[post:389#3463]
Jan-Chan
05/13/2009 04:17 AM
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I stumbled across this topic and thought it might interest more than a few of you (and most certainly Stretch)
At the turn of the Millennia, there was a surge of interest in Korean culture and media which actually picked up a name, that being the 'Korean Wave'.
(Didn't the samething happen with Japanese anime, sushi, cuisine and culture back in the 1990s?)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_wave
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=86640
http://www.kbs-america.com/sub/sub_forfans.html
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[post:389#3464]
Stretch
05/13/2009 11:14 AM
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I had no idea that (South) Korea exerted so much influence around the world. I wonder what effect the current worldwide recession will have on the "wave". Interesting note: prior to the seperation of Korea into two countries (1945), it was North Korea which contained virtually all of the industry; nowadays South Korea is an industrial powerhouse while the economy of the north is in a shambles.
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Violet D
05/13/2009 06:27 PM
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That is really interesting. Thanks for bringing that up.
Yours Violet D
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[post:389#3466]
Jan-Chan
05/14/2009 11:25 AM
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I am thinking of adding a new item to the by category field - Korean Wave.
This would permit us to clearly flag any titles that are 'exclusively' Korean in creation, funding and production.
I think that there are already more than a few such titles and there are certain to be more.
Comments?
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on 05/14/2009 11:31 AM.
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[post:389#3467]
Xenoknight
05/14/2009 12:34 PM
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Good idea. I'm all for it.
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[post:389#3468]
KBanger1
05/14/2009 03:56 PM
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I certainly don't see a problem with this. Since some titles (including Red Hawk) are Korean based and some aren't clearly labeled as such, it would be a wise idea to have that category available.
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[post:389#4392]
Devil Doll
08/22/2010 10:02 AM
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"Korean Wave" was implemented as "Notable" until now. I replaced that by a "Category" keyword of the same name (http://anime.mikomi.org/by-key/Korean+Wave) in order to make it part of the cascading filtering mechanism for categories (which the "Notables" page doesn't support).
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