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The 2 Koreas are poised for a summer of weird warfare, with poop balloons, blaring K-Pop songs, and floating $1 bills
With South Korean activists in the mix, the last month of inter-Korean conflict has seen choco pies…
Matthew Loh
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In a rare act of defiance, a top K-pop group is going rogue
The high-profile spat is a rarity in the world of K-pop, where groups are developed and closely man…
Geoff Weiss
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North Korea accused of executing dozens of teens for watching South Korean dramas
According to a South Korean news outlet, around 30 middle schoolers were publicly shot last week in…
Hannah Abraham
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North Korea sends new wave of up to 720 trash-filled balloons into South Korea
North Korea sent up to 720 trash-filled balloons across the border with South Korea, in addition to…
Cameron Manley
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North Korea launches an annoying tactic over the border: trash and manure balloons
The balloons sent by North Korea carried bags of garbage and manure and landed across the border in…
Geoff Weiss
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The best K-pop songs of 2023, ranked
Since the group debuted in 2022, NewJeans has become a force — and musical paradigm shifter — both …
Palmer Haasch
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How Putin and Xi both bent their nations to their will to become presidents for life
The leaders of Russia and China have achieved absolute power over their countries, and are now bond…
Tom Porter
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A K-Pop star apologized for wearing a T-shirt with the Nazi swastika on it — just days after she performed in a shirt emblazoned with the QAnon logo
Twice singer Chaeyoung said in an apology on Instagram that she "didn't correctly recognize" the me…
Aditi Bharade
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BTS' White House visit marks the start of a new era in the group's boyband diplomacy — going from UN speeches to advocating against hate crimes
The boyband took its political activism to a new level this week, speaking out against anti-Asian h…
Cheryl Teh
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Almost famous: Meet BTS's very own Pete Best — the man who was almost in the biggest boy band in the world
Kim Ji-hun spent more than a year living and training with a group of guys who would become BTS bef…
Cheryl Teh
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Four years ago, I moved to Korea without speaking the language. Now, I'm K-pop's first African idol.
Fatou Samba is a Senegalese-Belgian rapper and singer of the K-pop group Blackswan.
Yoonji Han
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One of Korea's top K-pop companies is opening a K-pop school, and a semester there will cost you at least $6,700
The company that birthed global K-Pop groups NCT and Red Velvet — SM entertainment — is…
Reena Koh
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South Korean celebs are being attacked by Chinese social media users for posting snaps of themselves wearing the hanbok — a traditional outfit that both South Korea and China claim is theirs
BTS rapper Suga was among the Korean stars who drew the ire of Chinese social media users amid tens…
Cheryl Teh
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The best K-pop songs of 2022, ranked
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Palmer Haasch
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Critical Role's Wembley arena live show looked like a KPop megastar's concert, and I'm here for every second of nerd nirvana
I, a "Critical Role" fan, never thought I'd see the day a "Dungeons & Dragons" live game would look…
Cheryl Teh
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A YouTube video of Korean boy band BTS giving a speech at the UN General Assembly got 6.4 million views. Boris Johnson's speech got less than 4,000 views.
The speech far outstrips the streaming records of other big names who have spoken at UN-linked even…
Cheryl Teh
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We have to talk about how good the K-pop needle drops are in Netflix's 'XO, Kitty'
"XO, Kitty" has a soundtrack that includes songs from Seventeen, BTS, Momoland, Blackpink, and Jeon…
Palmer Haasch
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Chinese prince of pop Kris Wu's arrest in Beijing on rape accusations means the #MeToo movement may have finally come for East Asia's superstars
Kris Wu's star shone bright for nine years, and he went from Seoul's KPop stage to Hollywood movie …
Cheryl Teh
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Meet Fifty Fifty, the K-pop band behind the song 'Cupid' that's gone viral on TikTok
K-pop group Fifty Fifty released the song 'Cupid' in English and Korean on February 24, and it quic…
Reena Koh
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Usher says his horny new Las Vegas residency was inspired by K-pop idols
Usher told GQ that he was impressed by a Blackpink concert he attended with his teenage sons in Atl…