On September 5, Japanese newspaper Asahi reported that the popularity of K-pop in Japan is declining this year. Their analysis pointed out that Japanese fans are not sick of monotonously identical styles of K-pop artists and various political controversies between Korea and Japan have affected general attitude towards anything Korea-related. Asahi’s report said that while… Continue reading K-Pop Popularity in Japan Declining
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“K-Pop” Listed as Official Word on Oxford Dictionary
K-Pop, an abbreviation of Korean pop music, has made its way to the Oxford English Dictionary! Recently, the Oxford English Dictionary announced that “K-Pop” has officially been added to their vocabulary list. It defines “K-Pop” as “Korean pop music” and put it under a mass noun category. Other words that made the new list include… Continue reading “K-Pop” Listed as Official Word on Oxford Dictionary