Pages 1-21 – James Dator and Yongseok Seo – ‘Korea as the Wave of a Future- The Emerging Dream Society of Icons and Aesthetic Experience’

Asians are surfing Hanryu—the ‘Korean Wave’
Asia is awash in a wave of popular culture products gushing out of the Republic of Korea (ROK). Youth in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Japan, as well as Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia, are agog at the sights and sounds of performers and groups such as H.O.T., S.E.S., Shinhwa, god and J.T.L. Time Asia reported on 29 ...