Ministry gives advice on K-pop-crazed teenagersBy Sam Garcia / Staff writer, with CNAWith young people investing lots of time and money on K-pop merchandise, the Ministry of Education yesterday released an article on the psychology behind the culture craze with advice to parents on how to handle it. Among the Web site’s many resources is an article on K-pop by Shu-Te University Graduate School of Human Sexuality assistant professor Kuo Hung Kuo-hsiung (郭洪國雄). Young people devote lots of time and resources to K-pop fandoms, “exceeding what parents imagine,” the article said. Social media networks can create the expectation that viewers must like certain idols to fit in, the article said. For children, K-pop is not just entertainment, but a type of emotional support and source of social connection, the ministry’s media resource network said.

Source: Taipei Times February 04, 2026 17:14 UTC