{"id":6913,"date":"2022-09-04T07:38:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T05:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/04\/k-everything-the-rise-and-rise-of-korean-culture\/"},"modified":"2022-09-04T07:38:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T05:38:56","slug":"k-everything-the-rise-and-rise-of-korean-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/04\/k-everything-the-rise-and-rise-of-korean-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"K-everything: the rise and rise of Korean culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From music to movies, technology to food, the world has fallen in love with everything South Korean. Ahead of a big London exhibition, Tim Adams visits Seoul in search of the origins of <em>hallyu<\/em> \u2013 the Korean wave<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2022\/sep\/04\/korean-culture-tv-film-music-k-pop-guide\">Our critics on where to start with Korean music, film and TV<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Last week, I was standing in a huge dance studio \u2013 one of 12 \u2013 near the top of a funky new office tower just north of the Han River in the South Korean capital, Seoul. The building is home to a company called SM Entertainment, which has strong claims to have invented one of the most potent cultural movements of the 21st century, the phenomenon of Korean pop music \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/k-pop\">K-pop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Each generation creates hit factories in its own image. The \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SM_Culture_Universe\">SM Culture Universe<\/a>\u201d was originally the vision of a Korean pop entrepreneur called Lee Soo-man who, after a brief career as a singer and DJ, studied computer engineering in the States in the 1980s. He returned to Seoul \u201cwith the dream of globalising Korean music\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/sep\/04\/korea-culture-k-pop-music-film-tv-hallyu-v-and-a\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/119aa6548186a8c1db0ef2e880932178434463a4\/0_186_5500_3300\/master\/5500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=18bc1f254f236d18097823e244cf4e03\" title=\"K-everything: the rise and rise of Korean culture\" \/>From music to movies, technology to food, the world has fallen in love with everything South Korean. Ahead of a big London exhibition, Tim Adams visits Seoul in search of the origins of hallyu \u2013 the Korean wave<br \/>\nOur critics on where to start with Korean music, film and TV<br \/>\nLast week, I was standing in a huge dance studio \u2013 one of 12 \u2013 near the top of a funky new office tower just north of the Han River in the South Korean capital, Seoul. The building is home to a company called SM Entertainment, which has strong claims to have invented one of the most potent cultural movements of the 21st century, the phenomenon of Korean pop music \u2013 K-pop.<br \/>\nEach generation creates hit factories in its own image. The \u201cSM Culture Universe\u201d was originally the vision of a Korean pop entrepreneur called Lee Soo-man who, after a brief career as a singer and DJ, studied computer engineering in the States in the 1980s. He returned to Seoul \u201cwith the dream of globalising Korean music\u201d. 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