Advantages And Disadvantages Of Korean Culture

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2.Weakness
2.1 Missing of the traditional Korean culture one reason of the successful K-movement was because of the globalization of creativity which is built on a remarkable outsourcing system. The producer, composer or choreographer of a K-pop singer does not have to be a Korean. Despite the songs had been produced in Korean language and performed by Korean people, there always is a western shadow over it. It is hard to connect a Korean song written by foreigners with the Korean culture itself. This kind of western trend is also presented on the TV music show programs. During the TV music show program, people can see different K-pop singers singing the ballad, dance, hip-hop, reggae and some other styles of music. However, it is rather rare to see any traditional Korean folk style performances or folk song singers being invited to perform on those music TV programs. Instead of just focusing on how to spread the K-pop songs globally, Korea government may need to search a balance point between the traditional culture value of Korean and the new rising Korean pop culture.

2.2 mandatory contract
Another of the weakness of the K-pop system is the conflict of the mandatory
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The China’s number is not that high due to the YouTube website is currently blocked by Chinese government. These viewer number can reflect the size of the potential market of K-pop in each country. More than that, the Korean entertainment agencies also use YouTube for a test run and a feel back collector for their music. The company always release several trailers on YouTube before they release the newest Music video of their stars. The comments on the trailer can indicate people’s idea about the song, clothes, music video concept and so on. It will help the agencies to plan next move or make some adjustment in advance to fit with the global

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