How a North Korean went from begging to K-pop
Yu Hyuk was just nine years old when he started begging on the streets of North Hamgyong, one of the poorest provinces in ...
The K-pop industry witnesses North Korean artists in a boy band for the first time
Verse, a new K-pop boy band, features members from North Korea, the USA, and Japan. Yu Hyuk, a North Korean defector, ...
K-pop artist’s Tacoma concert is the last stop in her Apple Cinnamon Crunch Tour
Solo artist Yves (pronounced “i-beu” from the Korean spelling, with “Eve” as an English equivalent) is set to perform at the ...
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Kim Jong Un’s North Korean culture war
If there’s one thing that a despot wants, it is to stay in power. North Korea’s totalitarian Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Un, is ...
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US experts question reason for probe of loudspeaker broadcasts into North Korea
“Our military has deterred North Korea’s provocations through ... South Korean loudspeaker broadcasts usually played K-pop songs and rebroadcasts of South Korean domestic news that included ...
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A culture convergence: K-pop and Korean food come together in Charlotte this weekend
K-pop, or Korean pop, has taken the world by storm in the last few years. Between 2018 and 2024, K-pop streaming on Spotify has grown 180% in the U.S. and 360% worldwide. In 2023 alone ...