カテゴリー: BTS
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…
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…
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 …
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 …
Viewers say scenes featuring Lady Gaga, boyband BTS and Justin Bieber are missing from Chinese versionFor many Chinese millennials, the US sitcom Friends was a window to the American way of life. Teachers would use the show to help students learn Engli…
Country’s football stars have been exempted but culture ministry says first member of group must enlist next year They may be South Korea’s most successful cultural export and the first K-pop act to top the US album sales charts, but BTS must still per…