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Why some middle-aged Filipino women attend K-pop concerts

Korean pop music, or K-pop, has been a favorite of many Filipinos since “Answer the Phone” by Shim Mina became viral in the Philippines in the early 2000s. It was quickly followed by the megahit “Nobody” by the Wonder Girls, a song-and-dance routine that became a most-requested Christmas-party number in 2008. The first major K-pop...