Soompi
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| languages | English , French , Spanish |
| operator | Enswers Inc. Soompi Inc. |
| Registration | optional |
| On-line | 1998 (currently active) |
| http://www.soompi.com/ | |
Soompi is one of the largest and oldest English-language websites that provide information on Korean pop culture , especially K-pop and drama . Soompi was a major contributor to English content related to the Korean wave . For example, fans have come together in the Soompi forum to create subtitles for Korean drama series, for example. Soompi is also the forerunner of many stand-alone fan forums about K-pop groups. Soompi now receives a lot of support from the big Korean talent agencies such as JYP , SM or YG Entertainment for various fan specials, for example.
Soompi was founded in 1998 by Korean-American developer Susan Kang. The website quickly reached more and more visitors. In February 2011 Soompi was taken over by the Korean IT company Enswers. A French-language platform was also created for the website in 2011 and a Spanish-language one in 2012.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Yang Sung-jin: Soompi.com shows Hallyu where to go. In: Korea Herald. January 3, 2011, accessed July 1, 2012 .
- ↑ Exclusive JYP And Soompi Contest . In: soompi.com . Retrieved February 14, 2012.
- ↑ Exclusive SNSD Video Interview And Shout Out To Soompi . In: soompi.com . Retrieved February 14, 2012.
- ↑ Exclusive Look Into YGE Headquarters . In: soompi.com . Retrieved February 14, 2012.
- ↑ KPOPCON Part 1: Soompi Keynote . In: Advanced Technology Korea . Retrieved February 16, 2012.
- ^ Music Of The Seoul . In: The Daily . Retrieved February 16, 2012.
- ^ Founder of largest English K-pop site Soompi . In: Korea Times . Retrieved February 17, 2012.
- ↑ Enswers Acquires Soompi Korean entertainment community . In: allthingsd.com . Retrieved February 14, 2012.