Protesters massed outside the National Assembly, many wearing the elaborate outfits, carrying home-made flags or blasting the K-pop tunes. Read more
A YouTube live broadcast from the girl group raises age-old questions about labor practices in the Korean pop industry. Read more
Where would you see a bill with Maneskin, Gen Hoshino, Christina Aguilera and Bring Me the Horizon in the prime slots? At a sold-out music festival, that’s where. Read more
Shohei Ohtani won’t be the only VIP present at Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome on Wednesday as K-pop idols, celebrity athletes and government officials join the opportunity to showcase South Korea... Read more
K-pop is betting that it can reverse its slowing global growth by becoming less Korean. This is a mistake: Without the “K,” the music is plain pop, undistinguishable from — and unable... Read more
At a bar in Euljiro, one of Seoul’s up-and-coming hip neighborhoods, two voices intertwined in a duet. One was high-pitched, the other an octave lower. Read more
No moment better encapsulated this year’s Summer Sonic than a development that occurred on Saturday night. Just 30 minutes before Day One headliner Blur was set to appear on the main Marine... Read more
