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By Euny Hong
Ms. Hong is the author of “The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation Is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture.”
I initially didn’t intend to watch the Netflix blockbuster “KPop Demon Hunters,” an animated film about a K-pop girl band that must save its fans from a group of demons who have taken the corporeal form of a K-pop boy band, as any clever demon would. I had no reason to believe it would be to my liking, let alone culturally relevant to anyone anywhere near my age.
