British artists Jake and Dinos Chapman, brothers as well as artists, make their artworks as horrific and awful as possible. They paint the faces of wealthy men in 19th century portraits, making them look decomposed with the deformed image revealing rotting veins and muscles underneath the skin. The portraits bought at an auction by the artists were redone to point out how futile their wealth and life has become as their paintings, once a symbol of wealth, ended up for sale. The portrait is the l

Imagine a night filled with thumping house music, a creative theme, spectacular theatrics, high-flying acrobatics, mesmerizing lights and special effects, explosive fireworks and tens of thousands of music lovers gathering to dance the night away. This is “Sensation,” an annual one-day, all-night indoor dance party event, and it is returning to Seoul.The Sensation event is difficult to describe and capture all in one breath as it combines so many different elements of music and theater to create

Veteran script writer Lee Kum-lim talks on life behind-the-scenes

2PM member Junho will be appearing in the movie “Hyeopnyeo,” directed by Park Heung-shik, alongside Korean film stars Lee Byung-hun, Chun Do-yeon and Kim Go-eun. A specific role for the boy band member has not been revealed yet, but the production team announced that official filming for the movie will begin in September. This will not be the first time Junho has made an on-screen appearance. He made his film debut playing the role of the host of a music show in horror flick “White: The Melody o

Actress and model Park Han-byul has denied rumors that she has broken up with singer Se7en, her boyfriend of 11 years, and that she is currently dating baseball player Ryu Hyun-jin.On Tuesday morning the actress’ agency, JF Entertainment, released a statement dispelling rumors of a breakup with Se7en and firmly denied that the actress was dating the L.A. Dodgers’ star pitcher.“Park Han-byul is still dating Se7en and the rumor of her dating Ryu Hyun-jin is just something from the tabloids,” a rep

Korean-American singer John Park recently held a joint performance with American pop duo Swan Dive in the middle of a traditional Korean market in Incheon for the recording of TV channel MBC Music’s “Picnic Live Sound, Landscape.” Nashville-based Swan Dive, which appeared at a rock festival in Korea, made a special performance for the show, which aired Monday night. The production team for “Picnic Live Sound, Landscape” wanted to arrange for an artist to perform with the duo and decided to invit

Growing interest in K-pop boosts Korea-Finland cultural ties

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NEW YORK (AP) ― Miley Cyrus’ foam finger, Lady Gaga’s thong, Taylor Swift’s mean streak and the look on Rihanna’s face while Drake performed will surely be remembered, but these MTV Video Music Awards belonged to Justin Timberlake.Timberlake briefly reunited with ’N Sync, won moonman trophies including top honor video of the year for “Mirrors” plus the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and managed to overshadow most of today’s top pop stars while doing it. “I don’t deserve the award, but I’m

Artist Kim Tschang-yeul’s retrospective opens Thursday with works spanning his 50-year artistic career