SM Entertainment, HYBE, and Kakao Entertainment: A Summary
One of the biggest K-Pop stories recently surrounds what’s going on between HYBE Entertainment, Kakao Entertainment, and SM Entertainment and Lee Soo-man, SM’s former CEO. With news on the subject breaking every day, it’s hard to keep...
South Korean Artists Who’ve Performed in North Korea
Relations between North and South Korea have been frosty for decades. The two Koreas are still technically at war, engaging in more of a frozen conflict currently. While the countries do not get along and tempers have flared over the years,...
BTS Will Enlist; Jin to Enlist First
After years of debate regarding if BTS should enlist in the military or not due to their cultural impact, BIGHIT MUSIC announced via a press release all BTS members will start enlisting beginning at the end of 2022. The news came following...
Wanderlust Wednesday: Five K-Drama K-Pop MV Filming Locations You Can Visit
From warehouses to computerized realms, K-Pop MVs have an ability to transport us to different worlds. Meanwhile, some of those same settings can instill feelings of longing, romance, and joy when featured in some of our favorite K-Dramas. But, what...
Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month
(image from the AT&T website for AAPI Heritage Month https://about.att.com/inside_connections_blog/2021/aapi_heritage_month.html) For those who hadn’t known, May is observed as Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month...
South Korea’s President-Elect, Yoon Suk-yeol
Yoon Suk-yeol, a politician, former public prosecutor and lawyer, is the new president-elect of South Korea, having defeated his chief liberal rival Lee Jae-myung in the most closely fought ever in South Korea’s presidential election...