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  • [ Official ] ‘Soribada Best K-Music Awards’ moving towards a global ceremony

    World stars will be putting up their splendid performance at ‘2018 Soribada Best K-Music Awards’, taking a step towards a global awards ceremony. ‘2018 SORIBADA BEST K-MUSIC AWARDS (2018 SOBA), which is organized by ‘Korean representative music platform’ Soribada, announced that singer Eru and the sub-unit 7senses from the talented group from China SNH48 will be attending the awards ceremony. Eru is known as the founder of Korean pop in Indonesia, besides being a singer, he is also active as an actor with a lead role in various works. In particular, Eru not only has popularity in Indonesia but also ignited the craze of Korean wave throughout Southeast Asia. Book your SOBA 2018 Ticket 7SENSES is a sub-unit from the +

  • Enjoy 2018 INK Concert with 40 thousand other audiences!

    Asia’s main KPOP concert, 2018 INK Concert (Incheon KPOP Concert), will be held at Incheon Munhak Sports Complex on September 1. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Incheon’s representative Hallyu Festival, which started back in 2009. Book your 2018 Incheon +

  • The relay of congratulatory videos by Korea talented musicians to congratulate the hosting of ‘2018 Soribada Best K-Music Awards’

    – ‘2018 SOBA’, from Ha Hyun-woo to Hong Jin-young…Korea representative musicians sending their warm supporting messages to their juniors – ‘2018 Soriabada Best K-Music Awards’, BTS, Wanna One, Twice, Red Velvet, etc, the gathering of the top stars at one +

  • 2018 Soribada Best K-Music Awards: Lineup – BTS, Wanna One, TWICE, Red Velvet and more

    The Soribada Best K-Music Awards is a music award show presented by Soribada to celebrate the best in K-pop music. The first awards show was presented on September 20, 2017, and awarded the music releases between September 2016 and August +

  • Korea’s Traditional Costume, Hanbok

    Hanbok is the traditional attire of the Korean people. Worn daily up until just 100 years ago, these days it is only worn on festive occasions or special anniversaries. It is a formal dress and most Koreans keep a hanbok +

  • BTS has 5 videos with over 300 million views on Youtube

    K-pop sensation BTS has now had five videos hit over 300 million views on YouTube, after a remix of “Mic Drop” surpassed the lofty threshold Thursday night. The video for the remix version of Mic Drop by American DJ Steve +

  • Seoul Food to Go

    If you are a Korean drama fan, you will know just how much food figures in Korean society. Almost any K-drama will include some food place where protagonists meet, kiss, lament, gorge themselves, battle, conjecture, drink themselves silly, you get +

  • North Koreans Pyongyang Naengmyeon

    Residents of the North Korean capital Pyongyang are seeking relief from the heat wave sweeping the peninsula at a cold noodle restaurant beside the Taedong River, North Korean propaganda website DPRK Today reported Thursday. The Okryu-gwan, or Okryu Restaurant, is +

  • Hwang Chi-Yeul designated as the Korea Tourism Honorary Ambassador

    The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) has designated the singer Hwang Chi-Yeul, who is very popular in China, as the Korea tourism honorary ambassador today. Ahn Young-bae, president of the Korea Tourism Organization, said at the ceremony held at the Seoul +

  • Korea Summer by the sea, a perfect vacation spot

    Transparent emerald-blue seas and sandy beaches surrounded by a dense forest of pine trees would make for a beautiful vacation spot, one that’s kind of rare to find along Korea’s coasts. Nonetheless, there’s at least one. On July 19, the +






  • BoA confirmed her appearance on 2017 MAMA (Mnet Asian Music Awards) in Japan

    “BoA and Wanna One will have a collaboration at the 2017 MAMA Asian Music Awards in Japan,” which will be held in Japan on the 29th. CJ E & M said in an official press release, “BoA, Asia’s number one musician, announced K-POP around the world, will be on stage +

  • Seoul vs Sydney: Escape Rooms

    You have most likely heard of escape rooms, and if you haven’t then you’re missing out. These ‘real-life computer games’ have been becoming increasingly popular around the world over the last decade and are a popular group activity for young adults. For those of you that have not heard of +

  • [Video] Watch BTS’ “MIC Drop” remix on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”

    Just days after debuting on U.S. television on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and performing at the 2017 American Music Awards, steaming-hot K-pop boy band BTS make their daytime TV debut Monday with a pretaped stint on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The seven-piece boyband – made up of RM, V, Jin, Jimin, J-Hope, Suga and +

  • Tourism experts said “for PyeongChang tourism special, increase more Visa-Free for Southeast Asian countries”

    Tourism experts are saying that it is necessary to be “extreme measures” in order to boost the ‘2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games.’ It is necessary to create an Olympic tourism boom through the exemption of accommodation VAT, and the holding of large national sales events. Kim Cheol-won, a professor at +

  • EXO, a total of 66,000 people mobilized ‘Catching eyes and ears happy festival’

    EXO’s 4th solo concert ‘EXO PLANET # 4 – The EℓyXiOn -‘ has successfully finished. EXO’s 4th solo concert ‘EXO PLANET # 4 – The EℓyXiOn -‘ was unfolded at the Gocheok Sky Dome from 24th to 26th November. A spectacular concert with colorful music, powerful performances and fantastic stage +

  • PSY’s “Gangnam Style” hit 3 Billion Views

    #GANGNAMSTYLE got 3 billion views!! THX#PSY #싸이 #강남스타일 #GANGNAMSTYLE #MV #3BILLION #YOUTUBE #YG pic.twitter.com/yDmyNQY431 — PSY (@psy_oppa) 2017년 11월 26일 The music video of ‘Gangnam Style’, the worldwide hit song of Psy exceeded 3 billion views on YouTube. YG Entertainment said music video “Gangnam Style” exceeded 3 billion YouTube views +

  • Seoul-New York couple shows how “Long-distance love” became an artistic level

    New York, Seoul, and a couple of romantic ‘half-hearted’ photographs taken to express love towards each other on the other side of the globe draws the viewer’s attention. In recent years, photographs taken as part of the ‘Half & Half’ project, which pop artists Shin Dan-Bi and Lee Seok made +

  • BTS ‘MIC Drop’ 1st place iTunes in 47 countries including USA

    The BTS won first place in the K-pop group in iTunes ‘Top Song Charts’ Big Hit Entertainment announced on the 25th November. The remake version of MIC Drop, released by the BTS on November 24 at 6 pm, was the top song chart of iTunes in 47 countries including Argentina, +

  • Seoul, first Snowfall accumulated this winter

    According to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), strong weather warning is in effect at Chungcheong area and Daejeon, Sejong, Gyeonggi Osan, Pyeongtaek, Anseong, Hwaseong, Jeonbuk, Wanju, Muju, Iksan, Jinan, Jangsu and Imsil. The snowstorm warning comes into effect when 24-hour snow that accumulates on snow is expected to be over +

  • BTS returning home in glory

    The BTS came back after finishing their schedule in the United States. It is indeed ‘returning home in glory’. The BTS returned to Incheon International Airport after 6:00 am on the 23rd. The airport was crowded with fans to welcome the BTS who arrived early on. The BTS greeted their +

  • Sunday’s minus 11 degrees in Seoul… It’s coldest this fall

    Today, on Sunday (November 19th), the whole country will be mostly clear, but cold weather will continue in some areas, including snow and rain from the previous day. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) on November 19, the whole country will be largely clear due to the effects of +

  • The BTS ranked first in the US Google Trends search ranking

    BTS attended the ‘2017 American Music Awards’ held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California on November 19 (local time) and BTS showed the explosive response of local fans as well as showcasing the title song ‘DNA’ of LOVE YOURSELF Her, which was loved around the world. Just after +