[theqoo] DO PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT K-POP IS THAT SIGNIFICANT TO KOREA’S GDP EVEN HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA?

“Some Korean fans, don’t be ungrateful after getting the benefits. Your country’s economy relies heavily on K-pop, and K-pop’s revenue comes mostly from overseas fans. It’s the overseas fans who are supporting your country. We’re all fans, so we should all be treated fairly. When it comes to buying albums, it’s also overseas fans who buy the most, but you’re silent about that. If you don’t want overseas fans buying tickets, fine, then don’t export albums to overseas fans anymore. You can support your idols yourselves.”

“A Chinese person passing by who doesn’t stan (K-pop): 

Korea’s munitions and game exports bring in more foreign currency than K-pop exports, so do military otakus or gaming otakus go around saying “Korean defense and gaming owe it to us”? 

I don’t really want to say it harshly, but I’m genuinely curious. People who think a significant chunk of Korea’s GDP comes from K-pop, did they even graduate high school? Back in the day, when Latin American or Southeast Asian fans said stuff like that, it was just funny, but apparently, we’ve got this misconception on our side too. It’s a misunderstanding that didn’t even need to exist in the first place.

Not long ago, on Chinese internet, there was some fun debate around phrases like “Korea’s Golden Age” tied to Korea’s stock market fluctuations. At the very least, it means they’re interested in their neighbor’s economic situation and have a rough impression of the big tech firms that move market caps. 

Attaching one image. It’s last year’s data, but it’s worth referencing on a macro level. Especially since it lists the main business areas, and there’s no idol-centric entertainment company. 

Almost all of them are tech, internet, finance, autos, shipbuilding, pharma, energy, aviation, and so on. 

K-pop fans who lack study should steer clear of heavy topics like “the economy” that they can’t handle.”

1. ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ So they do have smart folks over there too 

2. Even if you combine the export revenues of all K-pop, movies, and dramas,

it doesn’t even reach half of what MapleStory and Dungeon & Fighter generate, and that was the case last year too 

3. He said “topics they can’t handle’ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

4. Ugh this is so refreshing to read 

5. As expected, Chinese are the best at bashing other Chinese

6. Ah entertainment industry is just a f*cking small deal. South Korea is the land of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix

7. Steer clear from topics they can’t handle ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

8. It’s thoughtful of you to broke it down into paragraphs to make it easier to readㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

9. He hit them back well ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

10. We are the country of Samsung