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[Herald Interview] Winner says it has never stopped growing

A K-pop idol act’s full-length album means more than just setting out another promotional cycle, especially if it is packed with 12 self-created tracks. Four members of Winner, a prominent K-pop boy...

April 5, 2018
Music
[Video] Finding peace with So Ji-sub, Park Shin-hye’s solitude

In this hustling and bustling world where people are connected through social media even when we are physically alone, finding complete solitude can be a luxury. One may think of it, but mostly find ...

April 5, 2018
Television
[Album review] Primary and Anda’s weird collaboration

Primary & Anda “Do Worry Be Happy” (Stone Music Entertainment) Primary and Anda blend about as well as oil and water. Anda, Primary’s new muse in recent project album “Do Worry Be Happy,” was bett...

April 4, 2018
Music
Oh My Girl returns as seven monkeys

A few months ago, K-pop darlings Oh My Girl was a group of seven young women secretly whispering “Inside me I have a precious place only for me” in its shimmering single “Secret Garden.” Who would ha...

April 3, 2018
Music
EXO-CBX to release new EP on April 10

EXO-CBX, a subunit of EXO, will release an EP on April 10. The group’s agency S.M. Entertainment said Tuesday that the act’s second EP is titled “Blooming Days,” fronted by a lead track with a simil...

April 3, 2018
Music
2018 Dream Concert to be held in May

The 2018 Dream Concert, an annual K-pop concert held since 1995, will be take place in Seoul in May. K-pop stars at Dream Concert 2017, held in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province, in November last year. ...

April 2, 2018
Music
‘Infinite Challenge’ producer explains why he had to end program

For the last 13 years, MBC’s “Infinite Challenge” has been more than a just a ludicrous variety show. As one of Korea’s oldest-running and most successful shows, it was like a welcome-rain to people ...

March 30, 2018
Television
[Video] ‘Beginning again’ as buskers in Portugal, Hungary

Traveling to a completely unknown place is a great way to escape from the routine, to reinvigorate, or to begin again. But it can also be a huge challenge, if the travelers are musicians with a reput...

March 30, 2018
Television
Super Junior’s new single to feature foreign artists

K-pop act Super Junior has teamed up with foreign artists for the first time since its debut. The act’s agency Label SJ said Friday that “Lo Siento,” a Latin-pop tinged lead track of Super Junior’s ...

March 30, 2018
Music
Primary to release new album on April 3

Star producer Primary will hit the K-pop scene with a new project album on April 3. The artist’s agency Amoeba Culture said Friday that the upcoming “Do worry Be happy” will be released on April 3, ...

March 30, 2018
Music
K-pop duo TVXQ take on new challenge with love-filled album

U-Know Yunho and Max Changmin of legendary K-pop duo TVXQ have always been invincible as a pair. In 2011, they confidently proclaimed, “This is the return of the king,” in “Keep Your Head Down,” the...

March 28, 2018
Music
[Album review] Why Stray Kids are super rookie group of 2018

Stray Kids “I am NOT” IRVER Upon seeing the Stray Kids on a music chart, one may not be so intrigued to press the play button. One might think, “What a name. Maybe it is one of many K-pop rookie g...

March 28, 2018
Music
North Koreans may perform at DMZ music fest in June

A North Korean art troupe might take part in an upcoming music festival to be held in Seoul and near the Demilitarized Zone in Gangwon Province. The organizers of the DMZ Peace Train Music Festival ...

March 27, 2018
Music
Jung Yong-hwa readies Japanese release

CNBLUE’s Jung Yong-hwa, who is currently serving in the Army, will release a new Japanese song in May, according to the artist’s agency FNC Entertainment on Tuesday. The CNBLUE frontman’s new Japane...

March 27, 2018
Music
[Video] Celebrity trio’s food truck challenge in Thailand

Spicy, aromatic and rich in taste and texture, phad tai and tom yang goong are definitely one of the most ubiquitous Thai dishes served in Thai restaurants in Korea. While many of them are said to b...

March 26, 2018
Television

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