SEOUL--(Korea Newswire) April 22, 2013 -- International singer PSY has set a new world record, as his music video ‘Gentleman’ reached the 200 million mark on April 22.
 
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“The fact that PSY has attracted 200 million views in only 10 days with ‘Gentleman ', the shortest period ever, is a beginning of a historic milestone,” says Han, Seung-bum, the president of The Korean Wave Research Institute (KWRI). “We are seeing unbelievable amount of increase in reaction videos, parody videos, and interpretation videos in response to ‘Gentleman’ on YouTube. We will see a new milestone in the future.”
 
“The era of ‘PSY's World’ has now begun. He will remain as the king of global pop culture for at least 10 years.” stated president Han.

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