The birth of modern K-pop is often dated to 1992, when Seo Taiji and Boys, a dance-oriented trio led by an ex-metalhead, performed their song “I Know” on the South Korean network MBC. Not only did the ...

Is it a racial slur or is it simply another language? The question has popped up frequently in the context of several Asian languages over the years. And now that Korean pop music has been dominating ...

Ever come across a song and imagine yourself dancing to it with your future husband or wife on your wedding day? Maybe you daydream about it every day, or maybe you haven’t even thought about it.

Experts from the Korean music industry have announced their picks for this year’s Korean Music Awards! On the evening of February 28, the 15th Korean Music Awards were held in Seoul. Unlike most other ...

Amazingly the official “Gangnam Style” video has been watched 500 million times on Youtube. Unofficial parody videos easily equal that! I found dozens just in Singapore! It has also become a global ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Vos MacDonald is a New York-based writer who covers Korean media. Fans of the South Korean celebrity couple Song Hye Kyo and ...

Last week, Korean boy band BTS debuted their new EP Love Yourself: Her on the Billboard 200 at No. 7, becoming the first K-pop group to reach the chart’s top 10. That’s quite the accomplishment for ...

Escape Korean movie recently released its trailer, starring Lee Je-Hoon and Koo Kyo-Hwan in lead roles. It will also feature Sweet Home cast member Song Kang in a cameo appearance. The upcoming movie ...

Song Hye-kyo and Professor Seo Kyung-deok are commemorating the 80th anniversary of Korea's liberation by donating 10,000 guidebooks about Korean independence movement sites in Mexico. This initiative ...

Ukraine and Russia have conducted a large-scale prisoner exchange in a 1000-for-1000 format. North Korean prisoners were not on the list, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reports. Two North Korean ...