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K-pop Singers Introduced in Thai School Textbooks

Thai school textbooks now include Korean pop stars in their contents.

The Korea Thailand Communication Center(KTCC) said Friday that one of the top ranking publishers in Thailand had recently released music textbooks for junior high to high school classes which include pictures of well-known K-pop stars, including CNBLUE, Super Junior, 2PM, Rain and Big Bang.

The music textbook also introduces students to music from many different countries, with the most related material on South Korean singers.

Lee Yu-hyun, chairman of KTCC says the K-pop singers are featured in the textbook as their music has a deep "emotional" influence on Thai adolescents beyond their music sales.

Lee said further efforts have to be made for the popularity of Korean pop culture known as "Hallyu" to go on through K-pop and other cultural contents.

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Reported by KBS WORLD

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