According to the Korea Foundation, the wave of Korean culture, also known as hallyu, increased its global fanbase by 11% in 2019—and leading the charge has been K-pop. Groups such as BTS and Blackpink ...
A number of universities will be offering Korean classes using “Learn! KOREAN with BTS“! On August 12, Big Hit Entertainment’s independent educational company Big Hit Edu, the Korea Foundation (KF), ...
More people are learning Korean than ever before thanks to K-pop and K-dramas; there are books, there are classes, there are apps… and now there’s Viki! In celebration of Korean culture and language ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Vos MacDonald is a New York-based writer who covers Korean media. When Mina Oh first began making videos in 2008, she found ...
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 21: (L-R) J-Hope, SUGA, Jungkook, Jimin, RM, V, and Jin of the K-pop boy band BTS visit the "Today" Show at Rockefeller Plaza on February 21, 2020 in New York City.
Shortly after its international debut, Netflix’s hit series “Squid Game” spurred a newfound craze over honeycomb toffee and had viewers asking, “How much is 45.6 billion won?” The show — which follows ...
Join Ollie, a cheerful Englishman with a love for Korean culture, as he hilariously introduces himself as both a ...