The “Answer” is you: China and Korea












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  1. This was a really interesting article to read and I find it amazing how K-Pop music ties into these diplomatic issues. It’s so inspiring to see that K-Pop artists care for more than just about making money and music, and they use their platform to resolve issues and tension. I know so many people here in the U.S hate K-Pop, but I hope they at least give the genre and artists credit where it is due.

  2. Culture is usually something we see as dividing us and highlighting our differences yet here is an example of culture drawing people together and helping them to bond. It is rare to see culture as a form of diplomacy but we are seeing how this might be helpful to find common ground among different nations. As we start to share more culture with each other we start to find ourselves getting along with each other better and I believe more diplomacy should be done in this manner.

  3. It is interesting how the Korean music industry came into diplomatic issues. K-pop is a very popular genre of music and is exponentially growing in popularity. I commend the efforts of those kpop bands that are trying to use their musical influence in politics. I would like to believe that music brings people together but sometimes politics and tension between countries is not that easily relaxed.

  4. I think that it is so interesting that two different countries were able to help form relations with each other through music. I actually think that is very cool because music is such an important part of people lives. The author did a great job at explaining what exactly was going on while also making it fun to read. This was a great article to read and it still amazes me.

  5. Sarah Uhlig

    For these locations of different cultures and beliefs, it is interesting to read about how they finally came together to create these diplomatic relations, but that people in music groups also came through to help within these relations. This is a good article that went through governmental history and also the musical side of things to give a better understanding of how these diplomatic issues were somewhat resolved.

  6. Fatima Navarro

    I used to listen to k-pop many years ago (not much today) and it is nice to see that it has come a long way. I believe that the Hallyu wave (Korean wave) has so much more to give internationally, not only diplomatically. The spread of acceptance of other cultures, music, languages, starts with the spread of something different around the world. The more people like it, the more people will come into acceptance with something else that it’s not in “English,” because it doesn’t have to be in order to be deemed as good. Using a common like, even better if it’s music, towards trying to find peaceful negotiations in diplomacy instead of war, is a good choice.

  7. Christopher Hohman

    Nice article. The construction of THADD is so vital to countering China. If war ever came which I hope to God it never does, it would give the U.S and South Korea an important advantage in being able to stop nuclear attacks and locate missile sites. It is just too valuable to the U.S. I do regret that it has slowed diplomatic growth in the region, a disappointment for sure, but a necessary one. I do like that Kpop bands are continuing to try to be ambassadors to countries and bring them closer together, that is really cool

  8. Its was very interesting to read about the lengths that China would go to, just to censor so many outside influences. It was crazy to read that China would change the names from Korean to Chinese names, essentially stealing credit from the Korean actors etc. and that they blurred out their faces and just completely stopped broadcasting any shows outside of China. The extent to which they went is massive. It was a very interesting article either way.

  9. I don’t listen to K-Pop but it was interesting to learn that certain groups and singers were used in forming relations within countries in Asia. This article is definitely not like other articles I’ve read where countries form relations and the approach these countries took is defiantly unorthodox. Over all it was a really good article.

  10. This article as fun and interesting to read. I had no idea how K-Pop connected to diplomatic relations. It is interesting how the Chinese censored and changed the people’s names. There was great history on who the bands were and how they got connected to China and South Korea. The author did a great job in making this article fun and easy to read!

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