Following the end of military rule in South Korea and the ensuing liberalization of the country's culture industry in the 1990s, an increasing number of Korean dramas began to be exported abroad. This marked the beginning of the Korean Wave, a broader cultural phenomenon encompassing the rise in global popularity of South Korean television, pop music, film, fashion, animation, literature, food, and cosmetics. During the 2000s, Jewel in the Palace and Winter Sonata achieved notable success within Asia, while in the following decades Squid Game achieved breakout success internationally.
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edit- Choe, Sang-Hun (2021-11-03). "From BTS to 'Squid Game': How South Korea Became a Cultural Juggernaut". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- Chua, Beng Huat; Iwabuchi, Kōichi, eds. (2008). East Asian Pop Culture: Analysing the Korean Wave. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-988-8052-22-6. JSTOR j.ctt1xwb6n. OCLC 650784863.
- Huang, Shuling (2011-01-27). "Nation-branding and transnational consumption: Japan-mania and the Korean wave in Taiwan". Media, Culture & Society. 33 (1): 3–18. doi:10.1177/0163443710379670. ISSN 0163-4437.
- Jin, Dal Yong (2016-03-01). New Korean Wave: Transnational Cultural Power in the Age of Social Media. University of Illinois Press. doi:10.5406/illinois/9780252039973.003. ISBN 978-0-252-03997-3. JSTOR 10.5406/j.ctt18j8wkv.
- Ju, Hyejung (2018-07-30). "The Korean Wave and Korean Dramas". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.715. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- Kim, Victoria (2022-02-10). "How South Korea's music, TV and films were primed for the viral moment". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- Korean Culture and Information Service (2011-12-01). K-Drama: A New TV Genre with Global Appeal. Korean Culture No. 3. Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. ISBN 978-89-7375-167-9.
- Kuwahara, Yasue, ed. (2014-02-20). The Korean Wave: Korean Popular Culture in Global Context. Palgrave Macmillan New York. doi:10.1057/9781137350282. ISBN 978-1-137-35028-2.
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