Inside KCON LA 2023, an extravagant microcosm of K-pop's macro influence
This past weekend, an estimated 140,000 diehard K-pop fans took over the Los Angeles Convention Center and adjacent Cryp...
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Q-Pop: Peru’s social media phenomenon Lenin Tamayo fuses Quechua and K-pop
What happens when you take Quechua, the most widely spoken Indigenous language in the Americas, and fuse it with K-pop,...
K-pop star Suga becomes 3rd BTS member to begin military service in South Korea
Suga, the K-pop superstar rapper/singer/songwriter, has become the third member of BTS to begin South Korea’s compulsory...
Review: K-pop's Le Sserafim offer a diabolically good time
In their first studio album, K-pop girl group Le Sserafim are the villians in a mish-mash of ear worms, head bangers and...
K-pop star Moon Bin found dead at home
Moon Bin, a singer from South Korean boyband Astro, has been found dead at his home in Seoul, according to his managemen...
Q&A: K-pop star KANGDANIEL is on the pursuit of happiness
KANGDANIEL is one of K-pop’s brightest stars, but at just 26 years old, he’s already learned there’s more to life than b...
Kakao offers to buy 35% of K-pop firm SM in growing battle
South Korean technology firm Kakao has launched a tender offer to buy up to 35% of K-pop agency SM Entertainment and bec...
New musical brings high-energy world of K-pop to Broadway
There are some familiar storylines in a new musical opening on Broadway — a singer and her relationship with the mentor...
K-pop group BTS members face possible military conscription
South Korea’s military appears to want to conscript members of the K-pop supergroup BTS for mandatory military duties, a...