This was followed with many other laws over the decades restricting the broadcast and distribution of records, videos, CDs, and games from outside the country.
[1] Source:[2] With the emergence of Kim Dae-jung as president in 1998, he promised the gradual lifting of the 53-year-old ban on Japanese culture and signed a joint declaration with Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi.
[3] It is still illegal to broadcast Japanese music and television dramas over terrestrial signals in South Korea.
[9] In 2010, the Korean-language song "Udon" by Korean artists Kang Min Kyung & Son Dong Woon was banned for the use of a Japanese word for the title.
[11] In August 2011, a single Japanese song was broadcast in South Korea as part of a trial program.
[12][13] In 2014, the Korean-language song "Uh-ee" by Korean band Crayon Pop was banned from broadcast by KBS because it contained the Japanese word pikapika in its lyrics.