The year 2025 proved to be an emotional whirlwind for the Korean entertainment industry, marked by moments of joy, grief and ...

Here is a recap of Billboard Boxscore's top 10 K-pop tours of 2025, featuring j-hope, LE SSERAFIM and more. By Eric Frankenberg Billboard revealed its year-end Boxscore charts beginning in December, ...

Yet within South Korea, many say the music they once called their own now feels made for someone else. For fans like 21-year-old university student Lee Ye-jin, that shift hits every time she turns on ...

When the South Korean boy band/K-pop sensation BTS takes the stage in Seoul this June, ending a four-year touring hiatus, it will mark more than just a comeback — it will validate one of the shrewdest ...

The release of viral dance hit Gangnam Style in 2012 is considered a key defining moment in the globalisation of Korean pop culture — the music video for PSY's song remains one of the most viewed and ...

The women behind Netflix’s most-watched original movie ever—including its writer and co-director Maggie Kang and singer-songwriter Ejae—created one of the most powerful cultural moments of 2025. The ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — With two out of five of its members North Korean defectors, the K-pop group 1VERSE is breaking new ground as it debuts its single album Friday. The band represents an unusual ...

UNIQLO and POP MART release new “The Monsters” collection The line includes half-zip sweatshirts featuring artist Kasing Lung’s Labubu The collection launches exclusively on UNIQLO’s website on ...

Discover the best K-dramas of 2025 with our ranked list of the top must-watch Korean series, from As You Stood By to Nine ...

There’s plenty for families to look forward to in 2026, from holidays inspired by the Winter Olympics and forthcoming ...

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Quick. Name a 2025 bowl game that’s not on the playoff slate. Rose, Sugar, Peach, Fiesta, Cotton, Orange … the playoffs have co-opted all of them. What’s left is a collection of half-remembered ...