Korean Wave

Korean wave English right|thumb|250px|K-pop fans in Egypt in 2011. Alternative forms en Korean wave Hallyu K-wave Etymology en ko ^한류(韓流) Korean current, from en Korean wave. Pronunciation en /kəˈɹi.ən ˈweɪv/ GA en /kəˈɹiːən ˈweɪv/ RP Proper noun Korean Wave 1 The rise in popularity of South Korean popular culture in other countries since the 1990s. 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. en 2005 Norimitsu Onishi Roll Over, Godzilla: Korea Rules The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/world/asia/roll-over-godzilla-korea-rules.html By the time almost all restrictions on Japanese culture were lifted in January 2004, the Korean Wave—a term coined in China—had washed across Asia. https://web.archive.org/web/20250902055719/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/world/asia/roll-over-godzilla-korea-rules.html 2 September 2025 en 2012 Barack Obama Remarks by President Obama at Hankuk University The White House https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/26/remarks-president-obama-hankuk-university ...with your smart phones and Twitter and Me2Day and Kakao Talk. It’s no wonder so many people around the world have caught the Korean Wave, Hallyu. Translations popularity of South Korean culture elsewhere Arabic: ar المَوْجَةُ الكُورِيَّة f, ar هَالْيُو f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 韓流 hon4 lau4 Hokkien: nan-hbl 韓流 hân-lâu Mandarin: cmn 韓流 Hánliú Finnish: fi korealainen aalto French: fr Hallyu f, fr vague coréenne f German: de Koreanische Welle f Hindi: hi कोरियाई लहर f, hi हॉल्यू m Italian: it onda coreana f Japanese: ja 韓流 ja かんりゅう, Kanryū, ja ハンりゅう, Hanryū Korean: ko ^한류(韓流) South Korea, ko ^남조선 바람 North Korea Polish: pl koreańska fala f Portuguese: pt onda coreana f Russian: ru коре́йская волна́ f, ru ха́ллю́ f n Spanish: es ola coreana f Vietnamese: vi Hàn lưu Further reading en South Korea