Beyond Today
Beyond Today
BBC Radio 4
BTS: Who made Korea cool?
21 minutes Posted Jan 25, 2019 at 5:16 pm.
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Korean culture is increasingly playing a bigger role in our lives: We eat Korean BBQ, watch Korean dramas, and buy Korean cosmetics. But the big drive behind the Korean wave is Korean Pop, better known as K-pop. The country’s music industry is taking the world by storm, penetrating the top music charts in Europe and North America. With the help of journalists, Tamar Herman and Jenna Gibson, and K-pop industry expert Bernie Cho, we ask who made Korea cool?

Producers: Georgia Coan and Seren Jones

Mixed by Nicolas Raufast
Editor: John Shields