More and more people around the world are choosing to study the Korean language.... and it appears the global popularity of K-Pop can be thanked for that.<br /> The Modern Language Association says.... the number of Korean classes at American universities increased by 14 percent between 2013 and 2016.<br />This,.... despite an overall decline in foreign language enrollment in the U.S.<br />The association says,... the rising interest in learning Korean comes from a desire to understand the lyrics of K-Pop hits.<br />In the late 1990s, records show just over 1-hundred-50 people studying Korean in American colleges.<br />But based on the latest statistics,... that figure now stands at roughly 14-thousand. <br />Studying Korean is also becoming increasingly popular in Canada, Malaysia and Thailand... thanks to students' love for K-pop. <br />
