The demand for language courses on US college campuses typically has reflected global shifts: migration (Spanish), the Cold War (Russian) and commerce (Chinese). But today, students are taking Korean. Universities report that classes fill up as soon as they add them and there are long waiting lists. And it’s all attributed to K-pop music and K-movies. Reporter Queena Kim visited an elementary Korean class at the University of California, Berkeley campus.
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