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‘We can’t go back in time:’ How a reserved, soft-spoken K-pop fan became AB valedictorian

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‘We can’t go back in time:’ How a reserved, soft-spoken K-pop fan became AB valedictorian

IT WAS eight in the morning, and Kyla Jane Purcil had just woken up when she received an e-mail from the Rector’s office. “Rector’s Awardee 2024,” the e-mail’s subject read. Her heart momentarily stopped. Making sure that she read it right, Purcil, who came to be the UST Faculty of…

Fandoms at war: Are they going too far?

Note: This article mentions suicide, death threats and toxic behaviors. AFTER DEFENDING a K-pop artist by replying to comments to a Twitter hate post, Polytechnic University of the Philippines biology senior Seth Niño Paparon was mobbed by several fan accounts. Online attacks on K-pop groups, Paparon said, usually happen during…

K-Pop culture can create a new internationalism—cultural studies prof

The rise of Korean pop (K-pop) boy group BTS has revealed a possible “new internationalism” as fans associate themselves with their idols while expressing their views on social issues, a cultural studies professor said. Kyung Hee University professor Alex Taek-Gwang Lee said BTS member Park Jimin’s issue in Tokyo Dome…

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