“There is another, bleaker reason why Korea has little reason to fear that other countries will try to emulate the K-pop export model: the star-making process is so unpleasant that there are not many countries whose aspiring starts would put… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
“K-pop export model: the star-making process is so unpleasant that there are not many countries whose aspiring stars would put up with it. Korean youth, meanwhile, are used to intense sadomasochistic academic pressure, extreme discipline, constant criticism, and zero sleep.… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
“Psy will go down in history as the first real twenty-first-century entertainer: who else could combine Confucianism and farting?” — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
“Samsung still needed to refashion its brand image. There was a worrisome phrase floating around the business world in the 1990s, the “Korea discount.”… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
“When I asked why StarCraft 2 in particular was so popular in Korea, he said, “The game ends quickly, so you can start a… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
“Korea has no natural resources and very little arable land. Compounding the problem is that labor costs have risen so dramatically in the last… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
“The South Korean economy is a paradox: it is utterly capitalist, yet at the same time it is in some ways still a command… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
“According to Kim, 1998 was the turning point for Korean films entering the international arena. “In the fifty years up to 1997,” said Kim,… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
“Kim Jong-il also invented the hamburger. Almost touchingly, North Koreans have a lot of pride in their heritage, though it’s for absurd reasons. The… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
“The no-foreign-school-supplies rule was enforced by way of surprise inspections, heralded by the teacher suddenly yelling midlecture: “Everyone, put your hands on the top… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
“Psy is the paradigm shift within the paradigm shift. And his life and bewildering rise to fame are an embodiment of the changes in… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
“The Chosun Dynasty adopted Confucianism in all walks of civil and personal life at the beginning of the fifteenth century. The nation’s kings were… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
“Lee believes, as do the vast majority of South Koreans, that North Koreans are not so stupid that they fail to see the likelihood… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
“In recent decades, the biggest enemies of shamanism have been Korea’s many fervent Christians. Which, said Mason, is highly ironic, since Korean Christianity is… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
