North Korean defectors aim to shine in the K-pop world, dream of performing in their homeland
North Korean defectors Yu Hyuk and Kim Seok are making their way into the K-pop industry as members of 1Verse. Despite their ...
K-pop boy group TWS makes NME's 100 emerging artists list
K-pop group TWS has been selected as one of the must-listen-to artists in the global music scene this year. British music ...
K-pop's first North Korean defector group has big dreams — to perform in their homeland despite heavy bans; read
Two North Korean defectors are breaking into the world of Korean pop, with dreams of performing in the country they left ...
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K-pop Hanbok Designer Kim Rieul, Known for Styling BTS and Monsta X, Passes Away at 32
BTS hanbok designer Kim Rieul passed away this week, his family confirmed on the 12th. He was just 32 years old.
Meet izna, the K-pop Girl Group Who Grew Out of I-LAND 2 and Into a Dream All Their Own
It was such an honor…I would have done my best no matter where I performed, but doing it in my home country brought an even ...
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K-pop idol Hanjin deletes post after calling kimchi Chinese paocai
Hanjin Logistics, a member of the group TWS, referred to kimchi as Chinese paocai and then deleted the post. According to ...
English words have invaded Korea. The government is fighting back
How do you say "deepfake," "ASAP" and "digital" in Korean? The fight to keep foreign words from diluting the language ...
SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo-man pushes beyond K-pop
Lee Soo-man, the legendary figure behind the global rise of K-pop, is setting his sights beyond the phenomenon known as ...
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K-pop stars search for next global idol group in TV5, MLD’s ‘Be the NEXT: 9 Dreamers’
MANILA, Philippines — K-pop icon 2NE1’s Sandara Park ... shared the qualities they are looking for in the next global idols. Bae Wan Hee, through an English interpreter, admitted that choosing ...
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Stop-Work Order on US Foreign Aid Puts China First and America Last
It was easy to miss amid last week’s barrage of executive orders, but on his first day in office, President Donald Trump halted all new disbursements of foreign development aid for 90 days.
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North Korean troops pulled back from frontline after heavy losses, Ukrainian officials say
About 12,000 North Korean soldiers have been sent to Russia, according to Ukrainian officials and Western intelligence reports, which say around 4,000 those troops have been killed or injured.