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Global K-pop fest KCON to be streamed on YouTube amid outbreak

K-popMay 14, 2020

KCON, a major K-pop and Korean culture festival series held overseas every year, will be held partly online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, its organizer announced Thursday. Under this year's banner t...
Korea Film Council vows to ensure safe environment for film industry

FilmMay 13, 2020

South Korea's film industry governing body said Wednesday it will do its best to keep local theaters and filming sites safe from exposure to the novel coronavirus. The Korean Film Council said it ha...
Lotte Concert Hall goes online with ‘Music Keeps Going’

MusicMay 13, 2020

The Lotte Foundation for Arts is set to launch artist support program “Music Keeps Going,” hoping to invigorate the stagnant performing art scene and help audiences and performers communicate through...
With BIGBANG, BTS on course to return, K-pop scene to present dream team lineup

K-popMay 13, 2020

With two K-pop sensations, BTS and BIGBANG, warming up to release new albums, the K-pop community is on course to host a unprecedentedly star-studded lineup of artists coming back to rock the music s...
‘Bori’ a story of special yet ordinary people around us

FilmMay 13, 2020

By Choi Ji-won ( jwc@heraldcorp.com )
Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun to star in plane disaster blockbuster

FilmMay 12, 2020

Actor Kim Nam-gil, who recently appeared in horror flick “The Closet,” will play another key character, the first officer of the aircraft in trouble. Kim will be joined by singer and actor Im Si-wan,...
‘Free, Minu’ pays tribute to migrant who fought for foreign workers’ rights

FilmMay 12, 2020

Jee, who became Minu’s close friend while making the film, said Minu was a person “who constantly looked back on his life and was skeptical about his life.“ “Minu was kicked out of Korea, his work u...
[Newsmaker] Park Yu-chun apologizes on air for lying about drug use last year

TelevisionMay 12, 2020

Park Yu-chun, an actor and a member of K-pop group, JYJ, apologized for having lied about the drug charges against him last year in a TV interview aired on Monday. He said he had lost “rational judge...
How Chung Ha’s house-inspired ‘Stay Tonight’ came to life

K-popMay 12, 2020

From the catchy top-line melody to voguing, here is an inside look at the quarantine playlist essential.
BIGBANG's 2nd documentary featuring Taeyang to hit YouTube next week

K-popMay 11, 2020

The second documentary film by iconic K-pop band BIGBANG will hit YouTube next week, featuring member Taeyang, in the runup to the band's upcoming music release, its agency said Monday. The first ep...
Bang Si-hyuk named chairman of Big Hit

K-popMay 11, 2020

Big Hit Entertainment, home to the likes of BTS and TXT, announced Monday that founder and largest shareholder Bang Si-hyuk added the title of chairman of the company in a recent shareholders meeting...
Boy band NU'EST drops new alum 'The Nocturne'

K-popMay 11, 2020

Returning to the K-pop scene with a new album, "The Nocturne" Monday, five-member boy band NU'EST explores the thrill and fascination of nighttime with an homme fatale concept. The EP is NU'EST's fi...
‘The World of the Married’ Jeong Jun-won apologizes for controversial photos

TelevisionMay 11, 2020

Actor Jeong Jun-won, who appears in the popular drama series “The World of the Married,” has caused controversy after pictures of the 16-year-old drinking and smoking with friends went viral on the i...
[Herald Review] Theater turns into barbecue eatery in ‘Table for One’

TheaterMay 11, 2020

The stage resembles a fight ring and boxing movements are reenacted on stage by the actors to visually describe people’s work life and eating habits. In the end, character O In-yong realizes that sh...
DAY6 temporarily suspends team activities

K-popMay 11, 2020

Five-piece boy band DAY6 will suspend all upcoming team activities, its label, JYP Entertainment, announced late last night via social media. “Recently, several members acknowledged suffering sympto...