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K-pop, films, dramas, and arts from Korea — in English, curated daily from Yonhap News Agency.
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy group Seventeen's vocalists Jeonghan and Joshua will launch the group's new unit with their first EP, "Dreamscape," next month, the group's agency said Wednesday.
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Yonhap) -- Joshua of K-pop boy group Seventeen on Tuesday released "Baby Come Home," an individual digital single presented in both Chinese and English.
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Yonhap) -- Rising girl group Rescene will return on Nov. 3 with its new EP, "Pulse," the group's agency, The Muze Entertainment, said Tuesday.
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- Soyeon, leader of K-pop girl group i-dle, has topped major South Korean music charts with a song about quitting work that has struck a chord with office workers and other listeners.
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- Fin.K.L, one of the late 1990s' most influential K-pop acts, is set to resume full-group activities for the first time in 21 years, the group's agency said Monday.
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- BTS has performed at a major U.S. music festival, appearing as a closing act, its label BigHit Music said Sunday.
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Yonhap) -- Bang Chan of K-pop boy band Stray Kids has donated 200 million won (US$143,915) to help patients requiring rehabilitation and support Nepal flood relief efforts, his agency said Saturday.
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Yonhap) -- K-pop supergroup BTS and rookie Cortis have secured a third nomination at this year's MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), entering the race for Best Group alongside fellow K-pop acts BLACKPINK and Katseye.
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Yonhap) -- The Korean historical thriller "The Assassins(s)" is poised to lead the local box office during the Chuseok holiday amid a slate of films seeking to bank on holiday moviegoers.
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Yonhap) -- Korean auteur Lee Chang-dong is known for his grounded yet delicate portrayal of ordinary people, gradually unveiling them through the various layers that construct them rather than taking the easier way of labeling them.
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- The Korean remake of the Hollywood hit "The Intern" (2015) debuted at No. 1 on the weekend box-office chart in South Korea, snapping a weekslong chart-topping run by Christopher Nolan's epic "The Odyssey," data showed Monday.
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- Yeon Sang-ho, the prolific Korean filmmaker behind the hits "Colony" (2026), "The Ugly" (2025) and "Train to Busan" (2016), said Friday his latest film, "Paradise Lost," was inspired by a three-page story penned by his own mother.
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Yonhap) -- Renowned Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou has been tapped as jury president for the main Competition section of the upcoming Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), organizers said Thursday.
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Yonhap) -- The 1974 assassination attempt on then South Korean president Park Chung-hee, which resulted in the death of the first lady, is one of the most high-profile events in the country's tumultuous modern history.
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- Korean maestro Lee Chang-dong has said his award-winning film "Possible Love" came as part of efforts to understand and speak about humans in an age where the influence of artificial intelligence (AI) is growing, Netflix said Wednesday.
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- The Korean sci-fi thriller "Hope" logged nearly US$5 million in its first week of release in North America, the film's distributor said Tuesday.
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Yonhap) -- Actor Park Shin-hye welcomed a baby daughter Tuesday, becoming the mother of two children, her agency said.
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Yonhap) -- Public broadcaster MBC said Monday its shareholders confirmed the appointment of Lee Sung-joo, managing director of the company's subsidiary iMBC, as its new president and chief executive.
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Yonhap) -- Former broadcasting and communications watchdog chief Lee Dong-kwan was unfairly involved in the course of the sell-off of a controlling stake in news cable channel YTN in 2023 when ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol was in office, the state auditor said Monday.
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Yonhap) -- Actors Jung Ho-yeon and Ryu Jun-yeol have been cast in Netflix's new Korean series, tentatively titled "Outback," the streaming platform said Friday.
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- Actor Son Ye-jin, who has made a long-awaited return to period dramas with "The Scandal," said Wednesday she was charmed by her role in the new Netflix series as Lady Cho, an independent woman who tried to defy the conservative atmosphere of the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1910).
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial watchdog on Wednesday conducted raids targeting a journalist covering the agency over alleged stock manipulation.
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- The Korean suspense thriller "Mousetrap" reigned atop Netflix's non-English TV series chart in its second week of release, the streaming platform said Wednesday.
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- The Korean historical thriller "The Assassins(s)" surpassed 1 million admissions in South Korea on Saturday, three days after its release, its distributor said.
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Yonhap) -- The government is weighing an increase in admission fees at major palaces and royal tombs next year, officials said Friday, as officials and experts argue current prices are low by global standards and point to shifting visitor patterns.
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- A woman is being investigated on suspicion of eavesdropping on singer-actor Cha Eun-woo by installing a recording device under a cafe table last month, police said Friday.
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Yonhap) -- Despite a trade surplus in the K-pop and other cultural content sectors, South Korea continued to suffer a deficit in cultural and knowledge services trade in the first half of 2026, central bank data showed Thursday.
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- A new international trail running festival, co-hosted by Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's key newswire, will launch in South Korea in December, organizers announced Wednesday.
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- The culture ministers of South Korea and Uzbekistan held talks Tuesday to discuss ways to deepen bilateral cooperation in areas including libraries and tourism.
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean pianist Lim Yunchan has been nominated in the 2026 Gramophone Classical Music Awards in Britain, his agency said Monday, two years after his historic double win.
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday extended congratulations to South Korean film director Lee Chang-dong on winning the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the prestigious Venice International Film Festival.