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SARAH A SON explains how K-pop was manufactured by government strategy as a global branding tool for South Korea
PAWNS IN A CORPORATE GAME: Seventeen performa at Summer K-POP Festival August 4, 2015, Seoul Plaza

 

THE 13-member K-pop boy band SEVENTEEN will make history this year as they become the first Korean group on the Glastonbury music festival line-up.

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