Number of hallyu fans around the world surpasses 100 million
Posted : 2021-01-14 15:56
Updated : 2021-01-14 21:13
The Korea Foundation said Thursday that the success of Korean music, TV dramas and movies, including the Oscar-winning film "Parasite," contributed to the growing popularity of hallyu last year. Courtesy of CJ ENM
By Dong Sun-hwa
Hallyu, or the wave of Korean pop culture across the globe, has seen its number of fans worldwide exceed 100 million for the first time, the Korea Foundation said Thursday.
There were 1,835 hallyu fan clubs with 104 million members in 98 countries as of last September, the public diplomacy organization said in its annual report, "Global Hallyu 2020" published in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The foundation estimated there were 99 million hallyu fans in 2019.