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BTS' Suga releases new mixtape 'D-2'

K-popMay 22, 2020

Suga, a member of Korean pop sensation BTS, released his new mixtape "D-2" and the music video for the title track "Daechwita" on Friday. The term "daechwita" refers to a genre of Korean traditional...
Indie film awards to open despite COVID-19 outbreak

FilmMay 22, 2020

The Wildflower Film Awards Korea will hold its annual ceremony Friday evening as the first film festival here to open since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Founded by the film critic and tran...
Competition for trot music shows heating up among TV networks

TelevisionMay 22, 2020

Television networks are doubling down on shows centered around the recent trot-music hype -- launching new shows and snatching up stars who are becoming increasingly high in demand. SBS TV is curren...
Young actors move to online platforms as TV producers woo bankable veterans

TelevisionMay 22, 2020

Young actors and actresses in their 20s and early 30s have been losing their presence on the South Korean small screen as producers are not willing to take chances by casting new faces in marquee rol...
[Box Office] Movies in theaters this week

FilmMay 22, 2020

Bori (Korea) Opened May 21 Drama, Family Directed by Kim Jin-yu Among the family of four, Bori (Kim Ah-song) is the only person who does not have a hearing disability. Just 11 years old, Bori be...
Believers in the power of music to heal

MusicMay 22, 2020

Unlikely team of acclaimed violist and hospital CEO come together to stage special concert
How Taeyeon’s ‘Happy’ came to life after ups and downs

K-popMay 21, 2020

Swedish composer talks the song’s delayed release, creative process and working in K-pop
Epik High, Zico to perform at TikTok's online hip hop show

K-popMay 21, 2020

Epik High, Zico and other top South Korean hip hop stars will perform as part of an online concert hosted by video-sharing mobile platform TikTok next week, the company said Thursday. The company an...
Don’t be too optimistic about lifting of K-pop ban in China: experts

K-popMay 21, 2020

Despite K-pop artists landing endorsement deals in China as of late, pop culture and China experts are cautioning against being too optimistic. Earlier this month, G-Dragon from Big Bang made headli...
[Herald Interview] Yubin, CEO and artist, is happier than ever

K-popMay 21, 2020

Yubin may be having the busiest year of her career, establishing her label rrr Entertaiment in February and now putting out a new digital single “Me Time.” Its release date, May 21 (521), read backw...
SPO cancels onstage concert amid COVID-19 fear

MusicMay 20, 2020

Though the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra had been looking into putting on an onstage full orchestral performance in front of the audience for its May 29 concert, the show was canceled late Wednesday a...
Sales of BTS’ ‘Map of the Soul: Persona’ underreported to IFPI

K-popMay 20, 2020

How sales of one of 2019’s bestselling albums evaporated on one international chart
[Herald Interview] Sujeong of Lovelyz takes a leap as a solo musician

K-popMay 20, 2020

Sujeong of girl group Lovelyz returned to the music scene but on her own. It is the first time she is going solo since debuting in 2014 as the lead vocalist of the eight-piece band. Her first solo E...
PIPFF to proceed offline next month amid COVID-19

FilmMay 20, 2020

“Adventures of a Mathematician” by Berlin-based director Thor Klein will open the festival. The film tells the true story of a Polish immigrant mathematician of Jewish background, Stanislaw Ulam, who...
Two S. Korean animated films invited to Annecy fest

FilmMay 20, 2020

Two South Korean animated films have been invited to a competition section of this year's Annecy International Animation Film Festival, organizers said Wednesday. According to the 2020 lineup releas...