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In celebration of Mason Korea's tenth anniversary, former campus dean Robert Matz and associate professor Gyu Tag Lee were invited to join President Gregory Washington on the Access to Excellence podcast.

In a dynamic collaboration with Mason Scalia Law School’s Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy and the Music Ecosystems Institute, Mason Korea hosted an international conference titled "The Role of Law and Policy in the Rise of K-Pop and Other Asian Music Genres." 

Why have so many members of “Generation Z,” those born in the late 1990s and early 2000s, embraced K-Pop? That is one of the questions Gyu Tag Lee, an associate professor of global affairs at Mason Korea, addresses in his recently published book titled Z with Luv: Post-BTS and the Future of K-Pop.

Dr. Gyu Tag Lee was recently invited as an expert panelist on The Daily Report of Arirang TV to discuss the Korean Language Learning Boom and fueling factors in this trend.

Dr. Gyu Tag Lee, a well-known K-Pop expert who teaches pop music and media studies at Mason Korea, was recently featured in a KBS documentary called "How K-Pop Saved Me."

Dr. Gyu Tag Lee, Faculty of Arts & Sciences at Mason Korea and well-known K-Pop expert in Korea, recently spoke at a joint panel called "The Globalization and Cultural Hybridization of K-pop" along with Dr. Crystal Anderson, Affiliate Faculty of Korean Studies at Mason’s US campus, as part of the Conversations at the Crossroads series.

Professor Gyu Tag Lee, K-pop expert and associate professor of anthropology and culture at Mason Korea, successfully completed his 13-lecture series titled "So You Think You Know K-Pop" on the popular TV show CLASS-e that airs on EBS.

With their latest new album, “Map of the Soul: Persona,” BTS topped both the US and UK’s album charts and continued on their K-pop sensation in the world. What are their success factors and future path?

JoongAng Ilbo, which is one of Korea's top three daily printed newspapers, published Professor Gyu Tag Lee’s column on K-Pop and Hallyu on August 29, 2018. Professor Lee’s editorial covers the new, third generation of popular Korean culture trending overseas, focusing on K-Pop and Hallyu.

Netflix’s documentary series “Explained” aired an interview with Professor Gyu Tag Lee, who teaches Arts & Science at George Mason University Korea, in May.