Nijimori Studio, a theme park located in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province, north of Seoul, features a set of buildings that bring visitors back to Japan’s Edo period (1603-1867). The theme park had been used as a filming site for several local TV dramas and variety shows, including Netflix‘s original mystery entertainment series “Busted!” as well as SBS suspense drama “The Penthouse: War in Life” ...

A two-day music festival will bring together K-pop musicians like modern rock band Monni, Broccoli, You Too and indie singer-songwriter Yun DDan DDan next month to provide comfort to music fans who are exhausted from COVID-19, according to the festival’s organizer Thursday. “2022 Camping Music Festival” will take place at Nodeul Live House on Nodeul Island, central Seoul, on Feb. 26-27, accordin...

Seoul Record Fair (SRF), which was launched as the first vinyl record selling event in Korea a decade ago, is set to return this week despite the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic after a nearly two-year haitus, the SRF committee and fair’s operator Roundx2 announced on Wednesday. Although the fair will go offline, showcasing performances and selling records and music-related products, it is scheduled...

Song Ji-ah, a contestant on Netflix’s latest hit reality dating show “Single’s Inferno,” who is also known as YouTuber FreeZia, has been embroiled in controversy over wearing counterfeit luxury fashion items. Criticism flew in from online community users earlier, claiming that Song’s outfits and pieces of jewelry worn for the dating show and her YouTube clips are partially fake, which resembled ...

Moon also greeted the K-pop musicians in their waiting rooms after the event. When the president has had the chance to participate in cultural exchange programs in overseas trips, he has often attended events and thanked them for putting efforts into promoting K-pop culture abroad. In the meantime, “Korean Week” kicked off at the Korea Pavilion at the Dubai Expo on Sunday, playing clips of BTS p...

Korean rock musician Han Kyung-rock, a bassist in the legendary punk rock band Crying Nut, will celebrate his birthday with a three-day online concert next month. The musician will be hosting “2022 Captain Rock Day,” featuring 100 artists. The event will kick off on Feb. 9, but the exact time has yet to be set. “Captain Rock Day” is an annual event that gathers big-name artists who represent th...

“Gwanghwa In” offers information on cultural heritages and tourist attractions around Gwanghwamun through the guidance of human AI models that were created using 3D technology for 360-degree content and programed by deep learning-based technology. Starting with actor Lee Seung-jun’s guide to the service, visitors are guided in Korean by model of SHINee’s Minho and in English by American trot sing...

Based on S.M. Entertainment’s independent count, its K-pop artists sold a total of 17.62 million copies, nearly doubling the previous year‘s record. Its boy group NCT-related album sales accounted for about 62 percent of sales. “When bringing back live in-person concerts, the soaring physical album sales may experience a slow down for a while, but the upward movement is likely to continue in the...

“The young dancers’ pure zest for dancing was incredible. I think their dance moves filled with passion were able to touch the viewers’ hearts. ... As a producer, I sought to offer the dancers an opportunity to show their skills and talents on the stage amid the losses and missed opportunities caused by COVID-19,” Kim said. If there was one thing the program producers failed to satisfy with view...

Lim Young-woong, the singer who shot to stardom after winning TV Chosun’s smash hit audition show, “Mr. Trot” in 2020, released “Love Always Run Away” on Oct. 11 for the soundtrack of KBS 2TV’s weekend drama “Young Lady and Gentleman.” The song has topped local music streaming charts for several weeks, including the top 100 on Melon charts. Seoul-based pop music critic Lim Jin-mo told The Korea ...

Bruneian vocalist Bila Junaidi performed five songs with the band the Stars, while Cambodian singer-songwriter Kesorrr took to the stage with powerful performances with other artists, including the five-member dance group D-Man. Korean boy band N.Flying also excited K-pop fans with their songs “Flowerwork,” “Video Therapy,” “Stand by Me” and “Songbird.” Vietnamese pop star My Anh performed multi...

“Last year was a very meaningful one for me. Closing out my 20s, I worked hard to promote music as I thought it was the best way to express my sincere gratitude to the fans who have been with me for the last 10 years. It feels like I’ve ended my 20s well with people listening to my music, loving me for so long and giving me such a big award like this,” she said. Girl groups Aespa and StayC took ...

‘역주행의 아이콘’으로 지난해 최고의 한 해를 보낸 걸그룹 브레이브걸스가 이르면 다음 달 컴백한다. 미니 5집 리패키지 앨범 ‘After We Ride’ 발매 이후 약 6개월 만이다. 6일 코리아헤럴드 취재 결과, 브레이브걸스는 올해 2~3월 앨범 발매를 목표로 준비에 한창이다. ‘롤린‘, ‘운전만 해‘로 역주행 바람을 일으켰고 지난해 6월 ’치맛바람‘으로 정주행에 성공하는 등 흥행 가도를 달리는 중인 가운데, 브레이브걸스가 이번 새 앨범을 통해 보여줄 색다른 매력과 독보적인 퍼포먼스에 관심이 쏠린다. 업계의 한 관계자는 “당초 브레이브걸스가 지난해 크리스마스쯤을 목표로 신곡을 발매 예정이었지만 멤버들의 일정 등으로 계획이 미뤄진 것으로 알고 있다”면서 “정확한 음반 포맷에 대해서 공개된 바...

Brave Girls, a K-pop girl group that rose to surprise stardom from the brink of disbandment, is gearing up for the release of a new album sometime between February and March, an industry source told The Korea Herald on Thursday. “Brave Girls previously planned to drop new songs around the Christmas season. However, the schedule has been delayed," the source said, adding that the upcoming release...

Earning the highest score on all evaluation criteria, Turns took first place, followed by Newnion and Mismolly. Brand New Child came in fourth place, while K.L.W.C and Floor were fifth and sixth, respectively. “We will show more fresh and challenging performances afterward,” Turns leader Jo Na-in said after winning the competition. She also thanked mentor crew YGX for providing sincere feedback,...