ABSTRACT
As in many other countries, Korea has borrowed a great deal from popular culture of the United States and has been heavily influenced by its global images and values. However, while some forms of global culture are directly imitated by local people, most undergo a degree of transformation in adapting to local issues and values.1 In the case of Korea’s adaptation of global pop music styles during the early 1990s, local youth drew on these styles to serve local social and aesthetic needs, challenging the older generation’s overpowering control, particularly the authority of the educational system.
