After the first successful ‘repertoire season,’ seven state-run troupes to present 63 works in the second year

Park Chan-ho, the first South Korean baseball player to play in Major League Baseball in the U.S., was hailed as a hero during the gloomy days of the Asian economic crisis in the late 1990s. Despite retiring last year, Park still remains a sensational figure in the history of Korean baseball, having won 124 games in the majors during his 19-year professional baseball career.A new art exhibition at Seoul Museum pays tribute to the baseball hero, displaying his game-winning baseballs, uniforms, gl

Singer-actor to get off to new start with new agency

Four-member band CNBLUE’s new single “Lady,” which is slated for release in Japan on July 31, has hit No. 1 in the presale album charts. “Lady,” the band’s sixth single in the country, topped Japanese album franchise HMV’s “Korea & Asia” daily presale charts on July 4. The pop band also rose to No. 2 on its weekly charts, raising fans’ expectations for the upcoming release. “Lady” is to be released along with two other tracks, “Don’t Care” and “Monday,” which were written by member Jung Yong-hwa

K-pop group Boyfriend attended the premiere of Japanese romantic comedy “GOGO Ikemen 5” at United Cinemas Toyosu in Tokyo on Saturday. The members of Boyfriend play leading roles in the film.The group landed the roles six months after their Japanese debut with single “Be My Shine” in August 2012. In “GOGO Ikemen 5,” the five “pretty boys” who excel in sports, academics and looks are tired of girls paying attention only to their looks. When the innocent and pure Kanna, a girl who does not care fo

FT Island vocalist Lee Hong-gi’s nail art book has topped a book-magazine pre-order chart in Japan, Tower Records announced Sunday. “Lee Honggi Nail Book” has remained on top since last week. It also topped the Korean online bookstore Interpark’s weekly bestseller chart last week. The 144-page book includes photos of Lee and his self-done nails with some useful tips on how to apply nail polish and accessories on nails. In the book, Lee also talks about his philosophy and recounts a number of ane

New breed of budding classical music stars shine on international scene

Art transactions have become a way of creating secret funds, exploiting the practice of keeping the names of buyers and sellers hidden

Gallery DOS presents a solo exhibition of artist Choi Eun-hyea this week as part of the gallery’s special exhibitions for up-and-coming artists it selected for this year. Choi, one of the five selected artists, explores a subject that is rarely dealt with in painting ― the journey of light. Light, which largely remained an auxiliary element determining the tone of paintings, has emerged as an independent subject in paintings as contemporary artists explore diverse subjects for their works. The a

Popular girl groups pre-release tracks from their upcoming albums

South Korean acoustic band Sogyumo Acacia Band put out its fifth album “Slow Diving Table,” a gesture that departs from today’s hectic electronic music to get back to the raw sound where music started. “People live in a world full of disturbing noises, but we wanted to awaken people to notice the beautiful sounds existing in them,” said group member Kim Min-hong.Kim and fellow member Song Eun-ji wanted to offer healing sounds to fans by featuring sounds of nature merged into the tranquil acousti