NPR

Here's the first K-pop group with North Korean defectors

1VERSE is the first K-pop group in the world to feature North Korean defectors. The group is the latest in K-pop to market multiculturalism in a cutthroat industry. 1Verse is the first K-pop group in ...
Forbes

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Director On Getting K-Pop Culture Down

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Laura Sirikul is a L.A.-based reporter covering film/TV and music. South Korea has been dominating the global pop music scene for ...
Tennessean

K-pop city? How Nashville is becoming a player as global phenomenon tops the charts

K-pop, short for Korean pop, originated in South Korea in the 1990s and has become a global phenomenon. ATEEZ's sold-out Nashville concert exemplifies K-pop's growing popularity in Music City. The ...
CNN

Can two North Korean defectors take a new K-pop boy band to global superstardom?

In a quiet corner of Seoul’s Hyuga Cafe, a warm, honey-toned space nestled inside what once served as the dormitory for K-pop megaband BTS, two young men sip iced americanos, sketching out their own ...
Hosted on MSN

K-Pop Demon Hunter's Golden Becomes FIRST Song To Cross 900 Perfect All-Kills: What Does It Mean, Can Anyone Ever Break Record?

History has been made in the K-pop world as Golden by the fictional group HUNTR/X becomes the first-ever song to surpass 900 Perfect All-Kills (PAKs). Voiced by EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and REI AMI, the ...
Arkansas Times

New K-pop boy band features singer from Bentonville

Though Korean pop music continues to grow in popularity in America, especially among college students and younger Americans, I would guess that most Arkansans over the age of 25 have a K-pop knowledge ...
Seattle Times

South Korea turns off speakers blasting K-pop into North Korea

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea on Wednesday switched off loudspeakers that had been broadcasting K-pop songs, news and other propaganda into North Korea for the past year — one of the first concrete ...