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[AtoZ into Korean mind] Humor in Korea: Navigating the line between what's funny and not
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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Yoon seeks rebound, taps 5-term lawmaker as chief of staff
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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Medical standoff deepens as doctors reject new med school plan, talks
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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[Herald Interview] Why Toss invited hackers to penetrate its system
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S. Korean envoys convene to navigate strategy amid Middle East tensions
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North Korea fires several short-range ballistic missiles into sea: JCS
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S. Korea calls on Japan to confront history amid Yasukuni Shrine visit
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[Herald Interview] UKiss’ Soohyun is hopeful a group activity is in store this year
It took Soohyun of UKiss years to drop his first solo EP, “Count on Me,” and the 33-year-old artist views the album as an achievement he’s made thanks to the help of many others. Soohyun’s first album has taken a great weight off of his shoulders and is packed with feel-good rock melodies bursting with jovial energy, which is exactly the spirit he hoped to share with the world as part of his first set of songs released under his new label. Soohyun -- along with two ot
K-popAug. 1, 2022
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[Today’s K-pop] Kang Daniel ready to tap into Japan
Kang Daniel has set his eyes on Japan, and will give fans a taste of his music with a single soon before releasing an EP. He joined hands with Warner Music Japan in June and will drop the single “TPIR (feat. Miyavi)” first on Aug. 17, a collaborative work with Japanese guitarist Miyavi. The song will be a pre-release from his upcoming EP “Joy Ride.” The EP will be his first album to come out in Japan, and consists of six tracks. They will be Japanese language versi
K-popJuly 29, 2022
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BTS’ J-Hope to make history as first K-pop headliner at Lollapalooza 2022
J-Hope of K-pop sensation BTS will make history as the first Korean musician to take the main stage at Lollapalooza, an annual four-day music festival held in Chicago’s Grand Park. He is scheduled to perform as the main headliner on Sunday (US time). This year’s Lollapalooza kicked off on Thursday at noon, with some 170 big-name artists set to perform on eight different stages. J-Hope will perform onstage between 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. (US time) on the last day of the rock festival. A
K-popJuly 29, 2022
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[Today’s K-pop] Ateez challenges itself with new EP
Ateez held a media showcase to bring out a new album in Seoul Thursday. The EP “The World Ep. 1: Movement” is the beginning of a new series, said Mingi, and aims to awake people who feel like they are repeating an endless rounds of routine. It also is a challenge for the bandmates as they tried a new style in terms of music, said Yeosang. The seven-track EP includes focus track “Guerrilla” that features psychedelic sounds. “To many, Ateez signifies strong
K-popJuly 28, 2022
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TO1 return as funky drummers with 3rd EP ‘Why Not??’
K-pop boy band TO1 on Thursday dropped its 3rd EP “Why Not??,” marking its return to the music scene after eight months. TO1 is a nine-piece multinational K-pop group consisting of Dong-geon, Chan, Ji-su, Jae-yun, J.You, Kyung-ho, Daigo, Renta and Yeo-jeong. This is its first album with three new members -- Daigo, Renta and Yeo-jeong -- who joined the group last year. After dropping the new album, the group conducted a press conference in Seoul on Thursday afternoon to discuss i
K-popJuly 28, 2022
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[Video] Everything about India’s first K-pop idol, Sriya from Blackswan
We have been receiving many messages from our Indian viewers about how to become a K-pop idol here, so we decided to invite India’s first K-pop idol, Shreya Lenka. Shreya is about to debut with the K-pop band Blackswan as Sriya. From why she decided to debut here, to what it was like to secure that one spot competing against 4,000 applicants and her goals as a K-pop idol, Shreya shared with us her Korea journey! Park Sun-yeong, Kim Su-hyeon and Lee Ji-min contributed to this report. By K
K-popJuly 28, 2022
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IU to hold concerts at Jamsil Olympic Stadium in September
K-pop diva IU, the star of Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda's first Korean-language film "Broker," will return as a singer this fall. She will hold "The Golden Hour" concerts on Sept. 17 and 18 at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium in southern Seoul, her agency, EDAM Entertainment said Thursday. It marks her first concerts in three years since the "Love, Poem" shows held in four South Korean cities and six other Asian countries in 2019. She will be the first female
K-popJuly 28, 2022
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[Graphic News] K-pop album sales hit record high in H1
Sales of K-pop albums have once again reached an all-time-high in the first half of this year, a local market tracker said. According to Kim Jin-woo, head researcher of Circle Chart, which reports accumulated sales and streams, combined sales of the nation‘s top 400 physical albums have risen to 34.9 million copies in the first half of 2022, up 34.6 percent from a year ago. It was the highest first-half sales figure of all time. First-half sales of physical albums have risen from 10.
K-popJuly 28, 2022
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[Herald Interview] ‘We want to define our own genre’
Ulala Session’s rise to fame was sudden, starting as the winner of TV audition program “Super Star K” in 2011, and its popularity has lasted. However, after 10 years in the mainstream music scene, the group is still asked: “So, what kind of musicians are you?” Giving their answer to this question, the group recently launched the project “U.L.S,” a series of albums that will present the new identity of Ulala Session and mark the start to the act’
K-popJuly 28, 2022
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[Herald Interview] ‘K-pop cover dance is democratizing dance education’
K-pop cover dance videos rack up tens of thousands of views on YouTube. They are filmed in places all around the world, from a shopping mall in China to a park in Spain. In the clips, young dancers, typically dressed in colorful and coordinated outfits, show off their moves to an intrigued audience, as the latest K-pop hits play through the speakers. Exuding confidence, the dancers look almost as if they are in their own music video. In her book “K-pop Dance: Fandoming Yourself on Social
K-popJuly 27, 2022
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Boy band ATBO debuts, hopes to color the world with originality
IST Entertainment’s new boy band ATBO has embarked on their journey with debut album “The Beginning.” Formed through the TV survival show “The Origin - A, B, Or What?,” the seven-member group finally entered the K-pop scene and conducted a debut showcase a few hours ahead of the album drop on Wednesday. Making their first appearance in front of the media, the band’s leader Oh Junseok said, “Our long-held dream of debuting is finally here. It didn&rsquo
K-popJuly 27, 2022
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[Today's K-pop] Blackpink’s “Lovesick Girls” video tops 600m views
The music video for Blackpink’s “Lovesick Girls” reached 600 million views on YouTube, according to label YG Entertainment on Wednesday. The video was fully unveiled in October 2020, and became the group’s 12th video to reach the milestone. The music video for “Ddu-du Ddu-du” is in the lead with over 1.9 billion views, followed by those for “Kill This Love” (1.6 billion) and “Boombayah” (1.4 billion). “Lovesick Girl
K-popJuly 27, 2022
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Seven-member girl group CSR debuts with EP ‘Sequence: 7272’
New K-pop girl group CSR made its debut on Wednesday with its first EP, “Sequence: 7272” under the label Pop Music. The seven-piece act – with members Sua, Geumhee, Sihyeon, Seoyeon, Yuna, Duna and Yeham -- is comprised of 17-year-old girls under the Korean age system. CSR is an abbreviation of “cheotsarang,” the group’s Korean name, which means “first love.” CSR held its debut media showcase in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, central Seoul, Wednesday,
K-popJuly 27, 2022
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CIX to return with 5th EP ‘‘OK’ Episode 1: OK Not’ next month
Boy group CIX will return next month with its fifth EP, “‘OK’ Episode 1: OK Not.” CIX‘s label, C9 Entertainment, on Wednesday announced the date and details of its August return by unveiling an image showing the band’s schedule via its official social media. The upcoming album marks the group‘s first release since its debut album “’OK‘ Prologue: Be OK,” released in August last year. Prior to the release on Aug. 22, CIX will unv
K-popJuly 27, 2022
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BTS nominated in 4 categories at MTV Video Music Awards
South Korean superband BTS has won four nominations at this year's MTV Video Music Awards, the US TV station said Tuesday (US time). The septet was nominated in the categories of Best K-pop, Best Choreography, Best Metaverse Performance and Best Visual Effects. The band has been awarded at the MTV awards ceremony for the past three years. It won two titles in 2019 and took home four prizes in 2020. Last year, it won three trophies, including Group of the Year. For the Best K-pop category, B
K-popJuly 27, 2022
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[Today’s K-pop] Blackpink will return with blockbuster music video
Blackpink’s upcoming music video is made with the largest budget ever, according to label YG Entertainment on Tuesday. The quartet started shooting the video for the focus track from its forthcoming album on the day. It has been almost two years since its first studio album “The Album.” The album ranked No. 2 on both Billboard 200 and UK’s Official Albums Chart Top 100. The LP sold 690,000 copies in the first week of sales, a record for a K-pop girl group at the ti
K-popJuly 26, 2022
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Nicole returns after 8 years to fill in summer breeze with ‘You.F.O’
As the days are getting long in summer and the weather is getting hotter outside, Nicole, a former bandmate of the now-disbanded girl group Kara, returned with a new digital single, “You.F.O“ to put music listeners in a sunny mood. This marks the singer-turned-soloist’s return to the music charts in nearly eight years since she last dropped her first EP, “First Romance,” in 2014. “It’s been eight years, and I took the time to look back on myself,&rd
K-popJuly 26, 2022
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JYP Entertainment teams up with Republic Records to launch global girl group
K-pop powerhouse JYP Entertainment has teamed up with Republic Records, an American music label owned by Universal Music Group, to launch a joint audition in search of a new global girl group. On Tuesday, the two labels announced the launch of “America2Korea,” a new global audition project that will scout for talent in the US and Canada. Kicking off on Sept. 10 in Atlanta, the A2K auditions will take place in five cities in the US -- Chicago on Sept. 14, New York on Sept. 17-18,
K-popJuly 26, 2022
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BTS' J-Hope lands at 17th on Billboard main albums chart
J-Hope of K-pop superband BTS made a good start high on the US Billboard's main albums chart for this week. The rapper-dancer placed 17th on the Billboard 200 with his first formal solo album, "Jack in the Box," Billboard said on a social media Tuesday. "Arson," one of the two main singles off the album, landed at 96th on the Hot 100 main singles chart. "Jack in the Box," featuring 10 songs, is also the first-ever official solo album from BTS, which recently an
K-popJuly 26, 2022
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[Today’s K-pop] NCT Dream’s Mark to miss concert due to COVID-19
Mark of NCT Dream tested positive for COVID-19 and will not be able to join the band’s upcoming concert, said label SM Entertainment on Monday. The idol band is holding three concerts in Seoul from July 29, its first in-person gig in Korea in over 2 1/2 years. The concert, dubbed “In A Dream,” was to be the first since Mark rejoined the subunit in 2020 and drew more than 1.5 million fans concurrently when the tickets opened for purchase online. All tickets were sold upon re
K-popJuly 25, 2022