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Hallyu
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English
Alternative forms
en hallyu
Etymology
en ko ^한류(韓流) Korean current.
Proper noun
en Korean Wave.
en 2014 Euny Hong The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation Is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture https://books.google.com/books?id=1VFGAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA234&dq=%22directly+from+hallyu%22 234 As amazing as Samsung is, its international appeal doesn't derive directly from Hallyu.
en 2016 Dal Jin New Korean Wave: Transnational Cultural Power in the Age of Social Media https://books.google.com/books?id=TqHaCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA4&dq=%22korean+wave+or+hallyu%22 4 The sudden rise of Korean popular culture and its dissemination in Asian countries, known as the Korean Wave, or Hallyu, took many people in Asia by surprise,
en 2020 Jinwon Kim; Soo Mee Kim; Stephen Cho Suh Hyo Kyung Woo The Emergence of Koreatown in Singapore and a Global Community of K-culture Fans Koreatowns: Exploring the Economics, Politics, and Identities of Korean Spatial Formation https://books.google.com/books?id=f9XnDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA122&dq=%22hallyu+exports%22 122 Since early 1999, Hallyu exports have added an estimated $11.6 billion into the Korean economy (0.2percent of Korea's GDP), contributing to the status of South Korea as the world's 12th largest economy.
en 2020 Hyesu Park Understanding Hallyu: The Korean Wave Through Literature, Webtoon, and Mukbang Taylor & Francis 9781000329254 https://books.google.es/books?id=pEYHEAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT91&dq=&hl=es&pg=PT7#v=onepage&q&f=false The spread of South Korean (hereafter Korean/Korea) popular culture across borders, that is, the Korean Wave or hallyu, whose origin dates back to the late 1990s, is no longer a new phenomenon to media users and scholars of media, communications, cultural, and narrative studies alike.
Further reading
Korean wave
en South Korea
French
Etymology
loanword Borrowed from fr ko ^한류(韓流) Korean current.
Pronunciation
Noun
mf
en Hallyu, the Korean Wave
fr South Korea