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Why some women are traveling to South Korea to find boyfriends

  • Written by Min Joo Lee, Visiting Lecturer in Women's & Gender Studies, Wellesley College
Why some women are traveling to South Korea to find boyfriendsActor Seo Kang Joon poses with a fan at an autograph signing. Visual China Group/Getty Images

For my entire life I’ve obsessively watched South Korean television dramas, or K-dramas.

The term refers to the disparate genres of television dramas produced in South Korea, including mystery, crime and rom-com. Regardless of genre, most K-dramas...

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