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The World Is Obsessed With Korean Pop Music [Map]

Seo Min-Soo of the Samsung Economic Research Institute has an interesting article titled Lessons From K-Pop's Global Success. K-pop is short for Korean pop, a music genre that has been gaining a...

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K-Pop Is The World's Hottest Music Trend, But Its Stars Make Almost No Money...

Korean musicians must export or starve PSY (pictured, also known as Park Jae-sang) is having the time of his life. On August 12th at a stadium in Seoul, the rap star's concert felt like the only party...

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'Gangnam Style,' A Korean Pop Sensation, Is Big In Silicon Valley Right Now...

An over-the-top, satirical music video, "Gangnam Style," that lampoons South Korea's obsession with wealth and material success, is big, big, big in Silicon Valley. How big? The video just hit No. 1...

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Here's The English Translation Of 'Gangnam Style'

After his appearance at MTV's Video Music Awards, YouTube sensation PSY has been featured on the "Today" show, "Good Morning America," "Ellen," and more for his viral video "Gangnam Style"; however,...

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US AMBASSADOR: 'Gangnam Style' Is A Perfect Example Of Growing Ties Between...

South Korean pop sensation PSY has gone from viral video star to symbol of international relations. According to Korea's Yonhap News Agency, U.S. Ambassador Sung Kim pointed to PSY as a "perfect...

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Young K-Pop Stars Get Worked To The Bone

SEOUL, South Korea — This week, a famous K-pop star in South Korea got all teary-eyed on television, talking about the 11 years she spent preparing for her career.But it wasn't a misty-eyed nostalgia...

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The NBA Is Using K-Pop To Get South Korea Into Basketball

Much like China, the NBA is starting to take South Korea by storm. According to an article published by Sports Illustrated on Monday it's because of one thing: K-Pop.You know K-Pop if you know Gangnam...

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22 Photos That Show Seoul's Strange K-Pop Culture

Many travelers come to Seoul, the capital of South Korea, to experience the slick K-pop scene, which is steadily gaining fans all over the world. However, contrary to common belief, the most offbeat...

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I wanted to look like a K-pop star so I went to a South Korean plastic...

SEOUL, South Korea — There is a glamorous nouveau riche neighborhood in Seoul called Gangnam. You may have heard the song. Gangnam is renowned for its culture of beauty and style. And its plastic...

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Meet Blackpink, the K-pop girl group breaking internet music records

Following is a full transcript of this video:Narrator: BLACKPINK is the hottest act in global music right now. The Korean dancing, singing, and rapping quartet got over 56 million views in less than 24...

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A Korean restaurant was swamped with one-star Yelp reviews from BTS fans...

BTS dined at Kang Ho Dong Baekjeong in New York City on Tuesday night. Co-owner Bobby Kwak posted a video of their visit on his personal Instagram, which was filmed without the band knowing. He also...

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'Old Town Road' songwriter Lil Nas X is being accused of Islamophobia on what...

#LilNasXIsOverParty began trending on Twitter early Sunday thanks to stan accounts tweeting screenshots of Islamophobic tweets. The tweets belonged to an account called @nasmaraj, which Lil Nas X...

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Trump and Ivanka met K-Pop boy band EXO on a visit to South Korea's...

President Donald Trump and daughter Ivanka arrived at the "blue house," the presidential palace in South Korea, to meet with President Moon Jae-in for a Saturday night state dinner. Upon arriving,...

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Some of China's biggest pop stars have sided with the government in its fight...

Chinese pop stars have come forward to publicly express their support for China, as Hong Kong's protests enter their eleventh week.At least eight pop stars from mainland China, as well as a singer from...

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South Korean police say 7 Brazilian women were lured into prostitution with...

Police in South Korea this week announced the arrest of five men accused of luring seven Brazilian women to South Korea with the promise of turning them into K-pop stars.Instead, police said the women...

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The 8 songs that broke into YouTube's top music chart this week

Every week, YouTube shares its music chart toppers, including a list of songs that made it into YouTube's top 100 in the US for the first time.This week, DaBaby's "Intro" made its YouTube chart debut...

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2 K-pop stars were jailed for raping a drunk, unconscious woman in a scandal...

A South Korean court found two K-pop stars guilty of gang raping a drunk, unconscious woman.Jung Joon-young, formerly of the group Drug Restaurant, was sentenced to six years in prison, while Choi...

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Grueling gym routines, restrictive diets, and no dating: K-pop stars tell us...

K-pop's squeaky-clean image was further marred this week by the sudden death of Goo Hara, reportedly of attempted suicide, and after two K-pop stars, Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon, were found...

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Dive Studios is trying to turn K-Pop fans into podcast listeners by grabbing...

Dive Studios is a new podcast network focused on Asian and Asian-American content that launched in August with K-Pop star Eric Nam as its flagship host.The network is now also home to shows hosted by...

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A 3rd K-pop star has abruptly died within 2 months, showing the squeaky-clean...

K-pop star Cha In-ha was found dead at his home in Seoul this Tuesday, police announced Wednesday.The 27-year-old's sudden death follows those of fellow K-pop celebrities Sulli and Goo Hara in October...

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