes Korea : behind the revolution in movies, music,…
Here’s our second serving of pop culture comfort food from the TLF founding editors. Enjoy! Keidra Chaney While being stuck in the house I’ve really…