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'Korean Wave’ takes Indian kids in its sway
Times of India | Anugya Chitransh | TNN | Jun 3, 2012, 03.26AM IST
"Jinyoung is so cute". "I like No Minwoo better" "Lee Jeong Min beats both of them hands down."
These are strands of a regular conversation between 15-year-old Anoushka and her friends in school — all of whom follow Korean bands religiously and for whom names like Jinyoung and No Minwoo, who incidentally are South Korea's reigning superstar singers, roll easily off the tongue. And they are not the only one.
The Korean Wave, a term that was coined in mid-1999 and refers to spread of popular Korean culture comprising music, movies and drama, is slowly making its presence felt in India. And coming under its sway are youngsters from Delhi to Mumbai, Aizawl to Kohima. In fact, the northeast was one of the first regions in the country to take to Hallyu, as the Korean Wave is also referred to.
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