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The global popularity of South Korean rapper Psy’s “Gangnam Style” has hit the country’s new tourist police force — at least when it comes to fashion.
The officers, who provide assistance to visitors, have gone “Gangnam style” in their uniforms, designed by Kim Seo-ryong, who made costumes for Psy
Samurai_Jerk wrote:
New South Korean police are protecting tourists, Gangnam StyleThe global popularity of South Korean rapper Psy’s “Gangnam Style” has hit the country’s new tourist police force — at least when it comes to fashion.
The officers, who provide assistance to visitors, have gone “Gangnam style” in their uniforms, designed by Kim Seo-ryong, who made costumes for Psy
But the new force is not just for looks. With an influx of tourists to the country, the 101 men and women have been tasked with protecting visitors from getting ripped off. They also assist visitors by speaking Chinese, Japanese, and English, according to a statement from the Korea Tourism Organization. Plus, they’ll look good.
Auntie Beeb wrote:K-Pop part of plan to challenge US's cultural domination
There can be few people left in the world who have not heard of - or indeed danced to - Gangnam Style by the South Korean pop singer Psy.
The song became a global phenomenon, but it is far from the only cultural export from South Korea to win a vast international following.
And as Euny Hong, author of The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation Is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture, that success is no accident.
She talked to the BBC about the South Korean government's long-term project to influence foreign affairs through K-pop and dance moves with military precision.
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Kwon Ri-sae, 23, died Sunday morning at a hospital in Suwon, just south of Seoul. She had been unconscious after undergoing hours of emergency brain surgery following Wednesday's accident, according to Polaris Entertainment agency spokeswoman Kim Eun-kyung.
Fellow band member Go Eun-bi died shortly after a van carrying the group crashed into a guard rail on a rain-drenched highway near Seoul.
Takechanpoo wrote:the golden period of j-pop is 90's. its shortly before the global spread of internet. unlucky
South Korean girl group Oh My Girl has been detained at a U.S. airport for 15 hours after its members were mistaken as sex workers
Samurai_Jerk wrote:I thought a lot of K-pop stars were sex workers.
Samurai_Jerk wrote:I thought a lot of K-pop stars were sex workers.
Yokohammer wrote:Just watched the music video at the linked article. If the customs officials watched the same video I can sympathize with their desire to get these girls on a flight home asap.
Takechanpoo wrote:Korean entertainment, regardless of north or south one, tends to barefacedly emphasize the whoreness.
its just like a show window in red light district.
its their tradition, right?
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