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With South Korea building a joint missile defense system with the US, and China’s growing opposition, the real victims appear to be Kpop artists like EXO, BTS, Girls’ Generation and [insert your favorite KPop artist/band here.]

 

Several months ago, I touched upon a growing conflict across the Pacific Ocean.  China banned any and all Kpop (and hallyu) in the country.  China performed the controversial move in retaliation for South Korea’s joint partnership with the US to build THAAD.

 

 

‘Hallyu,’ which includes Kpop, refers to an explosion in Korean culture, with massive exportation around the world.

 

South Korea insists that THAAD will protect the country from North Korean attacks.  Yet, China says that THAAD is an American missile defense system that threatens the country’s national security interests.  It also exposes the country to future attacks.

 

Citing one example of the country’s hallyu ban, The South China Morning Post wrote,

 

“A Chinese entertainment corporation has been reportedly fined 17 million won (US$14,460) for pushing ahead with a Korean idol group concert that had not been approved by the Chinese government.  It was ordered to refund ticket buyers double the original ticket price. The entertainment company invited the Korean group and began selling tickets a month before the concert but the Chinese government refused to confirm the show.â€

 

Now, we have numbers on how China’s hallyu sales have affected Kpop artists.  The management agency for Lee Kwang-soo, Kim Beom, and Kim Ji-won experienced a huge drop in sales in the second half of 2016.  These three stars had strong popularity in China.

 

In a statement to The Korea Times, Lee Jim-seong, chief of King Kong by Starship, explains,

 

“The company has earned not a penny from China due to the political row over THAAD.  We did occasionally receive inquiries for advertisements until the end of last year but no contract was actually signed.â€

 

Following the ban, popular South Korean artists like PSY and Hwang Chi-yeol appeared on Chinese shows — with blurred faces. Others had their appearances edited out.

 

Yet, China didn’t stop there.  On February 26the, China reportedly blocked online sharing platforms that allow access to South Korean music and dramas. A warning on a Chinese website read,

 

 
“Everybody should be aware of the reason of this.â€

 

As a fallout of China’s hallyu ban, EXO had to postpone their “EXO Planet #3†Nanjing concert in December. All concerts in China have been postponed indefinitely.

 

Yet, EXO isn’t the only group facing hurting sales.  Lee Kwang-so said the ban deals a huge blow to Korean stars who have depended on Chinese market income.  This includes most iconic actors, actresses, and pop stars like BTS, Girls Generation, and more.

 

But this gets even worse.  AllKpop recently noted that the entire South Korean entertainment industry faces a serious economic threat.

 

“The continuous blocking of South Korean entertainment is expected to have a great negative impact on Korea; resulting in decrease in profits for Korean entertainment companies and decrease in overall popularity of Korean media in China.â€

 

In addition, The Telegraph called South Korean pop stars “unwitting pawns†in the escalating diplomatic spat.  The news agency said,

 

“K-pop and K-dramas are hugely popular in China, but their success in the Chinese market also puts them at risk of economic exploitation during political crises.â€

 

Despite Kpop’s growing influence around the world, China remains one of the Korean entertainment industry’s largest and most lucrative markets.  Just recently, The Korea Times ranked the names of top-tier artists who remained active in China.

 

  • Kim Tae-hee
  • Song Seung-heon
  • Rain
  • Kwon Sang-woo
  • Son Tae-young
  • Lee Joon-gi
  • Kim Ha-neul
  • Park Si-hoo
  • Kim Beom

 

These artists “received at least two to three-fold more TV appearance fees in China than in South Korea.â€

 

Yet, the Korean Entertainment shouldn’t despair, according to Hwang Ji-seon, chief of Mountain Movement.  Hwang says that Korean entertainers need to take advantage of this situation to enhance their competitiveness.

 

 
“There was a bubble in the Chinese market.  Korean stars need to take steps to remove the bubble and increase their competitiveness.â€

 

Korean entertainers, according to Hwang, must find new markets.  She said that the “widening global market†benefits all Korean entertainers thanks to global online video streaming services.  Thus, they should move away from Chinese income dependency.

 

“We don’t see the Southeast Asian markets as being small.  They are not as big as China but have high growth potential.  If we have good content, we can export them at good prices.â€

 

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/03/06/china-korea-thaad-conflict-kpop/

 

 

 

 

 

Like I said, a lot of international fans really underestimate how overseas market international fans > chart PAK in terms of income. Idols want the PAK so they can gain relevance to international fans...where the money is. If the local scene is so important, then they can just stop promoting to other countries and focus in S Korea, but no - seems like Hallyu has its eyes on SEA next. Just shows how important the market abroad is for these Hallyu stars.

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no thanks. bts and snsd are fine lol. they have international fans's support.

 

the ones that should be worried are exo fans lmao say goodbye to daesang yall. its bts and snsd's year

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Despite Kpop’s growing influence around the world, China remains one of the Korean entertainment industry’s largest and most lucrative markets.  Just recently, The Korea Times ranked the names of top-tier artists who remained active in China.

 

  • Kim Tae-hee
  • Song Seung-heon
  • Rain
  • Kwon Sang-woo
  • Son Tae-young
  • Lee Joon-gi
  • Kim Ha-neul
  • Park Si-hoo
  • Kim Beom

 

These artists “received at least two to three-fold more TV appearance fees in China than in South Korea.â€

 

 

 

WTF this dude still has a career?! 5cF9Biq.png

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no thanks. bts and snsd are fine lol. they have international fans's support.

 

the ones that should be worried are exo fans lmao say goodbye to daesang yall. its bts and snsd's year

 

Exo are popular everywhere, not only in China, they have a large international fanbase.

They are not promoting in China anyway and not dependent on Chinese market income.

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 Lee Kwang-so said the ban deals a huge blow to Korean stars who have depended on Chinese market income.  This includes most iconic actors, actresses, and pop stars like BTS, Girls Generation, and more.

how has bts ever depended on the chinese market for income...even for their album sales, their baidu bar orders for ynwa were less than 10k from the individual members added together i believe. they're fine 

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somebody don't understand what international fans are or has never pick a map

bts and snsd have so many fans in the US, europe all countries in Asia except China. EXO on the other hand depends too much on their chinese fans and now that their chinese fans are starting to turn their back on exo welp so yes say goodbye to exo's career.

Not worried my BTS kings have Korea and Japan (the most important music market for east asian artists) but other supposed million sellers should be very worried

exactly lol

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bts and snsd have so many fans in the US, europe all countries in Asia except China. EXO on the other hand depends too much on their chinese fans and now that their chinese fans are starting to turn their back on exo welp so yes say goodbye to exo's career.

 

exactly lol

EXO doesn't depend on CH fans lol

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bts and snsd have so many fans in the US, europe all countries in Asia except China. EXO on the other hand depends too much on their chinese fans and now that their chinese fans are starting to turn their back on exo welp so yes say goodbye to exo's career.

 

exactly lol

us and europe buy crumbs

exo, bts and snsd main source of sales depend of their korean fandom

I see you all ignoring exo having big fanbases in other countries but it's typical at this point

if that make you feel better about yourself and others here, then go ahead 

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Y'all acting like all of exos fans live in China lmao.

 

she's acting like Chinese fans are filling all the venues for Exo's concerts in Asia (Korea, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia etc.)  and North America laugh.png Exo donated the profit from album sales in the last 2 years, so I don't know why she's making such a big deal with Chinese fans buying albums. (first, C-fans are only a part of Exo fans who buy albums and second, Exo isn't dependent on that income) 

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SEA is huge and kpop/drama seem to be really popular there so I never understood why korea isn't more aggressive with their promotion there! China and Korea are always fighting over some politic issue so it seems safer to me to focus on SEA from now on.

 

Yeah Kpop and K drama are hugely popular at SEA but SEA people doesn't have huge buying capabilities, pirated items also really wild there
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bts and snsd have so many fans in the US, europe all countries in Asia except China. EXO on the other hand depends too much on their chinese fans and now that their chinese fans are starting to turn their back on exo welp so yes say goodbye to exo's career.

 

exactly lol

but half of Taeyeon album sales come from China though?

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