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We find out why K-pop or Korean pop music has become an industry in its own right. The band BTS is in the same league as Samsung when it comes to generating GDP, and three fans from the Korean Entertainment Society at the London School of Economics tell us why they find K-pop so exciting. Samera Iqbal is senior correspondent for the website unitedKpop.com, and explains why the phenomenon has become so popular. And we hear from Sime Kosta, singer with EXP Edition, which is a band that markets itself as the first non-Korean K-pop band. Also in the programme, the chief executive of Swiss bank Credit Suisse has resigned amid a spying scandal at the firm. The 大象传媒's Imogen Foulkes in Geneva bring us the story. Plus, Chris Low from FTN Financial tells us what impact the coronavirus has been having on financial markets and we hear from Tony Lin at Quartz who's been following discussions about the outbreak on popular Chinese social media sites like Weibo and WeChat.

(Picture: Korean pop band BTS performing in Paris, France. Picture credit: Getty Images.)