カテゴリー: K-POP
Police seek warrant for Bang Si-Hyuk over allegations he illegally gained millions in investor fraud schemeSouth Korean police are seeking to arrest Bang Si-Hyuk, the chair of the agency behind the K-pop band BTS, as they expand an investigation into a…
The title is loaded with meaning for all Koreans, and will give fans globally an insight into the folksong culture that shaped the world’s biggest K-pop groupBTS announced their long-awaited comeback and world tour this week, with their first full-leng…
South Korean president Lee Jae Myung had his work cut out, picking up his drumsticks alongside Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi, a former heavy metal drummerIf international diplomacy is as much about tone as substance, the leaders of South Korea and Japan s…
Both industries dominate the world but now face fundamental transformation and uncertainty at homeSouth Korea’s entertainment dominance appears unshakeable. From BTS conquering global charts to Parasite sweeping the Oscars in 2020 and Korean dramas top…
Balloons filled with US dollars, K-pop and leaflets critical of Kim Jong-un have been sent over the border by group of a North Korean defectorsThe “balloon wars” between the two Koreas have intensified after activists in the South said they had sent ba…
From K-pop to K-beauty, via film and fashion, South Korea is punching way above its weight. The boyband BTS alone rakes in billions every year. Are there lessons for other countries?How does this sound for a leisurely day of cultural immersion? Ablutio…
Ceremony at Seoul’s World Cup stadium wraps up event beset by heatwave, unsanitary conditions and threat of typhoonThe 25th World Scout Jamboree has concluded with a concert in Seoul after a tumultuous 11-day journey across South Korea that was marred …
Police say they stopped show at venue near Jakarta when fans surged forward to get closer to the stageThe K-pop band NCT 127 were forced to end their first concert in Indonesia early after 30 people fainted in a crush, police said.Indonesia is still re…
From music to movies, technology to food, the world has fallen in love with everything South Korean. Ahead of a big London exhibition, Tim Adams visits Seoul in search of the origins of hallyu – the Korean waveOur critics on where to start with Korean …
Announcement of closed trial coincides with uproar over unrelated assault at restaurant in TangshanThe Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu has gone on trial for alleged rape and other offences in Beijing, as China is in uproar over a video showing a grou…
Bumzu is one of the most influential people in K-pop, helping shape South Korea’s multibillion-dollar global music businessWhen Jin from the superstar boyband BTS released Super Tuna – an upbeat song about his favourite pastime, fishing – it instantly …
New additions highlight Korean culture wave as interest in the country’s food, fashion and entertainment spreads The Korean culture wave has swept through the editorial offices of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), which has added more than 20 new wo…
Former Big Bang singer reportedly convicted of arranging sex services for potential business investorsA military court jailed the disgraced former K-pop star Seungri for three years on Thursday for arranging sex services and other charges stemming from…
I dread getting calls in the middle of the night in case it is to tell me about another suicide by a K-drama actor or K-pop celebrityOn a hot August day in 2008, I was invited to appear on a TV entertainment programme hosted by actor Ahn Jae-hwan. I no…