By Jeff Benjamin In a rare moment of emotional candidness for the K-pop industry, NewJeans member Hanni took to the floor of South Korea’s National Assembly on Tuesday (Oct. 15) to address the ...

From the president to K-pop megastars BTS, South Korea erupted into celebration Thursday after "The Vegetarian" author Han Kang won the country's first Nobel Prize for literature. The 53-year-old ...

A member of the chart-topping K-pop group NewJeans has tearfully testified to South Korean lawmakers as part of an inquiry into workplace harassment. Hanni, 20, alleged that entertainment agency ...

Korea isn’t all Gangnam Style and K-Pop. There’s some great K-dramas as well! If you haven’t been living under a rock, you’ll notice that Korean pop-culture is gaining a growing foothold ...

Borders are open, live music is back and the K-pop touring cycle is in full swing. Stars including veteran idols 2NE1, SEVENTEEN, Day6 and more are touring the world with both new and old tunes in ...

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For fans of Korean cinema, or cinema in general, Oldboy needs no introduction. But if you're just beginning your Korean movie journey, start here: Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) is held captive in a ...

We are, of course, talking about SuperM’s ‘Jopping’. After drip-feeding “the Avengers of K-pop” throughout the summer, SuperM officially debuted at the iconic Capitol Records building in ...

A North Korean defector who escaped to the South more than a decade ago was detained after attempting to cross back into North Korea on a stolen bus, police said. The man drove about 800 meters on ...