“K-culture is not contrary to God or our faith,” the seminarian says. In fact, he thinks it offers us fresh opportunities to collaborate and discover “even greater beauty in our faith.”
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Koreanentertainmentandculturehaveenjoyedglobalpopularityforalongtime.
However,recentlytakentheUnitedStatesbystorm.Landmarksuccesses,suchasNetflix’s“SquidGame,”andtheemergenceofprominentSouthKoreantalentsinHollywood—includingLisaofBlackpink,theThai-bornK-popsuperstarwhorecentlystarredinHBO’slatestseasonof“WhiteLotus”—arepropellingKoreanculturefirmlyintotheAmericanmainstream.
K-dramasandK-pophavebecomeeverydayreferences,andnowagrowingmovementof“K-faith”isaddinganewdimensiontothisculturalwave.
BrotherAndrewSangguKang,age29,currentlystudyingwiththeLegionariesofChristinRomeandoriginallyfromCheongju,SouthKorea,embodiesthismergingofcultureandfaith.
Duringthisyear’sJubileeofYouth,hewasthrilledtomeetfellowyoungCatholicsfromaroundtheworld.Hewasespeciallytouchedtowit
