The Korean Culture and Information Service has published the English-language book “The Korean Wave” to introduce the country’s contemporary pop culture, which has gained attention overseas with the spread of K-pop and Korean dramas.
The book is the first publication of the four-part “K-Culture Series” through which the KOIS plans to introduce detailed culture content this year.
“The Korean Wave” consists of five chapters ― “Birth of the Korean Wave,” “The Neo-Korean Wave,” “What’s Korean Pop Culture Got,” “The Korean Wave in other Fields” and an epilogue on how it will continue.
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Cover of “The Korean Wave” (KOIS) |
The first chapter describes how Korean pop culture was shaped in interactions with overseas influences since the nation’s liberation from the Japanese rule. The second chapter puts more focus on K-pop, explaining how it prompted the second Korean Wave through the new media and social networking sites. The third chapter analyzes why K-pop and Korean dramas are popular and the fourth chapter introduces other fields such as film and literature.
The “K-Culture Series” is jointly produced with Seoul Selection, a company specializing in English content publication.
Three other books ― “K-pop,” “K-Drama” and “K-Classics” ― will follow later this year.
By Kim Yoon-mi (
yoonmi@heraldcorp.com)
