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Girls' Generation and the New Korean Wave

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Oct 22, 2011
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As carefully as Korea, Inc. manufactures cars, televisions, containerships and washing machines, it is using those techniques to manufacture pop stars, according to a research paper by Ahn Shin-Hyun for the Samsung Economic Research Institute.

The focus of Ahn’s paper is Girls’ Generation, a group of nine young women who are in large part responsible for…

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