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![[Essay] Hallyu Drama About The Frustration And Dreams Of Ordinary People](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2024/01/2icupo_59520_77567_5557.jpg)
[Essay] Hallyu Drama About The Frustration And Dreams Of Ordinary People
Many Hallyu experts have already analyzed, "The background of the spread of Hallyu is directly related to the aspiration of the middle class, which is spreading all over the world. In fact, the middle class in 21st century Korea is the thickest and most robust in the world.
![[GAME] 'Pearl Abyss' Sincere Efforts to Represent 'Korea' in the Game:](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2024/01/rmpc07_20230330115544_9737w.jpg)
[GAME] 'Pearl Abyss' Sincere Efforts to Represent 'Korea' in the Game:
Such efforts have not been accomplished in a short period. Pearl Abyss has consistently entered into Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreements with government organizations to depict the essence of Korea in their games.
![[FOOD] Why Buldak Fried Noodles Go to Malaysia?](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2024/01/y17uyn_maxresdefault_(8).jpg)
[FOOD] Why Buldak Fried Noodles Go to Malaysia?
What's making a big splash are Malaysian recipes that reflect local cuisine rather than simply incorporating local ingredients. A typical example is the 'buldak fried noodle omelette', which is popular at night markets.
![[Column] Song 'CUPID' of FiftyFifty...Exploits a Vulnerability in the K-pop industry,](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2024/01/ga646o_FrJdpUGaMAA2Iui.jpg)
[Column] Song 'CUPID' of FiftyFifty...Exploits a Vulnerability in the K-pop industry,
What is clear, however, is that the huge success of "Cupid" is likely to encourage more venture-type K-pop companies to aim for such a "big hit" in the future. Although this phenomenon has been going on for two decades, the success of "Cupid" is more likely to be seen as a
![[Column] Key Considerations for Success in the OTT Market: Investment, Distribution, and Survival Strategies](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2024/01/7knmjo_image_750x_64c339f4410c6.jpg)
[Column] Key Considerations for Success in the OTT Market: Investment, Distribution, and Survival Strategies
In the past, the South Korean film industry was vibrant, producing tens of millions of box office hits each year with active investment. However, the impact of COVID-19, coupled with a three-year period of disrupted production, investment, and exhibition, has hindered the film industry's recovery.
![[Book] "What is Hallyu All About(ํ๋ฅ๊ฐ ๋ญ๊ธธ๋)" by SHIM Doobo](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2024/01/nxmxvw_414956833_7041175952603183_2589896094665805808_n.jpg)
[Book] "What is Hallyu All About(ํ๋ฅ๊ฐ ๋ญ๊ธธ๋)" by SHIM Doobo
This book defines Hallyu (Korean Wave) as a 'cultural phenomenon' and explains it through four keywords: the 'complexity' of Hallyu, its 'positionality,' its 'relationshipโ, and its 'hybridity.' To illustrate these concepts, the book includes various interesting episodes.
![[Kpop] What Bundang's Warm Breeze and Sunshine Brought Forth..."Jannabi(์๋๋น)"](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2023/12/xpeiwm_maxresdefault_(6).jpg)
[Kpop] What Bundang's Warm Breeze and Sunshine Brought Forth..."Jannabi(์๋๋น)"
The musicians are shaped by their "hometown" and "era". In particular, the music listened to and enjoyed the near environments during the emotionally explosive second year of junior high school(16 years old) is almost essential in defining a young artist's identity.
![[Column] Right-Wing Government and Superficial "K"-Politics](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2023/12/nqg7le_SSC_20231129152337_O2.jpg)
[Column] Right-Wing Government and Superficial "K"-Politics
A 34-second video concluded the presentation and left a lasting impression. The video began with a satellite image showing "North Korea in darkness and South Korea in shining light," and then featured cultural icons such as Jung Myung-hoon and
![[Column] Can IP Business Solve the Problems in the Content Industry?"](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2023/12/zy6tb8_146046_141391_5247.jpg)
[Column] Can IP Business Solve the Problems in the Content Industry?"
The production cost of a movie or drama series is getting higher and higher, while the profit margin of a streaming platform is very low. That is the nature of the platform business. The platform's monthly subscription....
![[Book| ํ๋ฅ์ธ์ ] The Story Behind the Success of the Korean Wave](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2023/12/hn4i2c_00000000000001300570.jpg)
[Book| ํ๋ฅ์ธ์ ] The Story Behind the Success of the Korean Wave
A critical turning point occurred with the release of Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" in 1993, marking a pivotal moment in Korea's cultural and industrial policy. Recognizing the film's substantial box office successโequivalent to the export revenue of 1.5 million Hyundai cars
![[Now Updating] Webzine ์น์ง <K-wave> Editors and Authors](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2023/12/0yq5yz_302437391_549222843664312_4154132305992533448_n.jpg)
[Now Updating] Webzine ์น์ง <K-wave> Editors and Authors
2024๋ ๊ฐ์ง๋ (็ฒ่พฐๅนด, ์ฒญ๋ฃก์ ํด) ์ํด๊ฐ ๋ฐ์์ต๋๋ค. ์๋ก์ด ๊ธฐ์ด๊ณผ ํจ๊ป ์๋ก์ด ํ๋ก์ ํธ๋ฅผ ๊ณต๊ฐํฉ๋๋ค. ํ๋ก์ ํธ ๋ค์ ย "Kwave, ์ผ์ด์จ์ด๋ธ"๋ ย ํ๋ฅ(้ๆต, ์์ด: Korean Wave, Hallyu)์ ๋ํ ๋ด๋ก ๊ณผ ๊ณ ๋ฏผ์ ๋ณด๋ค ๋์ค์ ์ผ๋ก, ๊ธฐ์์ด๋ฉด '์์ด'๋ก ๋ด์๋ณด์๋ ์ทจ์ง์์ ๋น๋กฏ๋์์ต๋๋ค. ์์ธ๋ ํ๋ฅ์ฐ๊ตฌ์ผํฐ(ํ์๊ฒฝ ๊ต์)์ ์ด์ ์ ์ธ ์ง์์ ๋ฐํ์ผ๋ก ์ฌ๊ณ์ ๊ณ์ ํ์ง๋ค์ ์กฐ๋ ฅ์ด ๋ฐ๊ฑฐ๋ฆ์ด ๋์์ต๋๋ค. ์ด๋ฏธ
![[Interview] Secrets Behind the Popularity of K-dramas and the Challenges They Face](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.media.bluedot.so/bluedot.kwave/2023/12/dbp705_p21403151_b_h8_ad.jpg)
[Interview] Secrets Behind the Popularity of K-dramas and the Challenges They Face
The drama I mentioned earlier, "A Business Proposal," is based on a web novel and a webtoon. The use of content intellectual property, or IP, not only leads to the success of one work,