북한이냐 남한이냐를 묻는 단계에서 한국을 알고 위상이 바뀌는 것을 실감하는 단계까지 발전했다. 그러다 보니 희망을 찾아 한국을 떠난 외국 동포에도 영향을 주고 있다.

2021/3/23 ALICIA HANNAH | Representation heals: How watching K-dramas lifted the weight of white supremacy and freed my tongue https://www.salon.com/2021/03/23/k-dramas-korean-tv-language-white-supremacy-representation-diversity

2021/5/10 Stacy S. Kim I found Korean culture sexist and stifling. Then my kid fell in love with K-pop. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/05/07/korean-culture-teenager-fan
I realized that I had frozen Korea in my mind. Over the 35 years I’d been in the United States, I only recognized changes if they fit my negative beliefs. I could spot plastic surgery clinics sprouting on every block of Gangnam, and cited them as evidence of conformity and consumerism run amok. But I hadn’t noticed that South Korea loosened its censorship laws. Not only was there kissing and violence on TV, but artists were free to criticize Korean culture and politics.
 

2022/2/21 미국인 작가이자 영화 제작자인 크리스토프 휘수 김 | 딸아이의 이름을 선택하는 것 https://www.instagram.com/p/CaOQBoRDlsS https://m.news.nate.com/view/20220223n01797?hc=838726&mal=01

2022/2/15 JOON LEE | How BTS helped me bridge my Korean and American identities https://theundefeated.com/features/how-bts-helped-me-bridge-my-korean-and-american-identities

2022/3/8 HYERIM BIANCA NAM | What the wave carries https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2022/03/08/nam-what-the-wave-carries

2022/3/18 NAEUN KIM | I’m Korean, I Don’t Relate To The K-Wave, And That’s Okay https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/korean-kwave-kdrama-kpop

2022/5/17 Peter Serpico | On Reconnecting With My Korean Heritage Through Food https://lithub.com/on-reconnecting-with-my-korean-heritage-through-food

2022/6/3 Bryan Pietsch | Why I reclaimed my South Korean citizenship after losing it as a baby https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/06/03/citizenship-south-korea-adoption-goal

2022/6/22 Melissa Matthews | Watching K-Dramas Improved My Mental Health By Connecting Me to My Culture https://www.self.com/story/korean-drama-mental-health-therapist-essay

2022/11/7 Lina H. R. Cho | It’s a Weird Time to be Korean in America https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/11/7/cho-korean-in-america

I saw that Seoul was now romanticized as a travel destination or place of fantasy akin to Paris or London.

2023/2/26 Joan MacDonald | ‘K-Pop Dreaming’ Explores K-Pop History And Korean American Identity https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanmacdonald/2023/02/26/k-pop-dreaming-explores-k-pop-history-and-korean-american-identity/?sh=e60354144d14

2023. 11. 18 YTN 코리언 | "K-팝은 삶의 원동력"…'한류 사랑' 입양동포의 뿌리 찾기 https://youtu.be/H3WNl3M1dxk

2024.01.01 Esther Y. Kim, Being Korean in age of hallyu https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/2024/01/197_365962.html 대만

2025년 7월 7일 '케이팝 데몬 헌터스'에 빠진 미국 10대들, 오죽하면 이렇게까지, 장소영 https://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/View/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0003145860

2025년 10월 10일 일본에서 아들이 엄마가 한국 사람이라는 걸 자랑하고 싶어서 사람들 앞에서 일부러 한국어로 전화한다 https://x.com/Mafinacc/status/1976469789330870382