K-pop: how South Korea turned round its music scene

Strict anti-piracy laws, pop production houses and clever marketing have helped this struggling market thrive once moreSouth Korean music has, traditionally, never been on the radar of major labels and publishers. Being one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world (out of a population of 48.6 million, 39.4 million use the internet), the country's music industry suffered from rampant piracy for most of the past decade.There was little revenue to be collected internally, and the...

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