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KOREAN POPULAR MUSIC, or K-Pop, is a popular genre of music originating from Korea. With the rise in popularity across the world, it was noted that KPop translations from Korean to English and Spanish were not always literally accurate or exactly corresponding to the verbatim intentions of the lyric writers. This book is specifically prepared for readers to learn Korean while they are enjoying some chosen K-Pop songs. Currently, the Korean language is the fastest growing in the world by the increasing ratio of the number of learners. The majority of new Korean learners are motivated by their affection for K-Culture, especially K-Pop. During K-Pop concerts, many audiences sing along to the Korean songs with the artists. One major reason that makes this phenomenon possible is that the Korean writing system is easy to use that many people read the lyrics in the Korean alphabet, Hangeul. However, non-Korean audiences have only a vague idea of what each song implies and do not understand the exact meaning of each word in the lyrics. This book will assist K-Pop fans and Korean language learners with understanding the deeper meaning, both literally and figuratively in English and Spanish translations. This book is designed to provide its readers with so many Eureka! moments while they leisurely enjoy reading and listening to the K-Pop songs at the same time. By taking advantage of the writer's repetition technique, in the end, most sincere readers will have a good understanding of one of the hardest languages without much stress. Korean is also a human language that happens to have a rich cultural background. Once readers understand its structure and logic that are shown in this book, hopefully, they will agree that it is not that difficult to master this charming language through K-Pop lyrics. LA MUSICA POPULAR COREANA, o K-Pop, es un genero de musica popular que se origina en Corea. Con el aumento de la popularidad en todo el mundo, se observo que las traducciones de KPop del coreano al ingles y al espanol no siempre eran literalmente precisas o correspondian exactamente a las intenciones textuales de los esritores de letras. Este libro esta preparado especi camente para que los lectores aprendan coreano mientras disfrutan de algunas canciones de K-Pop elegidas. En la actualidad, el idioma coreano es el que crece mas rapidamente en el mundo por la creciente proporcion del numero de estudiantes. La mayoria de los nuevos estudiantes del coreano estan motivados por su afecto por K-Cultura, especialmente K-Pop. Durante los conciertos de K-Pop, muchas audiencias cantan canciones coreanas con los artistas. Una de las principales razones que hace posible este fenomeno es que el sistema de escritura coreano es tan facil de usar que muchas personas leen las letras en el alfabeto coreano, Hangeul. Sin embargo, el publico no coreano solo tiene una vaga idea de lo que implica cada cancion y no comprende el signi cado exacto de cada palabra en la letra. Este libro ayudara a los fans de K-Pop y a los estudiantes de la lengua coreana a entender el signi cado mas profundo, tanto literal como guradamente en las traducciones al ingles y al espanol. Este libro esta disenado para ofrecer a sus lectores tantos momentos de !Eureka! , mientras disfrutan tranquilamente leyendo y escuchando las canciones de K-Pop al mismo tiempo. Aprovechando la tecnica de repeticion del escritor, al nal, los lectores mas sinceros tendran una buena comprension de uno de los idiomas mas dificiles sin mucho estres. El coreano es tambien un idioma humano que tiene un rico trasfondo cultural. Una vez que los lectores entienden su estructura y logica que se muestran en este libro, con suerte, estaran de acuerdo en que no seria tan dificil dominar este idioma encantador a traves de letras K-Pop.

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Kyung Kyle LEE was born in the Republic of Korea and has lived across the world, including the U.S.A, Switzerland, Korea, and Canada. He received formal education from the George Washington University in D.C., U.S.A., where he received a Master of Business Administration (MBA). Throughout his career he held stewardship positions with a National Bank in Korea, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN ECE), and the POS Research Institute in Seoul. Today he is semi-retired while continuing to manage a small business. Kyung is a published author and researcher, including the following books and reports: Iron and Steel Scrap Report (United Nations), Directory of the Steel Industry and the Environment (United Nations), Analysis of the Privatization Process of Countries in Transition (POS Research Institute). Kyung now enjoys a relaxed life in Alberta, where he takes in the beautiful Rocky Mountains and spends time walking his dog, a labradoodle named Lincoln. Kyung's passion for the Korean language and Koren Pop Culture will shine through in this book, illustrating his desire to educate learners on the basics of the Korean language, the writing system, and the deeper meaning of each lyric. Kyung hopes this book will be just the first edition of a growing collection.

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