After the Korean Peninsula was partitioned into North and South following its liberation in 1945 from Japanese occupation, Western culture was introduced into South Korea on a small scale, with a few Western-styled bars and clubs playing Western music.
Po rozdelení Kórejského polostrova na Sever a Juh a po oslobodení sa od japonskej okupácie v roku 1945 bola v Južnej Kórei v malej miere predstavená západná kultúra, a to v podobe niekoľkých barov v západnom štýle a klubov, kde sa hrala západná hudba.