From Factory Girls to KPOP Idol Girls by Gooyong Kim - Can Girl Groups Help Modernize a Nation?

In this episode we discuss the book From Factory Girls to K-Pop Idol Girls: Cultural Politics of Developmentalism, Patriarchy, and Neoliberalism in South Korea’s Popular Music Industry by Gooyong Kim.

• The Kim Sisters on the Ed Sullivan Show

• Wonder Girls - Nobody

• SNSD on Letterman

• SNSD on Live with Kelly (guest co-host Howie Mandel)

• SNSD Featured in the Wall Street Journal [Soompi]

• Girls' Generation David Letterman Performance: “The Boys” Debuts Korean Stars K-Pop in America [International Business Times]

• How The South Korean Government Made K-Pop A Thing