Park Jin-young | London Korean Links

Selected publications

Patrice Pavis: Performing Korea, Palgrave 2017

Saharial’s Entertainment Weekly: Tablo on the BBC, more on propofol, and Shinhwa’s comeback

posted 27 Jan 2013 updated 9 Aug 2022 by Saharial 4 minute read

For anyone up in the early hours of Friday morning, Tablo was being interviewed on the BBC about Kpop and what influences him. The interview can be found on the BBC website or YouTube for those of you who, like me, ware asleep at the time. Sadly the clips have been getting some negative comments … [Read More]

Hallyu and nationalism stories

posted 13 Feb 2007 updated 3 Jul 2020 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

A brief round-up of recent hallyu and nationalism stories. Rain’s producer, Park Jin-young, says the word “Korean” should be removed from “Korean Wave”. “I don’t understand why the Korean wave is taken as the rah-rah material,” Mr. Park said. “Now is the time to overcome nationalism, but instead we are intensifying that sentiment.” Park has … [Read More]