South Korea's creative industry markets: Looking beyond 2020 to a rising creative economy

Authors

Brian Yecies, University of WollongongFollow
Aegyung Shim, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

133849

Publication Details

Yecies, B. & Shim, A. "South Korea's creative industry markets: Looking beyond 2020 to a rising creative economy." Routledge Handbook of Cultural and Creative Industries in Asia. Ed.L. Lim & H. Lee. United States: Routledge, 2019, 210-224.

Abstract

Since the election of President Kim Dae-jung's government, the transnational dissemina­t10n of Korean popular culture, aka the 'Korean Wave' (or Hallyu in Korean), has gradually transformed Korea from an Asian backwater into a vibrant, trend-setting, ultra-modern and super-wired society.