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Why obsessive K-pop fans are turning toward political activism

(Krista Schlueter | The New York Times) A cut-out in the crowd at KCON, a Korean pop music festival, at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., Aug. 8, 2015. After claiming some credit for the fizzling of President Trump’s rally in Oklahoma, the online armies of Korean pop music listeners are feeling prepared and empowered.