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‘Planet Hip Hop:’ The evolution of Korean rap
As part of our summer series, “Planet Hip Hop,” we take you to South Korea, where hip-hop found its footing in the 1990s. Haekyung Um has written extensively about Korean pop culture and also teaches global popular music and Asian music industries at the University of Liverpool. She joined The World’s host Marco Werman to talk about the evolution of hip-hop and rap in South Korea.
K-pop stardom lures Japanese youth to Korea despite diplomatic chill
A growing number of K-pop star wannabes are coming from Japan. The influx of Japanese talent is reshaping South Korea’s K-pop industry, but comes at a time of increasingly bitter political acrimony between the two countries that has damaged diplomatic ties.