The Hallyu Wave is popular in different countries in Asia for more or less a decade now. People can’t get enough of these Korean stars, whether in KPop or Kdrama. Who can’t resist these charming Koreans singing and dancing their stuff on stage or crying their hearts out in many popular Korean dramas that have captured the world by storm? With their flawless skin, stunning visuals and amazing talent of South Korean stars, the Hallyu Wave helped boost Korea’s impressive economy that is the 4th in all of Asia and 11th globally.
Unfortunately, the recent rift between China and South Korea because of the latter’s friendly relationship with the US (and the renowned THAAD System – missile defense system against North Korea). Even if it was the Chinese press that came up with the term “Hallyu” back in the late 1990s, China has recently imposed a Hallyu ban on all South Korean stars and performers who are traveling to China. Despite the warm reception of millions of Chinese to everything Hallyu in their lives, the Chinese government has now intervened and are determined to cut ties with South Korea because of their active missile program in collaboration with America.
…First, there was unconfirmed news that K-pop artists, those adorable groups of singers whom the Chinese couldn’t get enough of, were blacklisted by Beijing. Then, heartthrobs like Song Joong-ki, the male lead in the drama series “The Descendants