Yes, KPK was quite busy during our trip to New York, but not too busy to make new friends! We were very fortunate to be able to spend some time with David Hou and Jackie Sia of DramaFever. As you probably know, DramaFever is a major online destination for those who are serious about getting…
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CONFERENCE ABSTRACT: Challenging Gender Roles in Korean Dramas @ Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities
She Is Straight Gangster: Challenging Gender Roles in Korean Dramas Dr. Crystal S. Anderson Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities January 8-13, 2012 ABSTRACT Korean television dramas (Kdramas), particularly those that are historically based, represent sprawling stories that blend history with culture. Often consisting of high production values and unfolding over 50+ episodes, these…
Why Is KPK on YouTube?
As you probably know, KPK does Hallyu. Most international fans of Kpop and Kdrama access their Korean popular through the Internet in general, and YouTube in particular. We know that’s where you are watching Hello Baby and Happy Together! We go where fans go, so we’re now on YouTube! Check out the KPK Channel! Like…
Survey Results: Favorite Kpop Groups (As Of 8/8/2011)
Don’t have time to scroll through the survey results? Here are the results for our favorite question: What are your favorite Kpop groups? 18 and over (Top 9) 16 and over (Top 9)
Hallyu Survey Kpop Results (As of August 8, 2011)
We share our survey results periodically. As some of you may know, we received approval to lower the survey age to 16, so we have two sets of this time: Survey Results (18 and over) Hallyu Kpop Survey 1 Hallyu Kpop Survey 2 Survey Results (16 and over) Hallyu Kpop Survey 1 Hallyu Kpop…
An Informal Review of Sun Jung’s “Korean Masculinities”: Part 2, or Why We’re Not Going to Talk about Bae Yong Joon
Crystal S. Anderson, PhD Elon University So, Nabi has given you a pretty good overview of the book and our general observations of it. Chapter 2 includes Sun Jung’s reading of the masculinity represented by Bae Yong Joon. We here at KPK have pretty strong opinions because most of the time, we are fairly confident…
Hallyu Kpop Survey Results (as of 6/15/11)
Update! We will always share the results of the survey. Since the last update, we’ve had lots more people take the survey, and here is what they are saying. Don’t see your favorite Kpop artist here? Take the survey and let your voice be heard! If you have taken the survey, tell your friends to…
Survey One Results (as of 5/28/11)
KPK: KPop Kollective is conducting a study of international fans of KPop. If you have already taken Survey One, check out the results (you may have to click on a link to see some results). If you haven’t taken Survey One, what are you waiting for? Get your opinion out there! 🙂 Survey One Results…
Survey Two Results (as of 5/28/11)
KPK: KPop Kollective is conducting a survey of international fans of KPop. If you have already taken Survey Two, check out the results (you may have to click on a link to see some results). If you haven’t taken Survey Two, take Survey One (five minutes), then take Survey Two. What are you waiting for?…
KPK: Kpop Kollective 