It looks like Park Jin-young is serious about taking on the nationalist pride that springs from the “Korean Wave”. Following up on his comments to the Joongang-Ilbo (and covered by the Lost Nomad), Korea’s number one music producer (and quite a talented performer himself back in the day) wrote a column in the Chosun Ilbo explaining why “he wants no part of the Korean Wave“:

“It’s fine if people abroad use the term “Korean Wave.” But should we label our own pop culture that way? Should it really be for us to draw on it as a source of pride or dignity?”

Will Mr. Park prove to be a catalyst for a change of self-perception in Korean society? Or will the treacherous sludge known as “group think” prove too overwhelming…absorbing and crushing him in the process?

Stay tuned.