Music
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‘Only in Rio’: South Korea’s ambassador to Brazil is an unlikely samba star
Lim Ki-mo first heard Brazilian music 50 years ago in his home town of Busan; now his consular crooning marks …
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BTS, Blackpink, Squid Game, kimchi … what’s the secret of South Korea’s world-conquering culture?
From K-pop to K-beauty, via film and fashion, South Korea is punching way above its weight. The boyband BTS al…
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The Filipino superfans travelling thousands of miles to see Taylor Swift
Swifties from across the country are spending big so they can travel to see star’s Eras tour in Japan, Singapo…
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Dissident rock band Bi-2 leave Thailand after Russia deportation fears
Human rights groups had urged Thai government not to deport Russian-Belarusian band, who are now in IsraelA di…
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Members of Russian anti-war rock band face deportation from Thailand
Bi-2 detained for working without permit after Phuket concert, in latest incident involving anti-war artists i…
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Philippines president sparks outcry for using presidential helicopter to see Coldplay concert
Ferdinand Marcos Jr was flown in because concert-goers created ‘unforeseen traffic complications’, bodyguards …
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Birdsong: the dying whistled language of the Hmong people in northern Laos
Exploring the whistling traditions of the Hmong people of northern Laos, whose language straddles the boundary…
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Malaysia issues ‘kill switch’ order to cut controversial concerts
Measure to ensure foreign artists ‘adhere to the local culture’ follows incident at gig by the 1975 in Kuala L…
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From heavy metals to heavy metal: Bougainville’s unlikely musical obsession
Popularity of genre traces back to Australian fans who worked in mines in the Papua New Guinea region decades …
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Resistance rappers: the Pahnji Gang raging against the machine in Pakistan
Two siblings are building a following among the young people of Sindh province disillusioned with the straiten…
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Moana vocalist in push to revive threatened Pacific languages through song
Olivia Foa’i and Lorde are among those using indigenous language in music to build culture and connectionAs a …
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Niece of J-Pop mogul Johnny Kitagawa should resign over abuse allegations, panel says
Julie Fujishima, now president of Japan’s biggest boyband talent agency, had long been aware of accusations bu…
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When the music stops: how the Taliban’s fear of art is killing Afghan culture
Musicians and artists are living in a state of terror. Can the country’s identity as a ‘crossroads of cultures…
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‘People would have lost their culture’: the Birmingham record label that saved south Asian music
From a transistor radio shop, Oriental Star Agencies championed legends such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and nurt…
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Matty Healy spoke for us on stage in Malaysia
Praise for singer Matty Healy and campaigner Peter Tatchell for highlighting the plight of LGBTQ+ people in Ma…