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Global icon makes discreet visit to South Korea, heads to K-fashion hotspot Pop star 'Justin Bieber' made a surprise visit to Seoul, South Korea, on the 23rd without any prior announcement. He confirmed the visit that day through a brief post on social media reading, "Made it to Seoul," accompanied...

I’m obsessed with subculture. Whether it’s a movie, webtoon, game, comic book or animated series, I’ll check out anything with an inventive story, premise or characters. Comic books opened the door to fandom for me; now I’m a grown-up kid who reads comics as e-books and webtoons on my phone.

※ Continued from the first article on picks from the 16th Seoul International PRIDE Film Festival. The Seoul International PRIDE Film Festival’s “Asia Pride” section is a chance to discover a diverse range of queer films made in Asia.

Chinese cuisine chef Jung Ji-sun, who has gained widespread popularity through the global hit Culinary Class Wars, is temporarily suspending operations of her YouTube channel. On the 21st, Jung Ji-sun and the production team posted a lengthy notice in the community section of the YouTube channel...

Portfolio diversification stands out amid generational transition challenges in the entertainment industry On the 22nd, Korea Investment & Securities cut its price target for 'HYBE' by 18.2%, from 330,000 won to 270,000 won, reflecting market concerns about a hiatus in 'BTS' activities after the...

Some of the biggest names in South Korean pop music are joining forces for the local community. The Shoulder-to-Shoulder Celebrity Volunteer Group announced on the 20th that it will hold the large-scale benefit concert “Vitality” from the 24th to the 25th on a special stage at Korea Tech University...

Accomplished works offer sharp portraits of the times and open new horizons for the webtoon industry The five winners of this year's Today's Our Manhwa, one of the country's three most prestigious comic awards, have been revealed.

With her first daughter due in November, she demonstrated her global influence alongside local influencers Actress 'Lee Da-hae' showed off her formidable global influence by appearing on a massive Chinese 'Singles' Day' live-commerce broadcast while nine months pregnant, just over a month before...

Over the past year, K-pop artists claimed six of the top 10 spots in Asia’s concert tour revenue rankings, demonstrating their overwhelming global standing. According to “Asia Focus Charts: Top Touring Artists,” recently released by Pollstar, the group SEVENTEEN ranked first, with tour revenue of...

A stage steeped in Korean identity shakes Japan The Japan leg of global supergroup BTS’ ARIRANG world tour, which wrapped up to great acclaim at Tokyo Dome this past April, is coming to Japanese television. Japan’s major broadcaster TBS officially announced on the 17th that it will air BTS WORLD...