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Actor Ju Ji-hoon on the message of Disney+ K-drama Light Shop
Ju runs a light shop to which other characters are drawn. He recalls the ‘emotion I was experiencing for the first time’ shooting the series.
21 Dec 2024 - 7:15PM
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Are Winner’s Song Min-ho and Korean actress Park Ju-hyun dating?
19 Dec 2024 - 12:01PM
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K-pop’s Rain puts on electric performance at Hong Kong International Races
9 Dec 2024 - 4:18PM
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Rosie, debut album of Blackpink’s Rosé, is an emotional roller coaster
Across 12 songs, Rosé breaks down the tribulations of lost love. While it is easy to empathise with, some may miss Blackpink’s upbeat tempo.
5 Dec 2024 - 12:31PM
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Across 12 songs on her debut album Rosie (detail from the cover pictured), Rosé breaks down the tribulations of lost love. Photo: Atlantic Records via AP
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K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop
How does APT by Rosé and Bruno Mars rewrite the K-pop playbook?
Less synchronised choreography and storytelling, more casual dancing and playful visuals – ‘APT’ blends K-pop and Western pop conventions.
27 Nov 2024 - 9:45AM
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Rosé and Bruno Mars perform APT live for first time at MAMA awards
Viral megahit song pairing K-pop star from Blackpink and US singer Mars earns pair the Global Sensation award at MAMAs show in Osaka.
23 Nov 2024 - 12:17PM
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Actor Song Joong-ki feels ‘blessed’ by birth of daughter
‘Our lovely princess was born healthy,’ Korean actor says in Rome, where his wife, actress Katy Saunders, gave birth to their second child.
21 Nov 2024 - 12:45PM
South Korean actor Song Joong-ki attends the opening ceremony of the 2023 Busan International Film Festival. He has announced the birth of a daughter, his second child with British-born wife Katy Saunders. Photo: Getty Images
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K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop
After 30 years in K-pop, singer and producer J.Y. Park still performing
J.Y. Park began as a singer, started JYP Entertainment and produced a string of top K-pop acts. He’s launching a 30-year anniversary tour.
18 Nov 2024 - 6:15PM
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Rosé’s smash hit APT brings surge of interest in 80s song
Korean singer Yoon Soo-il’s 1982 hit ‘A.P.T.’ is enjoying renewed attention. Some fans remixed the two songs – and he’s grateful to Rosé.
5 Nov 2024 - 9:48AM
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Critics decry scenes of alcohol drinking in K-dramas, chat shows
K-dramas like Queen of Tears and YouTube shows where Korean stars let their hair down over drinks ‘familiarise young people with drinking’.
4 Nov 2024 - 5:45PM
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Why do Chinese internet users love APT, hit single by Rosé and Bruno Mars?
Users on Chinese Instagram-like platform Xiaohongshu cannot get enough of the catchy song, praising Rosé for being true to her heart.
31 Oct 2024 - 12:29PM
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Users on Chinese Instagram-like platform Xiaohongshu cannot get enough of APT, the hit single by Blackpink’s Rosé and Bruno Mars. Photo: Instagram/@roses_are_rosie
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BTS’ Jin and Shinee’s Minho both release solo albums in November
Jin from BTS puts his album Happy out, while Shinee member Minho’s solo album Callback lands on November 4. Babymonster drop new music too.
28 Oct 2024 - 4:15AM
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Food and Drinks
What connects APT, Blackpink’s Rosé and Bruno Mars’ new song, to drinking?
Ready to play a drinking game? How Blackpink’s Rosé and Bruno Mars’ new song, APT, has created a buzz around Korea’s drinking culture.
8 Nov 2024 - 7:57AM
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Music
Taylor Swift wins video of the year, 6 other prizes at VMAs
Swift, winner of 7 prizes, hails Post Malone, co-winner of video of the year trophy, as ‘ridiculously talented’, he returns the compliment.
12 Sep 2024 - 10:28PM
Fashion & Beauty
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Why K-pop idols and luxury fashion are a marriage made in heaven
Tommy Hilfiger’s Met Gala collab with boy band Stray Kids is a reminder of the growing attachment between luxury fashion and K-pop stars.
12 Sep 2024 - 5:04AM
K-pop boy band Stray Kids pose at the Met Gala in New York. Fashion label Tommy Hilfiger’s collaboration with the group is an example of how luxury fashion houses are seeking to benefit from the star power of K-pop idols. Photo: Reuters
K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop
K-pop star HyunA threatens legal action over defamatory posts about wedding
‘No warnings, leniency or settlements’, singer’s management says of malicious online comments ahead of her wedding to singer Yong Jun-hyung.
6 Sep 2024 - 12:49PM
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K-drama drama as Han So-hee’s mum arrested and Yoo Ah-in jailed
Korean actress Han So-hee distances herself from mother’s arrest over illegal gambling, as Korean actor Yoo Ah-in is jailed for a year for using propofol, the drug that killed Michael Jackson.
6 Sep 2024 - 12:50PM
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From dating bans to forced dieting, K-Pop Idols series is eye-opening
K-Pop Idols, an Apple TV+ docuseries, features Jessi and K-pop groups Cravity and Blackswan and highlights issues from oppressive management to the challenge of foreign artists in the industry.
3 Sep 2024 - 7:15AM
Jessi in a still from K-Pop Idols. Photo: Apple TV+
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Jay Park held his first fan meeting for 11 years. It was ‘awkward’
Korean-American rap and R&B star Jay Park opens up about his recent two-day fan meeting in Seoul, why he didn’t do one for 11 years, the ‘real’ him, and why he wants soju to go global.
15 Aug 2024 - 6:15PM
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8 years of Blackpink, so successful K-pop group are ‘their own brand’
K-pop girl group Blackpink have gone from strength to strength since the release of their first singles in 2016, and ‘become a group with enormous influence worldwide’, according to a pop culture critic.
11 Aug 2024 - 4:15AM
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‘Taylor Swift of K-pop’ IU finishes her first world tour in Los Angeles
K-pop star IU’s emotional world tour finale in Los Angeles was filled with her hits, shout-outs to the city and song requests from rapturous fans. Already beloved in Korea, IU has won new fans in the US.
8 Aug 2024 - 4:41AM
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OPINION
Lisa Lim
Language Matters
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How long before apateu is an English word, given Rosé and Bruno Mars’ APT?
2 Dec 2024 - 4:10PM
Tamar Herman
Opinion
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Do we really need so many K-pop year-end award shows? It’s time to cut down
31 Aug 2022 - 5:15AM
Tamar Herman
Opinion
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K-pop group NCT already has 20-odd members; does it really need more?
6 Jul 2022 - 4:45PM
Tamar Herman
Opinion
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K-pop in 2022 so far: chaos, confusion, but at least there’s great music
8 Jun 2022 - 6:45AM
Tamar Herman
Opinion
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BTS live concerts in Las Vegas were unlike anything I’ve experienced before
20 Apr 2022 - 5:42AM
Daniel Langer
Opinion
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Hollywood glamour? More like Hallyu glamour – luxury brands turn to K-pop
23 Aug 2022 - 5:44PM
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