Korean Wave

Reflection On ‘The Korean Wave: The Seoul of Asia’ The main issue that was being discussed in this article is the effect of Korean wave for cultural influence on neighboring countries and how national identity impacts framing processes related to media coverage and public response. South Korea was known for its negative images such as the Korean wars, cycles of poverty and political instability. However, Korean wave has been successful in diminished the entire negative images due to trendy entertainers, new technology and the image of contemporary South Korean lives through dramas and movies. In my opinion, the author did not directly establish her experience to write on this topic because she used prominent newspapers from different countries and reviewed scholarly studies. She selected only major newspapers based on their national reputation in each country: Korea Herald, Korea Herald (Singapore), Korea Herald (Thailand), and Korea Herald (Tokyo). The important facts that were presented in this article are about the number of tourists to Korea that had increased until 7 million as of Nov. 23 according to the Korea Tourism Organization. On the other hand, the number of tourists in Korea’s neighbor which are Japan and China had decrease sharply. Korea’s tourism also has recorded a surplus of $320 million in the January-September period. This fact indirectly had shown that how big was the impact of Korean wave towards Korea’s tourism. The other facts are about how different countries have their own responds to cultural products. For example, in Taiwan, Daejangguem is the most popular Korean drama, while in Japan, Korea Herald was most popular. This shows that Korean drama had served as an important part for the different countries to encounter Korean Culture and indirectly learn about not only Korean music and drama, but also its films, food and fashion. The arguments in this article were presented in the form of generalization in which the author is