The two faces of Korea, ”the country of BTS,” are revealed... The international community is shocked

Foreign media reports that the dark shadows of South Korea, such as the military dictatorship, which had not received much attention due to the Korean Wave, such as K-POP and BTS, are now drawing attention due to the declaration of martial law.
The British daily newspaper The Guardian published an article on the 6th (local time) titled "K-POP and dictators: Shock to democracy highlights South Korea's dual nature" in which it said:
The paper analyzed the situation in Korea. The young generation, who have been crazy about Korean wave such as BTS, BLACKPINK, and TV series "Squid Game" in recent years, are now living in a state of martial law.
The Guardian pointed out that it was a big shock to them, saying, "South Korea has transformed itself from a country unknown to many people just a few decades ago into a cultural giant thanks to the Korean Wave, which includes BTS.
"However, just a few days ago, a sudden state of martial law suddenly emerged, bringing a real-life dystopia into the world," the report said.
"On Tuesday night, outside the National Assembly building in Seoul, lawmakers scaled the fence and a military HYERI helicopter flew overhead.
"The scene was starkly clear, of protesters braving armed soldiers and trying to restore the democracy their own president had disrupted," he added.
The Guardian noted that South Korea only emerged from a military dictatorship after the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
It was certainly a shocking incident, but the Guardian pointed out that it had not been long since South Korea had broken away from military dictatorship and achieved democratization.
There have been criticisms that the national status and image that had been built up until then has been tarnished, but there have also been assessments that the process of overcoming this has demonstrated the strength of Korean democracy.
"South Korea's reputation has suffered a serious blow," a Seoul resident told the Guardian. "Especially with the writer Han Kang winning the Nobel Prize in Literature this year, South Korea's peaceful group has been greatly affected."
"It has built its reputation on a global scale. All of this has crumbled in an instant."