
Girls' Generation (SNSD)
SHINee is the new Beatles of Asia. The Wonder Girls made their debut on Nickelodeon. Girls' Generation (SNSD) brought "The Boys" song to Late Night with David Letterman and Live With Kelly. 2PM became the new sexy icons in Japan. What do all these artist have in common? They have brought K-pop to the global scale.
South Korea began expanding its entertainment industry with the release of dramas like "Winter Sonata" and "Stairway to Heaven" in the early 2000s. Television stations airing these dramas began appearing all over the United States...More
By Yun Suh-young
Is the recent outburst of plagiarism cases evidence of Korea's numbness to the crime or is it proof that society here is becoming more transparent?
Both apparently, as the act had, until now, not been considered a crime and was left unrecognized if one cleverly managed to hide it away. Not anymore.
Yeom Dong-yeol, a lawmaker-elect of the ruling Saenuri Party, is under attack for allegedly plagiarizing his dissertation, following the plagiarism scandal involving International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Moon Dae-sung who quit the party a few days earlier...More