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K-Pop Fancams Got Political to Protect Black Lives Matter Protesters From Dallas Police
Practitioner
K-Pop Fans
Date
Jun 5 2020

If you’ve spent a decent amount of time on Twitter, you’re probably familiar with the concept of K-pop fancams. The short clips of live performances, primarily by South Korean acts, often dominate replies on the app and are hated by many. This week, however, the social phenomenon has taken over in a different way: to fight for the rights of Black Lives Matter protesters seeking justice after the death of George Floyd.

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Ghost Protest in Seoul
Practitioner
Amnesty International in Korea
Date
Feb 24 2016

Haeryun Kang reported the following for NPR on February 24, 2016:

"On the eve of South Korean President Park Geun-hye's third anniversary in office, protesters gathered in Seoul... to condemn the administration's increasing crackdown on free speech. These protesters were unlike any others Seoul has seen. They were holograms"

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Buses in Seoul install 'comfort women' statues to honour former sex slaves
Practitioner
Dong-A Transit bus company
Date
Aug 7 2017

Buses serving several routes in central Seoul have acquired a new and highly controversial passenger: a barefoot “comfort woman”, wearing a traditional hanbok dress with her hands resting on her knees.

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"Are You Doing All Right?"
Practitioner
Ju Hyun-u
Date
Dec 1 2013

The following description is taken from the website of Aljazeera America (find link below):

In early December, Ju Hyun-u, a student at South Korea’s elite Korea University, taped up two white sheets filled with his handwriting on a campus bulletin board. His message began with a question, “Are you doing all right?”.

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Trump 'played' by K-pop fans and TikTok users who disrupted Tulsa rally
Practitioner
K-Pop Fans
Date
Jun 21 2000

K-pop fans and users of TikTok claimed tickets to Donald Trump’s Saturday night rally in Tulsa then did not use them, as part of a coordinated effort which helped to leave hundreds of seats empty in a 19,000-capacity venue.

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Harry Potter Alliance
Practitioner
Harry Potter Alliance
Date
Jul 2 2000

What if we gave our teenagers the opportunity to imagine themselves as the heroes that they have grown up watching, rather than treating their precious minds as nothing more than a way to line the pockets of some CEO?

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From K-pop musical fandom to political activism in Latin America
Practitioner
K-Pop Fans in Latin America
Date
Jan 1 2022

During the 2020 and 2021 social protests in Chile, Colombia, and Peru, Latin American fans of K-pop, Korean popular music and culture that mixes rhythms, styles, dance routines and has a defined aesthetic, went from using social networks to support their favorite artists to using them to sabotage the hashtags of conservative influencers that discredited the mobilizations.

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