Japanese woman charged with indecent assault for forcibly kissing Jin of BTSA Japanese woman who rushed BTS member Jin and gave him an unsolicited kiss on the cheek is on trial.The Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors’ Off...
Forget their hiatus — can NewJeans survive their comeback?Now that all five members of the K-pop group NewJeans have announced their return to their management agency ADOR, the world waits with bated breath f...
One year after announcing split from ADOR, NewJeans returns to labelAfter a lengthy legal dispute over their exclusive contract, all five members of the K-pop group NewJeans are to return to ADOR, their management agen...
‘Very proud’: Korea’s president congratulates T1 on LoL Worlds win three-peatOn Monday, Korean President Lee Jae Myung congratulated the League of Legends (LoL) team T1 for winning its third consecutive world championship this ...
[Interview] German feminist Alice Schwarzer moved by fighting spirit of Korean womenStanding on the Rhine where it cuts across the German city of Cologne is a lone tower. It is all that remains from where a city fortification crumbled...
ADOR may be winning its legal battle with NewJeans, but at what cost?Last week, the Seoul Central District Court ruled in favor of ADOR in the label’s lawsuit against K-pop girl group NewJeans, finding the exclusive con...
It’s Ejae’s golden moment“It still doesn’t feel real to me. My schedule is so packed right now, each day is a slog. Even so, I just feel so glad and grateful,” said singer-son...
The scene from ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ that made Audrey Nuna emotionalAudrey Nuna, the Korean American singer and rapper who provided main vocals for many of the hit songs in the Netflix original animated feature “KPop D...
30 years of BIFF: Why Korea’s premier film festival started in Busan, not SeoulThe arrival of the Busan International Film Festival in 1996 was both preordained and something of a miracle.Pop music and movies, both of which had b...
‘Golden’ continues to top UK charts for 5th weekThe song “Golden” from the soundtrack of the Netflix animated film “KPop Demon Hunters” has topped the UK Official Singles Chart for its fifth week. A...
American production companies milk the K-content cash cowFormer US intelligence operative David (Daniel Dae Kim) has been separated from his daughter, Rebecca, ever since she was a small child. Now a grown w...
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ bests ‘Squid Game’ to become Netflix’s most-watched film or seriesThe Netflix animated film “KPop Demon Hunters” has pushed aside “Squid Game” to become the most-watched film or series on Netflix.According to statist...
Can ‘KPOPPED’ carry on the craze that ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ started?As Netflix’s animated film “KPop Demon Hunters” captivates viewers worldwide, another global TV show centering K-pop has just dropped. The program is ...
[Book review] Caught between the ‘Korean Dream’ and the ‘Chinese Dream’In South Korean society, ethnic Koreans from China — called Joseonjok in Korean — are more often considered migrant laborers who have come to Korea to...
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