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[HanCinema's Digest] Culture Corner

Get a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most influential K-pop groups of all time, see how Korea's popular music has helped soju sales, six individuals win Korea's prestigious Ho-Am Prize, and what will it take to keep the K-wave rolling?

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"BigBang's documentary tells candid story of decade-old group"

K-pop is one of the strongest promoters of K-culture, and Big Bang is one of the country's most iconic pop groups helping to spread that cultural love. The group recently released a "candid behind-the-scenes documentary film", "BIGBANG: 'MADE' TOUR", that gives fans and followers some insight into how this massively successful idol group managed itself outside of the lime light.

...READ ON THE KOREA TIMES

"THE RISE OF KOREAN SOJU IS THANKS TO K-POP"

Soju, "the world's best-selling spirit", is the first alcoholic drink that should come to mind when thinking about Korea's drinking culture, and K-pop should be first when considering its music. But the latter is also helping to spread the former as audiences get exposed to Korea's favorite drink via the glitz and glamor of the country's thriving music scene: "Everyone wants to go to a tent restaurant and drink soju and eat chicken feet". Wait, what? Chicken feet?

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"Korean Wave success rides on long-term outlook"

The way in which South Korea has gone about cultivating and spreading its culture in the twenty-first century has been phenomenal, but will it last? And what does the country need to focus on in order to maintain the momentum moving forward? According to Euny Hong, a writer for the Wall Street Journal, "the success of hallyu, the Korean cultural wave, is due to shareholders' investment with a long-term perspective". Watch this space.

...READ ON THE KOREA TIMES

"Six Awarded South Korea's 2016 Ho-Am Prize"

The Ho-Am Prize is Korea's answer to the prestigious Nobel Prize, and at the beginning of June six individuals were recognised by the committee for their "contribution to science, culture and the welfare of mankind". Congratulations and keep up the great work!

...READ ON ASIAN SCIENTIST MAGAZINE

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