Did 3rd gen rewrite history on 2nd gen?

  • TVXQ was popular in southeast asia from 2007-2009 but now they are only known for korea and japan

    SNSD was popular globally but now the question is if anyone can surpass their public recognition in korea.

  • Lee min ho is more popular than any second gen idol throughout world, when second hallyu wave truely started with boys over flowers. His fanbase is idol like. Huge. That drama was watched in every asian country for years. His endorsements are spread throughout asia.


    He has huge sm following and his drama topped netflix worldwide and made profit , even though it didn't work in korea.


    His global fame is that he is headlining apple+ 112 billion won drama and earning a record salary of billion won per episode


    AND regarding your question BTS has already done all that and surpassed everyone


    Even topped Gallup ( gp poll ) with record votes in korea. There goes your public recognition . BTS has already achieved everything.

  • I like Lee Min ho and his works, but I really didn't know he is this famous. Wow.. is he really this famous??

  • I like Lee Min ho and his works, but I really didn't know he is this famous. Wow.. is he really this famous??

    2nd hallyu wave was started by him when boys over flowers became mega smash all over asia and many other regions.


    Look at his insta followers and before china ban, he was signing 2 million usd contracts in china and had double digits cf there. And more he runs his own agency with his sister, so profit he keep! His endorsements in korea pay him top dollar, because they target other asian countries too.

    https://www.kpopstarz.com/arti…yun-s-china-cf-salary.htm


    This is 2010 income when he just hit big with boys over flowers. And has yet to become bigger. He took over bae yong joon's position ( winter sonata, ) and maintained it. From may 2009 to may 2010 , he earned 20 billion won! And it was start of his career at top


    https://iloveohkpop.wordpress.…a-20-billion-won-cf-king/


    And even after 11 years he is at top. Now he is getting paid record billion won per episode. No korean actor is even close to his income. But he never mediaplays it like kim soo hyun about being highest paid. He is hallyu king for 12 years now!


    [Naver Korea] The production cost of "Pachinko" is 14-15 billion won per ep with 8 eps & a total production cost of more than 100 billion won per season. it's estimated that the main actor will be paid around 1 billion won per episode. And show will have multiple seasons. He is in for big paychecks. He doesn't need even to work for local korean tv. Even there he gets paid the most ( never mediaplays it unlike kim soo hyun ) because of high overseas profit sharing.

    https://m.blog.naver.com/PostV…4&searchKeyword=undefined



  • Wow, that's actually impressive. It's incredible how he maintained his fame for so long and how he is still so active in spreading k culture to the world!!


  • TVXQ was popular in southeast asia from 2007-2009 but now they are only known for korea and japan

    SNSD was popular globally but now the question is if anyone can surpass their public recognition in korea.

    But to be fair, SNSD wasnt really popular globally.

    They were super popular in SEA + Japan and China, on the western part, they didnt make much impact.


    But of course the kpop niche fans would know SNSD for sure. They were the top GG at that time

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