Teuroteu
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Teuroteu (or, somewhat derisively, ppongjjak) is the oldest form of Korean pop music. It developed in the years before and during the Japanese occupation.
Teuroteu has received criticism from nationalists, who allege that it derives from the Japanese music genre of enka, especially its scale. Defenders of teuroteu, however, claim that it had begun to develop prior to the Japanese invasion, and simply developed in parallel with the Japanese style. The name itself, the Koreanised form of "trot", derives from a shortening of "foxtrot", a ballroom dance which influenced the characteristic simple beat of the genre.
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