V&A celebrates 'Korean Wave' of popular culture with new exhibition

Props used for the TV series 'Squid Game' are seen on display at the 'Hallyu! The Korean Wave' exhibition at the Victoria and Albert museum in London. Photo: AP

From the bright pink guard costumes in hit Netflix series Squid Game to a large sculpture of rapper G-Dragon, London's V&A museum is celebrating South Korean popular culture and its rise to global prominence in a new exhibition which opens this weekend.

Among the items on display at Hallyu! The Korean Wave are K-Pop costumes, K-drama props as well as a replica of the bathroom set in Oscar-winning film Parasite.