K-pop to Mount Everest
Charted · 3 clicks · 73 routes
Fully surveyed · every link a written connection
K-pop connects to Mount Everest in 3 clicks — K-pop → Gangnam Style → Students for a Free Tibet → Mount Everest — a closeness we score 46/100 on the Surprise Score (Didn't see that coming).
- 01OriginK-pop
- 02Gangnam Style
↳In September 2012, North Korea uploaded a video with a manipulated image of South Korean president Park Geun-hye performing the dance moves of "Gangnam Style." The video labeled her as a "devoted" admirer of the Yusin system of autocratic rule set up by her father, Park Chung Hee.Since the early 2010s, several politica.
- 03Students for a Free Tibet
↳A few days prior, the global grassroots network Students for a Free Tibet had uploaded a parody of "Gangnam Style" to show its support for the Tibetan independence movement.
- 04DestinationMount Everest
↳Students for a Free Tibet is perhaps best known for its high-profile actions on Mount Everest, the Great Wall of China, and on the Golden Gate Bridge.