culture had started becoming popular in China. The term of Korean wave(Hallyu) was made by Chinese media in February, 2002 to express the fever of excitement about Korean culture in China. And then the popularity of Korean public culture extended into Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines etc throughout the Southeast Asia. Especially since 2000 the boom has gone from Korean dramas, so
on doing cyworld during duty. This means that cyworld put down roots in our daily life, and became a pattern of life. Now it is one of the social and cultural phenomenon.
Cyworld is an internet community company that helps people build interpersonal relationships by an imaginary society based on real name system and sharing information based on confidence.
The Beginning of the korean wave
What is the “Korean Wave”?
The Korean wave means Korean popular culture in other countries, especially in
Asian countries come more and more popular. “Korean Wave” is a phenomenon
that is manufactured by the Korean state itself, especially by the culture industry.
Such as film-, TV drama- and other media industries, they not only do good to
culture in other countries, especially in Asian countries came more and more popular. "Korean Wave" is a phenomenon that is manufactured by the South Korean culture industry. Such as film-, TV drama- and other media industries, they not only do well economically but also improve the image of South Korean. Therefore, the government suggested aiding them for a good image of Korea through the export
phenomenon, we will first uncover the characteristics of Korean housewives. And then we will be looking at some factors that make them prefer their own cultural media product over American ones as well as the reasons why they enjoy watching the dramas together and what they derive from it. We will also be looking at some current situations on phenomenon and compare it with the ones from the past.