{"id":67046,"date":"2024-04-11T12:11:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T16:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/?p=67046"},"modified":"2024-04-16T11:10:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T15:10:29","slug":"asamnews-prof-hahm-discusses-realities-rising-popularity-korean-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/asamnews-prof-hahm-discusses-realities-rising-popularity-korean-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"AsAmNews: Prof. Hahm Discusses Realities of the Rising Popularity of Korean Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new Museum of Fine Art Boston cultural exhibition, \u201cHallyu: The Korean Wave,\u201d\u00a0 focuses on the explosive popularity of Korean pop culture over the last twenty years and includes a public program series featuring Prof. Hyeouk Chris Hahm from BU School of Social Work. AsAmNews, a news site dedicated to Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders, reported on the upcoming panel entitled \u201cThe City Talks: Korean Standards and Stigmas” that Hahm will moderate, covering the harmful mental health side effects Koreans and Korean Americans face. Hahm explains that while Korea\u2019s influence on pop culture is an exciting and positive phenomenon, addressing societal issues like the country\u2019s fierce competition and strict beauty standards can help the public understand other trends, such as the high rate of depression among Koreans.<\/span><\/p>\n

Excerpt from \u201c<\/i><\/b>Hallyu! The Korean Wave Brings the Global Sensation to Boston<\/i><\/b><\/a>\u201d by Rachel Lu, originally posted in AsAmNews:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"quotation<\/a>One of the public programs offered as part of City Talks is \u2018Korean Standards and Stigmas\u2019 on May 30, which will be moderated by Hyeouk \u2018Chris\u2019 Hahm, professor and associate dean for research at Boston University School of Social Work. Hahm told AsAmNews that she plans for the conversation to revolve around the reality behind the exponential development and transformation that propelled Hallyu to the global stage.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018So we have achieved this, which is an incredible miracle. And we have become a leader in culture, movies, fashion, and everything. But at the same time, Korea suffered the consequences. That is mental health,\u2019 Hahm said.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Hahm, 38% of Koreans are estimated to be suffering from depression. Hahm partly attributes this to South Korea\u2019s intensely competitive culture and unrealistic beauty standards. These societal issues should be discussed alongside the celebration of popular culture.<\/span><\/p>\n

Similarly, the spotlight should also be given to the effects of anti-Asian hate in the U.S., despite the historic successes of award-winning movies like Parasite and Minari. After Parasite won Best Picture at the Oscars in 2020, the rise in Covid related hate crimes against Asian Americans soon followed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Read the full article here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Learn More About Prof. Hahm\u2019s Research<\/b><\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new Museum of Fine Art Boston cultural exhibition, \u201cHallyu: The Korean Wave,\u201d\u00a0 focuses on the explosive popularity of Korean pop culture over the last twenty years and includes a public program series featuring Prof. Hyeouk Chris Hahm from BU School of Social Work. AsAmNews, a news site dedicated to Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19132,"featured_media":52344,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7517,7440,4057],"tags":[],"profile-tax":[7959],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67046"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67046"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67080,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67046\/revisions\/67080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67046"},{"taxonomy":"profile-tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile-tax?post=67046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}