What is the globalization of culture? In a word, it is a problem of production, distribution and consumption by culture industry in the global age. This paper will focus on how to see “Korean wave” in this context. Most criticism of cultural globalization in Korea depend on a ideological standpoint such as anxiety and suspicion of cultural homogenization in general. The critical aspects say as follow; Asking how “Korean wave” in southeast Asian, China and Japan is received and which meaning “Korean wave” from their perspectives has. This aspects show us its limits, if we approach “Korean wave” within the framework of cultural imperialism. Most reviewers of cultural Americanization in Korea keep silence on this theme as if they were of one accord. This paper is to present their main arguments and to indicate logical mistakes. (Yonsei University·Inha University)