K-pop sings a universal tune, even in Korean

Slick product shows how to conquer world music -- with government help

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Members of K-Pop band BTS perform on ABC's 'Good Morning America' show in Central Park in New York on May 15. © Reuters

JOHN DUERDEN

It is hard to know which was more surprising as I sat in my parents' living room on a visit to Britain in May: that the South Korean boy band BTS were guesting on the flagship television show "Britain's Got Talent" or that my parents already knew who they were.

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