Singer Lim Kim announced Tuesday that she will release her second mini-album as a solo artist next month. “My second mini-album is slated to come out in September. I’m recording it right now, so please look forward to September!” Kim, whose real name is Kim Ye-rim, said via her Facebook page. Mystic89, the 20-year-old singer’s agency, said that Kim is currently putting the finishing touches on her new album. Kim is best known to the public as a member of singing duo Togewol. She and her band mat

Germany-based ensemble’s performance a rare chance to hear J.S. Bach’s last piece

World-renowned soprano Sumi Jo will be joined by K-pop group BEAST member Yang Yo-seob at her outdoor concerts to be held in Olympic Park, Seoul, on Sept. 14 and 15.The concert, titled “La Fantasia,” is not a typical classical concert: It will take place at Olympic Park’s 88 Lakeside Stage, where audiences will be able to listen to the coloratura’s lyrical melodies under a moonlit autumn sky. The audience will be able to enjoy an interesting mix of performances by not only prominent classical mu

Ansan Valley Rock Festival, Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival battle it out for top festival of the summer

LONDON (AFP) ― Scottish actor Peter Capaldi, best known as the abusive spin doctor in satire “The Thick of It,” was on Sunday named as the new eponymous star of cult British series “Doctor Who.”The BBC unveiled the 55-year-old Glaswegian as the 12th Time Lord during a live program on Sunday evening.“Being asked to play the Doctor is an amazing privilege. Like the Doctor himself I find myself in a state of utter terror and delight. I can’t wait to get started,” said Capaldi, who will replace outg

Broadcasting network MBC said it would cancel its long-running children’s show “Popopo,” which had produced many stars and enjoyed steady ratings from young viewers. MBC said it will take the show off the air to promote “change and development of new early childhood education programs.” Since 1981, “Popopo” has aired for 32 years, defending its status as the oldest children‘s program in South Korea. Its popular theme song is also widely known among both children and adults. A number of female ho

‘Elisabeth’ just as moving on second run

Korean-American singer John Park, who was a semi-finalist on season nine of “American Idol,” and the runner-up of the local singing audition program “Superstar K2,” has announced that he will record a Korean version of his recently released English single “Sipping My Life Away.”“I had been working on my first full album for the past year and a half, and it was my first attempt at writing and composing some of my own songs,” Park announced on his agency’s website. “As the popularity of ‘Sipping M

In honor of the band’s newest album release, “Reel Impulse,” the five rockers of YB Band will be putting on a special three-day garage concert performance from Aug. 30 to Sept. 1 at the Sungsoo-dong Daelim Garage. The “YB Garage Concert ‘Garage Chaos’” is a 19-and-older restricted performance intended to be an all-out loud, hard-core warehouse rock show in celebration of the band’s comeback album. YB Band, also known as the Yoon Do-hyun Band, released its ninth studio album, “Reel Impulse,” on J

JYJ member Kim Junsu is planning to hold an exclusive concert in Sydney, Australia on Sept. 28.The singer’s agency, C-Jes Entertainment, announced that Kim would be performing in Big Top Sydney, a multi-purpose venue capable of holding more than 3,000 people. This will be the star’s first time performing Down Under. Kim, 26, released his sophomore solo album on July 15, receiving rave reviews from within the country as well as abroad. On July 20 he started his Asia tour for the latest album, “In

 Anime director Makoto Shinkai, known for his “5 Centimeters Per Second,” is set to unveil his new animated film “The Garden Of Words,” a coming-of-age story that draws upon the sentimental love between a young high-school boy and an older woman.Takao Akizuki, a 15-year-old boy who wishes to be a shoe designer, finds no motivation in life and struggles to pursue his dream. One rainy day, he encounters a mysterious woman at a Japanese garden. The spark in their first encounter lures them to retur

South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho's box office hit "Snowpiercer" drew more than 2.5 million viewers in the first four days of its opening, a market tracker said Sunday.   The film, starring top Korean actor Song Kang-ho alongside Hollywood thespians Chris Evans, Ed Harris and Tilda Swinton, attracted more than 840,000 viewers on Saturday, bringing the accumulated total to 2,506,969, according to the Korean Film Council.   The number of local cinemas showing the movie also increased from 848 t

Brown Eyed Girls 5th album is solidBrown Eyed Girls“Black Box”(LOEN Entertainment)As veterans in the K-pop arena, Brown Eyed Girls has come back with a solid nine-track album.Unlike “Sixth Sense,” their last album from 2011, “Black Box” is a rather safe album with no standouts and sticks to a rather basic pop sound, making for a good summer listen. Although the music video is stunning in terms of style, inspired by the movie “Kill Bill,” the title track itself is your average, catchy pop tune wi

The Place Beyond the PinesCrime. Drama. Directed by Derek CianfranceOpened Aug. 1Motorcycle stunt rider Luke Glanton (Ryan Gosling) works in a traveling act for state fairs, barely makes ends meet. During the fair in New York, Glanton gets a visit from his ex-lover Romina (Eva Mendes) who recently gave birth to his son. Glanton quits his job as a stuntman to stay in town to provide for his family, but turns to robbing banks. This puts him on a collision course with ambitious rookie cop Avery Cro

“Fruitvale Station” is a tragedy as fresh as today’s headlines, as moving as losing someone close to you. A re-telling of the last day in the life of Oscar Grant, a young black man gunned down by a transit cop in front of scores of witnesses in Oakland on New Year’s Day in 2009, Ryan Coogler’s often wrenching film begins with that death ― captured on cell phone video ― and takes us back through a life of hot-tempered blunders but compassionate potential, an ex-con who might have turned the corne