K-Pop

South Korea is relatively small in population: 51 million, 30th in the world as of 8 October 2026. It was around 50 million in the 2010s, during which most of the K-pop wave took place. So how did they achieve such an increase in K-pop popularity?

Why were they the most prominent groups during the wave?

One of the fundamental parts (if not the most) is dance. Why?