In Hollywood there is , or at least was, a tradition of producing male sex symbols from so caalled "every man" leads -- guys that were attractive, but in a guy-next-door type of way -- the korean industry on the other hand cultivates, grooms and breeds these flawless and perfectly polished heartthrobs that look like they were generated by an algorithm.

and it only distorted how an asian guy should look like. In the west asian men went from being seen as asexual nerds to anime characters sculpted from the flesh. I mean they don't even look like they piss or shit. So today when a western girl tells you that she loves "asian boys" this often times means she is thinking of korean boys, plastered with whitening BB creams and possibly some plastic surgery on top of it.