Korean Wave "Hallyu"

The term "Hallyu" means how Korea flows or the Korean Wave. It first refers to the popularity of Korean pop culture in China long time ago. Starting from the Korean Television dramas in China during 1990s. Korean dramas are obvious in putting their culture and tradition into the drama, making people absorbing Korean culture unconsciously. After China, Korean pop culture has been emerged to many other Asian countries and now even to Europe, America, Africa, Australia, or even the Middle East. Korean popular culture has been spread all over the world. This include Korean dramas, series, movies, beauty, music, or even foods and language! The popularity of Korean foods are increasing nowadays. People give interest to Korean food a lot as they see from the dramas. You can easily find Korean restaurants in Thailand! Korean beauty has made it as the standard beauty too, making people think that Korean beauty is the most beautiful and natural beauty. People also give attention to the actors and actress. Some are influenced to study Korean language. The dramas are not only focus on the actors but also the culture. They add their culture in it and persuade people!

The most popular dramas are “Winter Love Song”. "Winter Love Song" has made the  popular tourist attraction place. It is Nami Island where there is a statue of main characters on the island. The statue locates at the spot where they first kissed. Nami Island is very close to the city Seoul and easy to go. It will probably take only  1 hour from Seoul. Many families come for picnic and many couples come for a date! You can see the road full of trees throughout. The island has no telephone poles as all the electric wire are built underground so that people can fully feel the natural landscape. The island also has bungalows and resort villas for visitors to stay overnight with many activities like biking, theme park, swimming, skiing, and many water-sports facilities.

Direction

[Taxi + Ferry]
From Gapyeong Bus Terminal or Gapyeong Station, take a taxi to Namiseom parking lot. 
- Take the ferry from Namiseom Dock to Namiseom Island.

Korea is now being the tourism country gaining more and more foreign tourists. Korean language institutes are also increasing as many foreign students wanted to experience and learn more about Korean culture. I also did study Korean language as an interest from Korean dramas and music! There are many courses available for foreigners to study Korean language in Korean University. The top 3 universities like Yonsei University, Seoul National University, and Korea University also offer various of language courses as their institutes throughout all year. Everyone can register the course and be apart of Korean University. You can also join university activities even though you only study at language institute. It helps a lot by studying in Korea because you will need to speak Korean in everyday life too.

Moreover, Korean singers are gaining notice worldwide. Many Korean concerts are being organize in many other countries. Most of the Korean singers nowadays are also making the world tour concert. And Thailand has been one of the destination of all Korean concert tour! LOL