The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation Is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture

✍ Scribed by Hong, Euny

• Book ID: 108573744
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Tongue: en-GB
• Weight: 254 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781471131042

✦ Synopsis

How did a really unhip country suddenly become cool?
How could a nation that once banned miniskirts, long hair on men and rock 'n' roll come to mass produce pop music and a K-pop star that would break the world record for the most YouTube hits?
Who would have predicted that a South Korean company that used to sell fish and fruit (Samsung) would one day give Apple a run for its money?
And just how does South Korea plan to use pop culture to beat America at its own game.
Welcome to South Korea: The Brand.
In The Birth of Korean Cool journalist Euny Hong uncovers the roots of the 'Korean Wave': a fanaticism for South Korean pop culture that has enabled them to make the rest of the world a captive market for their products by first becoming the world's number one pop culture manufacturer.
South Korea's economic development has been nothing short of staggering - leapfrogging from third-world to first-world in just a few years and continuing to grow at...