How a North Korean went from begging to K-pop
Yu Hyuk was just nine years old when he started begging on the streets of North Hamgyong, one of the poorest provinces in ...
The K-pop industry witnesses North Korean artists in a boy band for the first time
Verse, a new K-pop boy band, features members from North Korea, the USA, and Japan. Yu Hyuk, a North Korean defector, ...
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Notes by Nadia: K-pop is just pop … in Korean
I saw a post on X from a Dua Lipa fan complaining that they were being “forced” to listen to K-pop because Dua Lipa was ...
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Kim Jong Un’s North Korean culture war
If there’s one thing that a despot wants, it is to stay in power. North Korea’s totalitarian Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Un, is ...
The Korea Herald7d
Why Korean variety shows are so text-heavy -- and why it works
For seasoned fans of Korean pop culture, the captions feel like part of the charm. “I love how expressive Korean variety shows are,” said Sarah Nguyen, a Vietnamese American fan.
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A culture convergence: K-pop and Korean food come together in Charlotte this weekend
K-pop girl group aespa (pronounced “ES-pa”) will be in Charlotte on Saturday, Feb. 8, performing at Spectrum Center. All this is to say that many people are surfing the hallyu, or “Korean Wave” of ...
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A culture convergence: K-pop and Korean food come together in Charlotte this weekend
or “Korean Wave” of culture. This weekend, that will include not just Queen City natives but visitors like me coming to town to see the K-pop girl group aespa (pronounced “ES-pa”) on ...