Catching the Korean Wave

The idea for the Korean Wave comes from Kim Gu，24小時跟拍 陳佩琪淚崩休診， a South Korean political leader from the 1940s. After World War II，八旬翁獲94萬善款「孫子女繼續念書」， he dreamed that South Korea would use soft power，瘋時尚／川久保玲玩「心」不滅！　大眼水汪汪圖騰登場， instead of violence， to change the world. It wasn’t until after the economic crisis of the 1990s that this idea began to take shape， and South Korea’s government changed laws that limited entertainment exports. Soon after that， South Korean TV dramas became popular in Japan， China， and Vietnam. South Korean pop music followed， with many K-pop songs becoming big hits across Asia.線上收聽請按韓流的概念來自四○年代的南韓政治領袖金九。第二次世界大戰後，他期望南韓能用軟實力，而非暴力，來改變全世界。直到九○年代經濟危機後，韓流的概念才開始成形，南韓政府改變了限制輸出影視娛樂的法規。不久後，南韓電視劇在日本、中國及越南大受歡迎。接著南韓流行音樂及歌曲走紅全亞洲。
生活必備字詞◎crisis n.危機（單數形）．The company managed to survive the global economic crisis.◎take shape　　逐漸成形．The idea for her latest art project began to take shape in Amy’s mind two months ago.
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