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One of my totally awesome students wrote today "everyone complains about #Koreaboos but the Korean gov't is actively making them."
And oh my gosh, so much truth.
The Korean government does not see the cringe in the #Koreaboo. They see an enthusiastic consumer. They see
And oh my gosh, so much truth.
The Korean government does not see the cringe in the #Koreaboo. They see an enthusiastic consumer. They see
someone who reflects back to them a vision of Korea that they love. It strokes their ego. They do not correct the errors and misunderstandings of the Koreaboo, they *do not care.* They will feed the Koreaboo with exotified elements, or over the top praise of an idol.
The Koreaboo is a manifestation of a fantasy relationship with Korean pop culture (or some parts of it), but to Korean bureaucrats the foreign interest in Korea is already a poorly understood fantasy, to them there is no difference between the Koreaboo and my awesome student.
