A South Korean Chopin competition winner has charmed concertgoers in the famous composer's home country of Poland.Cho Seong-jin, who won the prestigious 17th international Frederic Chopin piano competition in October, visited the country four months later. His visit coincided with the 206th anniversary of Chopin's birthday.In the concert, held in the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall on Tuesday and attended by a thousand classical music lovers, tickets were sold out early on and some of the attendees, wh

Seol Hyun of South Korea's girl group AOA was named an honorary ambassador for the April 13 general elections, the country's election watchdog said Thursday.The 21-year-old singer will promote the election to increase voter turnout in the lead-up to the polls, the National Election Commission said."Seol Hyun is beloved by the people as a singer, actress and model," Kim Yong-hee, secretary-general of the commission said, expressing hope that she will promote the right election culture to the publ

NEW YORK (AFP) - A trove of thousands of Bob Dylan notebooks and other artifacts -- mostly unknown except to the rock icon himself -- will head to a US university to be preserved for posterity.　The University of Tulsa in Oklahoma announced Wednesday that it had acquired more than 6,000 items from the singer's six-decade career and would create the Bob Dylan Archive.　The archive will eventually go on permanent display in Tulsa near a recently built museum to Woody Guthrie, the folk legend and Dyl

South Korean star agency Yedang Entertainment on Wednesday said it will launch a joint venture company with the son of a Chinese properties magnate. Yedang Entertainment, a small label that signed K-pop girl group EXID, has recently changed its corporate name to "Banana Culture," calling the move a first step towards launching a joint venture company in Seoul with Chinese media group Banana Project.The Chinese media firm's chief, Wang Sicong, is the son of Wanda Group chairman Wang Jianlin, acco

LONDON (AFP) - Adele has kicked off her first world tour in four years with a concert in Belfast that received overwhelmingly positive reviews despite the bestselling singer's bout of pre-gig nerves.　The show in Northern Ireland’s main city late on Monday was sold out months in advance and fans came from as far as Japan and South Africa to catch a first glimpse of the British ballad singer.　The 100-stop tour includes dates in London in March, Paris in June, as well as New York's Madison Square G

KBS World, the international service of the South Korean terrestrial network KBS, said Wednesday it will broadcast a K-pop special on the 10th anniversary of its news program later this week."KBS World News Today" will interview non-Korean fans of K-pop on the set of "Music Bank," a KBS music program, on Thursday, KBS World said.It will air segments produced by KBS correspondents in Brazil and China who followed aspiring K-pop artists in the two countries.The news program will also introduce Mye

Jimin of South Korean girl group AOA will release her first solo single featuring EXO's Xiumin this week, star label FNC Entertainment said on Monday. Dubbed "Call You Bae," the new track will be released on Thursday on local music streaming services. The EP is the first operation of Jimin's solo project "#00TD," FNC said. "Call You Bae" is a cheerful love song with a fast tempo that depicts the fluttering hearts of youth in love. The song harmoniously blends Jimin's high-pitched rap and Xiumin'

The digitalized hits of the legendary rock band the Beatles have conquered the top six slots in the international sections of major South Korean music charts, data showed Monday. The songs became available on South Korean music streaming websites at midnight, as Universal Music Group, the distributer, authorized 10 South Korean music streaming services to provide online and mobile digital audio streaming and downloading services for the songs. As of 10 a.m., the Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Han