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[Today’s K-pop] Shinee’s Key to hold online solo concert

K-popAug 31, 2021

Wheein of Mamamoo has found a new home at management company TheL1ve, a label established by singer Ravi, the firm announced Tuesday. She debuted as a member of female band Mamamoo in 2014 and wa...
Conductor seeks new stage with video games

MusicAug 31, 2021

Though Flasic has been holding concerts at the Sejong Center, one of the biggest art centers in Korea, prejudice against computer games still remain a challenge. “Prejudices are still a barrier. I h...
[Herald Interview] Band Lucy: Creating music to be heard, seen and felt

K-popAug 31, 2021

Lucy continues to explore identity in new single “Irrelevant Answer”
Promotional videos of Korean food screened in London

FilmAug 31, 2021

Two promotional videos of Korean cuisine titled “Korea in Food” are being screened at Westfield shopping center in London, the Cultural Heritage Administration and the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundat...
‘The Jump’ and ‘Me and the Cult Leader’ win Grand Prix at EIDF 2021

FilmAug 31, 2021

Director Sakahara Atsushi’s “Me and the Cult Leader” won the Grand Prix in the Festival Choice in Asia category. The Japanese director is the survivor of Aum Shinrikyo cult’s terror in 1995 and meet...
[Today’s K-pop] BTOB keeps branching out

K-popAug 30, 2021

The video of Twice’s “Dance the Night Away” had generated over 300 million views on YouTube as of Sunday. The band’s label, JYP Entertainment, shared the news with a poster and thanked fans. ...
Winners of Queen Elisabeth Competition to perform in Korea

MusicAug 30, 2021

The two pianists will also hold solo recitals at the Kumho Art Hall Yonsei in western Seoul. Mukawa will perform Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 “Moonlight” and Ravel’s “Gaspard de la Nuit” on Sept. ...
KOCCA to present Korean broadcasting content to global market

TelevisionAug 30, 2021

Broadcast Worldwide 2021 will be held Sept. 6-10 under the slogan “Content, Traveling to a New World,” the Korea Creative Content Agency said Monday. The annual event is being held online for the se...
Homegrown action film ‘Escape from Mogadishu’ sells more than 3m tickets

FilmAug 30, 2021

Meanwhile, veteran actor Hwang Jung-min’s new thriller “Hostage: Missing Celebrity,” which was released on Aug. 18, also sold more than 1 million tickets as of Saturday. Director Pil Gam-seong’s deb...
BIFF to screen streaming platform originals

FilmAug 29, 2021
Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival to go online again

MusicAug 28, 2021

For more information, check the festival’s official website at pentaport.co.kr.
[Eye interview] 'The stage is to die for'

MusicAug 28, 2021

Berlin-based pianist Sunwoo Yekwon talks about life, music in pandemic times, appreciation for live concerts
[Today’s K-pop] Mamamoo preparing a greatest hits album: report

K-popAug 27, 2021

Ahin of Momoland has joined DJ Soda and DJ Lost Chameleon for a digital single that came out on Friday. She is the featured vocalist for the collaborative project between the Greek DJ and Korean ...
Joseph Nye to lecture in EBS series ‘Great Minds’

TelevisionAug 27, 2021

The broadcaster plans to open a new global OTT platform in December to provide the contents of “Great Minds” in six different languages -- Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and French -- to...
SBS offers new fantasy romance drama ‘Red Sky’

TelevisionAug 27, 2021

The director expressed high hopes for the series, thinking of “Red Sky” as combining distinctive elements from his previous dramas that were hits both at home and abroad -- a female artist from “The ...