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Café Seoul 2017 05 25 505 What 'is' K-Pop?

Café Seoul 2017 05 25 505 What 'is' K-Pop?

FromCafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea


Café Seoul 2017 05 25 505 What 'is' K-Pop?

FromCafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea

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Length:
117 minutes
Released:
Jun 17, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

After a very popular article published on the Ask a Korean blog, it appears that the definition of the term "K-Pop" is under dispute. So in the second half of this episode Rob and Eugene try to hash it out and come to a more solid definition, but still end up not totally agreeing on it. Oh well!News of the Weird-People love President Moon's Dokdo-themed necktie-Video of "no look pass" from politician  goes viral-People who can find North Korea on a map prefer diplomacyOn the Pulse: So here is where we dive right in and get down to try to define K-Pop. After about 20-30 minutes of discussing it, we decide to make a scoring test to see if your group of choice is or is not K-Pop.
Released:
Jun 17, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (78)

From 2013 to 2017, Café Seoul was a Korea-based expat-lifestyle podcast. Co-hosted by a duo of expats from North America, each episode dealt with a particular hot-button theme or issue. Café Seoul at that time discussed recent news, answered listener questions, and interviewed interesting people all for the sake of intelligent discussion with a dash of humor.