Story on deaf boy band leads Korea.net's top 5 articles of 2024

By Margareth Theresia

Korea.net throughout this year has spread news on Korea to the world.

As of 9 a.m. on Dec. 17, the service posted 12,180 articles in 11 languages including Korean. Among these stories, the following five were the most read this year.

First hearing-impaired K-pop act hopes for 'barrier-free world'

A feature on Big Ocean, the first deaf K-pop act, saw the highest readership of any Korea.net story this year. The group's members honestly recounted the obstacles they faced and the process of overcoming them for their debut, drawing keen empathy from around the world.

This piece saw a particularly enthusiastic response from Japanese readers.

The article was the most read this year on Korea.net's Japanese-language page, attracting 10 times more views that the story on the site's leading section of English.

The Korea.net staff writers who did the interview said they were deeply inspired by the boy band when talking to them at their practice room. The writers also expressed pride that the story resonated deeply with many readers.

Source: https://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=263431&pageIndex=1