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Seventeen delves into ‘fear’ with new single

Seventeen has always been associated with playfulness and quirkiness, but not this time. The 13-piece multinational boy band has returned with its long-awaited single “Fear,” which features the act i...

Sept 18, 2019
K-pop
BTS’ special playlist

After enjoying a monthlong vacation, BTS resumed its activities Monday, boarding a plane for an overseas engagement. While its agency, Big Hit Entertainment, declined to disclose details of the trip,...

Sept 18, 2019
K-pop
Lotte Foundation for Arts launches organ competition

The Lotte Foundation for Arts is to launch the International Organ Competition of Korea next year. The foundation and the Korean Association of Organists will co-host the annual competition to recog...

Sept 18, 2019
Music
Music fans flock to stream K-pop classics

One of South Korea’s longest-running music chart shows is streaming old episodes from the 1990s and 2000s, a move that has proven a hit with music fans. SBS’ “Inkigayo” has been showcasing the best ...

Sept 18, 2019
K-pop
'Lord of the Rings' show to start filming in New Zealand

WELLINGTON (AFP) -- US-based streaming giant Amazon announced Wednesday its big-budget "Lord of the Rings" series will within months start filming in New Zealand, home to Peter Jackson's movies of th...

Sept 18, 2019
Film
Holliger, Saariaho win Isang Yun International Composition Award

Heinz Holliger and Kaija Saariaho have won the 2019 Isang Yun International Composition Award, the Isang Yun Peace Foundation announced Tuesday, which marked the anniversary of Yun’s birth. The foun...

Sept 17, 2019
Music
[Herald Review] ‘Man of Men’ is a film that shouldn’t work but does, through power of character

Director Yong Soo’s first feature film, “Man of Men,” is a film that by all accounts shouldn’t work: It is far too familiar, far too obvious and far too sappy for a movie that came out in 2019. Yet ...

Sept 17, 2019
Film
BTS agency rejects dating rumor about member Jungkook

The management agency of boy band BTS refuted a dating rumor involving the band's youngest member, Jungkook, on Tuesday. The rumor originated from CCTV footage of a couple on the resort island of Ge...

Sept 17, 2019
K-pop
Seventeen explores solitude, fear in 3rd full album

K-pop boy band Seventeen on Monday dropped its third full-length album, "An Ode," a collection of dark, charismatic numbers. The 11-track album marks a sharp turnaround from the characteristic energ...

Sept 16, 2019
Music
Wrapping up 1-month vacation, BTS resumes career with overseas trip

Bringing its first official vacation to an end, boy band BTS on Monday resumed its global music career by traveling away from its home country. "Wrapping up its extended vacation, BTS departed overs...

Sept 16, 2019
Music
[Herald Review] ‘Yesterday,’ an unimpressive, but lovely film

For those who have someone they hold dear, how would it feel to fall in love with the same person for the first time, once again? That mixture of excitement and nervousness, followed by a rush of joy...

Sept 15, 2019
Film
Aug. ticket sales for S. Korean movies hit 7-year low

Monthly sales figures for homegrown films tumbled to their lowest point in seven years last month on a dearth of hit titles, a report showed Saturday. Sales of tickets for South Korean movies came t...

Sept 14, 2019
Film
[Box Office] Movies in Theaters this week

It Chapter Two (US) Opened Sept. 4 Horror Directed by Andy Muschietti Twenty-seven years after the Losers Club defeated Pennywise, he has returned to terrorize the town of Derry once more. Now a...

Sept 11, 2019
Film
Four Netflix films invited to Busan Int'l Film Festival

Four Netflix original movies have been invited to this year's Busan International Film Festival in an apparent move to keep up with rapidly changing trends in the industry. Last week, the festival a...

Sept 10, 2019
Film
[Herald Review] Yo-Yo Ma ‘saves’ Korea with Bach’s cello suites

Cellist says Bach’s music is similar to K-pop

Sept 9, 2019
Music

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