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Super Junior's subunit D&E to drop new album this month

Super Junior-D&E, a two-men subunit of K-pop boy band Super Junior, will drop their third EP later this month, the band's management agency Label SJ said Tuesday. The duo of two Super Junior members...

Apr 2, 2019
Music
EXO Chen releases mellow ballads on 1st solo album

Chen, the main vocalist of popular K-pop boy band EXO, released his first solo EP on Monday, presenting six mellow ballads to the spring K-pop scene. The 26-year-old, whose real name is Kim Jong-dae...

Apr 1, 2019
Music
Spring arrives in Tongyeong with classical music

TONGYEONG, South Gyeongsang Province -- With cherry blossoms in full bloom, the Tongyeong International Music Festival 2019 began Friday. The annual 10-day festival, founded in 2002, takes place at ...

Mar 31, 2019
Music
[Herald Review] ‘Where do I come from? Where am I going?’

TONGYEONG, South Gyeongsang Province -- Refugees were on composer Toshio Hosokawa’s mind when he wrote “The Maiden From the Sea” in 2017. At the time, images of refugees’ suffering and deaths had sho...

Mar 31, 2019
Music
ASAP Rocky to hit Seoul for concert Friday

ASAP Rocky is stopping by Seoul on Friday as part of his 2019 “Injured Generation” world tour. The American rapper kicked off the trek in January in promotion of his third studio album, “Testing,” w...

Mar 31, 2019
Music
YG, major broadcasters burning bridges with scandal-ridden pop stars

The management agency of boy band BIGBANG ended sales of merchandise related to the disgraced former band member Seungri, while major broadcasters stopped servicing VOD contents featuring the singer ...

Mar 29, 2019
Music
[Weekender] Fan translators break through K-pop’s language barrier

K-pop speaks Korean -- for the most part -- but not all its fans. In addition to K-pop’s nonverbal appeal, the language barrier is being broken down by a network of fans who translate Korean content...

Mar 28, 2019
Music
National Gugak Center seeks to balance tradition, change

Though Korea’s traditional music, gugak, is often neglected as pop music and Western classical music draw more attention, the National Gugak Center hopes to turn things around this year with fresh, i...

Mar 28, 2019
Music
Korea National Opera to cast spell with ‘Magic Flute’

The Korea National Opera begins its 2019 season with performances of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” at the Seoul Arts Center from Thursday to Sunday. The German opera tells the love story of Prince Tami...

Mar 27, 2019
Music
Suzy expected to relocate from JYP to new management agency

Singer and actress Bae Suzy, who debuted in JYP Entertainment's girl band missA, will terminate her contract with the management agency and is likely to move to another talent agency specializing in ...

Mar 26, 2019
Music
Duo HONNE announces second collaboration with BTS' RM

English electronic music duo HONNE announced Tuesday the release of its second musical collaboration with RM, the leader of K-pop band BTS. The duo posted images reading the lyrics of the new song o...

Mar 26, 2019
Music
Ensemble Ditto to play for last time

Ensemble Ditto will perform its last season in June after a 12-year run, with its members scheduled to part ways after a final festival titled “Magic of Ditto.” The all-male chamber ensemble was fo...

Mar 25, 2019
Music
BLACKPINK to drop new album, "Kill This Love," next month

K-pop girl band BLACKPINK will put out a new album, "Kill This Love," next month, its management agency said Monday. YG Entertainment released a teaser image on its official website for the upcoming...

Mar 25, 2019
Music
BLACKPINK surpasses 20 mln YouTube subscribers

South Korean girl group BLACKPINK has topped 20 million in the number of subscribers to its official YouTube channel, the first for a K-pop act. The group hit the milestone Thursday (US time) to bec...

Mar 24, 2019
Music
British rock band Queen to come to South Korea

British rock band Queen will soon hold concerts in South Korea, after "Bohemian Rhapsody," a biographical film about the iconic group, reignited the group's popularity worldwide and especially here, ...

Mar 19, 2019
Music

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