K-boom! South Korea’s art and high culture lands in Britain with a bang | South Korea

Psy in a bright green jacket and sunglasses, dancing in stage with two dancers

Kimchi, the fermented pickle, led the way, establishing a taste for colourful Korean food in Britain. It was followed by a youth wave of K-pop music hysteria. Then came those two international screen hits, Bong […]

BTS rekindle debate about military service in South Korea

BTS rekindle debate about military service in South Korea

Yoon Sang-hyun, the lawmaker who proposed the amendment to include three-week training for K-pop stars, says the extent to which BTS had raised South Korea’s profile through ‘soft power’ should be taken into account when […]

Korea Singers Association President Asks BTS to Reconsider Break Up

Korea Singers Association President Asks BTS to Reconsider Break Up

Photo Credit: TV10/TenAsia / CC by 3.0 The Korea Singers Association president has sent an open letter to BTS asking them to reconsider breaking up. President Lee Ja Yeon addressed the letter to both BTS […]

New On Netflix In June: ‘Hustle, Money Heist: Korea, Spiderhead’

New On Netflix In June 2022

Netflix After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball scout takes it upon himself to bring the phenom to the States without his team’s approval in the […]

Merlin Inks ‘First Direct Deal In Korea’ With FLO Licensing Agreement

Merlin Inks 'First Direct Deal In Korea' With FLO Licensing Agreement

Seoul, South Korea. Photo Credit: Mathew Schwartz About 10 weeks after finalizing a “groundbreaking” deal with Twitch, Merlin has inked a licensing agreement with South Korean streaming app FLO. The indie-music licensing company unveiled its […]