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Aya Narukawa, who studies at Dongguk University graduate school in South Korea. Despite diplomatic tension between Japan and South Korea, continued interest in K-pop and the culture of South Korea is drawing record numbers of young Japanese to the country, particularly women.
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As most of those in their teens to 20s who are fueling the third Korean boom obtain information they like through social media and YouTube, they are hardly affected by political affairs.
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Travelmaster
The expression "the third boom for Korea" is exaggerated. Japanese people are cool. Enjoy music and drama normally. However, in politics and diplomacy they have not made any compromises against South Korea.
Ricky Kaminski13
Usually an uninformed world view would be a bad thing , but in this case and considering the state of relations between the two countries ( who if they ever got their act together would realize just how many strategic interests they actually share ) it maybe best to let K pop and anime do the job.
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commanteer
Sometimes uninformed is better than misinformed. In the 1st case, they just don't know. In the 2nd case, they think they know even if they don't know.