COMMENT | I’m not too familiar with South Korean politics. I do know about the band NewJeans, but only because my daughter once requested a NewJeans box set for her birthday.

I also know about OhmyNews, a South Korean news portal which was founded in the early 2000s and was so influential that it was believed to have swayed the 2002 South Korean presidential election.

It was a case study that I frequently used back then to prove how the internet was going to change the journalism landscape.

Oh, and I also know about that viral Apateu song (spelt APT!) sung by South Korean singer Rose and American singer Bruno Mars. Yes, I am quite hip and happening with what the young ones are tuned into!

However, I have to admit that I find that song so irritating and annoying that my wife and I have banned it from being played in the car. If our kids want to listen to it, they will have to do it on their own and when we aren’t around.