South Korea's global phenomenon group BlackPink. (From left) Jisoo, Rosé, Jennie and Lisa of the K-Pop band. - Netflix via AP
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Bernama): The popularity of "hallyu," or the Korean Wave, seems to have continued unabated across the world despite yearlong coronavirus restrictions, as the number of global hallyu fans topped the 100 million milestone last year, a public foundation said Friday.
The number of members of hallyu fan clubs in 109 countries worldwide, excluding South Korea, rose to 104,770,000 as of September last year, marking an on-year rise of 5.5 per cent, or 5.4 million, from 99,320,000, according to the Korea Foundation, a public diplomacy organization based in Seoul.
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