{"id":306933,"date":"2026-01-05T18:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-k-beauty-went-from-viral-trend-to-economic-powerhouse-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T18:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:00:09","slug":"how-k-beauty-went-from-viral-trend-to-economic-powerhouse-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-k-beauty-went-from-viral-trend-to-economic-powerhouse-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"How K-beauty went from viral trend to economic powerhouse | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/s6yhQhFrZIc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How K-beauty went from viral trend to economic powerhouse | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s6yhQhFrZIc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>K-beauty is one of the biggest industries in South Korea, where the pressure to look almost flawless has always been huge in a highly competitive society.<\/p>\n<p>In the first half of 2025, South Korea overtook France, the birthplace of modern cosmetics, to become the world&#8217;s second-largest exporter of beauty products, after the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Social media has been central to this shift. 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