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Global pop icons return as world watches for another record South Korea's leading groups, 'BTS' and 'BLACKPINK', have both been nominated in major categories at the U. S. pop culture awards show 'Kids' Choice Awards 2026', once again underscoring their global stature.

K-Webtoons step up global animation streaming push Naver Webtoon’s global intellectual property expansion has entered a new phase. Three megahits — ‘The Remarried Empress,’ ‘The Boxer’ and ‘Teenage Mercenary’ — each with billions of views worldwide, are being reborn as global animated series.

A national melody reborn with a modern sensibility, the essence of crossover South Korea’s leading musical theater actors, married couple Kim So-hyun and Son Jun-ho, released their new song ‘We daehan Arirang’ on Oct. 9 to mark Hangul Day.

The 31st Busan International Film Festival opened with a grand ceremony at the Busan Cinema Center in Haeundae, Busan, kicking off Asia's largest film festival. This year BIFF moved its opening day up by one day from Wednesday to Tuesday.

J-pop’s dramatic comeback through K-pop benchmarking and a fundamental overhaul Avex, one of Japan’s leading entertainment agencies, has successfully overhauled its business by aggressively benchmarking South Korea’s “K-pop” system.

Global entertainment company 'HYBE''s large-scale music festival 'WeverseCon Festival' is heading overseas for the first time. Its debut destination is India, a massive market of 1.4 billion people. HYBE steps up global ecosystem expansion by blending local culture with K-pop HYBE said on the 8th...

A 40-year acting journey that broke Hollywood’s glass ceiling becomes a milestone for Asian cinema "Like the Busan International Film Festival, I have walked this path for a long time. We all started in Asia with the goal of taking our films and culture to the world, and I believe we ultimately...

Box-office strength breaks through 'historical distortion' attacks as ideological conflict intensifies Director Hur Jin-ho's 'Assassins' completely dominated South Korea's theaters over the National Foundation Day holiday weekend despite fierce political controversy.

Now well established as pillars of the Korean film industry, many of these directors' rookie-day stories are, in fact, more interesting than the movies that would later define their careers. But those stories rarely come straight from the directors themselves.

〈Street Fighter〉 is back. In 1993, fated rivals Ryu and Ken join the World Warrior Tournament at the invitation of Chun-Li , a mysterious woman. The tournament is an arena where fists, fate and fury collide in brutal fashion.