Leading Korean content firms including CJ ENM and Webtoon are joining forces with Asian-focused streamer Rakuten Viki as it launches a “worldwide celebration of Korean drama” at the end of the month.

There’s never been a better time to learn Korean. It’s one of the fastest-growing languages in the world, outpacing traditionally popular rivals like Chinese in multiple markets – reflecting the ...

The inaugural Korean Studies symposium at UB examined a wide range of topics in Korean film and television, including sexuality, LGBTQ representation, translation, violence, and popular productions ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Vos MacDonald is a New York-based writer who covers Korean media. In 2022 Korean was the seventh most-studied language on the ...

But Squid Game isn’t a total anomaly. The Korean series is one chapter in a larger story with its own name and history: a seismic, ongoing shift in the global entertainment landscape known as Hallyu.