A“K-pop, short for Korean Pop, is a famous style of music in South Korea that generally consists of audiovisual effects, dancing, and upbeat music.”
BNone of the sentences should be eliminated.
C“Although its land mass is roughly the size of the American state of Indiana, South Korea is home to over fifty million people.”
D“Tensions with Japan, after their occupation of Korea from 1910 to 1945, have largely abated, save for some lingering hostility in the older generations.”
✓ Correct answer: A. “K-pop, short for Korean Pop, is a famous style of music in South Korea that generally consists of audiovisual effects, dancing, and upbeat music.”The sentence discussing Korean pop music should be removed because the rest of the passage is completely unrelated to popular culture. The other sentences discuss history and statistics of South Korea, and the K-Pop information seems random in this paragraph.
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