South Korean rapper Psy’s new video, “Gentleman,” recorded more than 100 million hits on YouTube Wednesday, less than five days after its release.The clip, released at 9 p.m. Saturday, surpassed 100 million around 5 a.m. on the day.It marks far faster growth in the number of YouTube hits than his previous megahit video, “Gangnam Style.” “Gangnam Style” topped 100 million views in 51 days after it was posted. It remains the most-viewed YouTube video with more than more than 1.5 billion hits.  Med

Korean students attending Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, have produced a music video to express their aspiration for peace on the Korean Peninsula.Fifteen students worked on the video running about six minutes, entitled “The Story of North and South,” and recently posted it on YouTube.Composed by Jung Yoo-jin, a music therapy major at the college, the clip begins with a scene of three Korean kids drawing a map of the Korean Peninsula and the South Korean flag on papers.  With

Charity expat-Korean music event CLASH is holding its anniversary show on April 27 in aid of single mothers.The show, proceeds from which will go to Korea Unwed Mothers and Families Association, will be preceded by a “Mini-CLASH” warm-up show on April 20.CLASH events run four times a year, each supporting one of four charities. KUMFA is the first charity the event supported. It advocates for the rights of unwed pregnant women and mothers, and runs Heater, a shelter that houses and feeds up to 24

Eshe, a belly dancing veteran of the Seoul expat scene, will team up with acclaimed Korean bands for an unusual fusion performance in aid of cystic fibrosis.Her Navah troupe will perform alongside Smacksoft, Jambinai and Juck Juck Grunzie for the event dubbed the Shake Shop. The former two bands won recognition at this year’s Korean Music Awards ― Smacksoft was nominated for best modern rock album and Jambinai won best crossover album ― and Juck Juck Grunzie came second in EBS’ Hello Rookie cont

In 1867, opera master Verdi was commissioned to write a piece marking the Paris International Exposition that year. Having been impressed by German author Friedrich Schiller’s “Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien,” the Italian composer decided to stage the story of the Spanish royal family originally written by Schiller. The opera follows the tragic story of Prince Carlos, whose father, King Filippo II, marries his son’s fiancee for political purposes. The prince, who was already famous for his tempe

NEW YORK (AP) ― Adam Johnson’s “The Orphan Master’s Son,’’ a labyrinthine story of a man’s travails in North Korea, has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, restoring a high literary honor a year after no fiction award was given.Pulitzer judges on Monday praised Johnson’s book as “an exquisitely crafted novel that carries the reader on an adventuresome journey into the depths of totalitarian North Korea and into the most intimate spaces of the human heart.’’ It was the third book by the 45-year-o

Having become a global star, Psy is now officially promoting Korea to the world.He has been appointed a public relations ambassador for the Korea Tourism Organization and recently finished shooting a TV commercial series.The 15-minute commercial, introducing Korea’s most beautiful tourist attractions, will air in 70 countries around the world starting next month, his agency YG Entertainment said Tuesday.Meanwhile, the music video of his new song “Gentleman” has received more than 82 million view

A total of 110 journalists from 74 countries on Monday called for inter-Korean peace and worldwide cooperation at the World Journalist Conference that kicked off earlier the same day. “There is serious concern over the recent increase in tension on the Korean Peninsula, accompanied by fear of a crisis situation, raising the need for immediate dialogue to seek a viable solution,” they said in the World Journalists’ Declaration for Peace on the Korean Peninsula.  The conference, hosted by the Jour