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    This document compares Kpop fan cultures between South Korea and Colombia based on Hofstede's cultural dimensions. It finds that both cultures score low in individualism, indicating a preference for collective, group-oriented societies. They also score similarly high in uncertainty avoidance, disliking change. However, they differ in long-term orientation, with Colombia attached to tradition and South Korea open to innovation, and in indulgence, with Colombia less controlled and South Korea more loyal to their idols. While some cultural aspects vary, Kpop has become a global phenomenon uniting fans around the world.

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    This document compares Kpop fan cultures between South Korea and Colombia based on Hofstede's cultural dimensions. It finds that both cultures score low in individualism, indicating a preference for collective, group-oriented societies. They also score similarly high in uncertainty avoidance, disliking change. However, they differ in long-term orientation, with Colombia attached to tradition and South Korea open to innovation, and in indulgence, with Colombia less controlled and South Korea more loyal to their idols. While some cultural aspects vary, Kpop has become a global phenomenon uniting fans around the world.

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    This document compares Kpop fan cultures between South Korea and Colombia based on Hofstede's cultural dimensions. It finds that both cultures score low in individualism, indicating a preference for collective, group-oriented societies. They also score similarly high in uncertainty avoidance, disliking change. However, they differ in long-term orientation, with Colombia attached to tradition and South Korea open to innovation, and in indulgence, with Colombia less controlled and South Korea more loyal to their idols. While some cultural aspects vary, Kpop has become a global phenomenon uniting fans around the world.

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    The passage compares Colombian and South Korean cultures among K-pop fans using the Hofstede model of cultural dimensions. It discusses similarities in individualism, uncertainty avoidance, and differences in long-term orientation and indulgence.

    Both cultures score low in individualism, meaning they value groups and communities over individuals. They also score similarly high in uncertainty avoidance, not liking unexpected changes.

    Colombians score lower in long-term orientation, being more attached to traditions, while South Koreans embrace innovations. Colombians also score higher in indulgence, acting on impulses, while South Koreans are more restrained.

    A comparison between South Korea and Colombia culture based on Kpop

    fans by Aura Torres.

    Kpop is now more than just a musical genre, it is a social phenomenon. Therefore,

    Kpop is a product of many occidental music products and globalized with the Korean

    Wave in the 2000’s with groups like Super Junior, Girls Generation, 2ne1, Shinee,

    etcetera; the real step of the Kpop was in 2012 with “Gangnam Style” by PSY

    (Olmedo, 2017). The interesting thing in this type of subculture is that their members

    have the chance of learn more about new cultures even though they are from the

    foreign country. On this essay, you will going to review and understand differences

    and similarities between South Koreans and Colombians Kpopers based on the

    Hofstede Model.

    Firstly, Colombia (13) and South Korea (18) have low score in the dimension of

    individualism and this means that both cultures are very loyal to their friends and

    family, and that they like to being in groups because are a collective culture. This is

    evidence in Colombians Kpopers with the fact that they like to be in big groups and

    is usually have big families. Just like Colombians, Koreans often are very loyal in

    their communities of fans and this is the same with their idols. In addition, this to

    countries are very similar in the dimension of uncertainty avoidance because

    Colombia have 80 of score and South Korea 85 of score this means that this cultures

    do not like changes . This is easily seen because fandoms do not like when producer

    change the concept of the musical group, for example when a member quit the group

    or even worse, when a new member is added in the group.


    On the other hand, the differences between Colombia and South Korea are in

    dimensions like long-term orientation and indulgence. First, the dimension of long-

    term orientation Colombia have a very low score of 13 that means that they are very

    attached to their past and to their traditions, this evidence with the fact that

    Colombians Kpopers are not well seen in that country because they are not used to

    know a person who like that kind of music genre. Whereas, Koreans Kpopers are

    the biggest ones and is because of many factors as they introduced Kpop since 90’s,

    they like innovations and Koreans are not attached to their past as Colombians.

    Secondly, Indulgence is the other dimension that they differ. Colombia have a very

    high score of 83 this means that they do not control their impulse and do what their

    desire even though that have consequences. This is evidence in Kpopers in the

    charts platforms like ITunes because there are not very loyal to their compromise

    and the majority reaggeton, this happens because do not have the same opportunity

    as Korean Kpopers because idols do not come often because they think they do not

    have enough popularity. Otherwise, South Korea have a low score of 29, there are

    the opposite and is evidence with the fact that Koreans Kpopers are more loyal to

    their idols because they go to their concerts, support them on social medias like

    Twitter and Instagram, bought their merchandise and stream their songs on

    platforms like Vlive, Naver, ITunes, YouTube, Melon.

    In general, these two countries have many similarities and differences that make

    them amazing with incredible cultures to know, with the help of the Hofstede model

    we can see these differences and similarities clearly like both cultures are collective

    and attached to their past and traditions. However, they are very different when we
    are talking about changes .However; kpop is now a form to united people around the

    world and is big social phenomenon, which start in 90’s.

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