When heritage meets pop culture: K-pop

Korea's cultural heritage is finding new life beyond museums and historic sites.

As history, folklore and tradition become a key creative engine behind Korean pop culture's global expansion, K-pop, films, dramas and games are bringing the nation's past to audiences around the world.

The following stories examine how each industry is making heritage part of its global success.

With the K-pop genre now a global phenomenon, artists are increasingly drawing on Korea's history, music and visual tradi ...