From Hallyu (the Korean Wave) to Colonial Memory

This is an ongoing research project on how Hallyu(the Korean Wave) reshapes later-generation Zainichi Korean youth’s relationship to Koreanness, ethnic stigma, family history, and colonial memory. The project asks how contemporary popular culture can open pathways through which diaspora youth reconnect with ancestral heritage and develop a transgenerational understanding of their historical positionality.

This page will be updated as the project develops, including its research background, emerging arguments, interview-based findings, and selected references.

More details will be added soon.