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Slide over salsa: K-pop takes socialist Cuba by storm

Associated Press

HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — In the land of the salsa, more and more youngsters are turning to K-pop. Popular all over the world, South Korean bands have gained dedicated fan clubs even on the socialist island, thanks to greater access to the internet. K-pop fans who follow the bands, adopt the fashion, and learn the steps gather on weekends at different public spaces in Havana to perform, exchange gossip about their favorite artists and sell K-pop memorabilia. South Korean pop artists have become popular in Cuba even before the two countries restored diplomatic relations earlier this year, which had been severed in 1959 after the Cuban revolution.

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