Lobster platters, Pyongyang cold noodles and a live North Korean musical troupe greeted guests in Moscow this week as North ...
In a quiet corner of Seoul’s Hyuga Cafe, a warm, honey-toned space nestled inside what once served as the dormitory for K-pop megaband BTS, two young men sip iced americanos, sketching out their own ...
SEOUL – With two out of five of its members North Korean defectors, the K-pop group 1VERSE is breaking new ground as it debuts its single album Friday. The band represents an unusual convergence of ...
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This, too, is Korean pop

Today, a new generation of artists is reimagining how Korean traditional music can speak to contemporary audiences.
We have tons of K-Pop music…Psy’s “Gangnam Style” went through the roof all over the world, and South Korean TV dramas are plentiful online, with many daily addicts watching every episode. But what ...
Korean indie musicians are finding freedom and success abroad, trading the competitive K-pop scene for international ...