A lot of things happened in Korea this past year, and as always, Twitter was the platform to talk about anything and everything. Twitter Korea has released their official lists of the most talked about issues and people for the year 2016! 

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Top 10 Keywords of 2016:

Choi Soon-Sil related keywords were the most mentioned this year, and as expected, K-Pop continues to be popular among Twitter users. The Sewol Ferry incident, although it took place nearly 3 years ago, was also in the Top 10. Here are the top 10 keywords: 

1. Choi Soon-Sil Gate

2. BTS

3. EXO

4. GOT7

5. TWICE

6. Sewol Ferry

7. Election

8. U.S. Election

9. Filibuster

10. Rio Olympics

Top 10 Keywords in music category:

1. BTS

2. EXO

3. GOT7

4. TWICE

5. G-Friend

6. INFINITE

7. Girls' Generation

8. IOI

9. Red Velvet

10. BASTARZ

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Firsts on Twitter Korea

Various 'Firsts on Twitter' also occurred this year. BTS was the

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