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#audio book serviceSweden-based audio book operator Storytel launches Korean service
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- Storytel, a Sweden-based audio book streaming provider, officially launched a Korean service Thursday, tapping the tech-savvy Asian country with an underdeveloped market ... 15:14 Nov. 28 -
#Netflix(News Focus) Netflix starts to eye Korea-made content
By Kim Boram SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- Netflix has been speeding up efforts to strengthen strategic partnerships with South Korean content creators in an apparent move to expand its influence in t... 15:08 Nov. 28 -
#K-popEXO returns with full-length album as six-member team
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy band EXO dropped its sixth full-length album, "Obsession," as a six-member team Wednesday. The new 10-track album, the first release by EXO since the band's f... 18:00 Nov. 27 -
#BTS imitation goods15,000 imitations of BTS character goods seized in Incheon this year
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- Customs officials in Incheon, west of Seoul, said Wednesday they have cracked down on huge amounts of imitation goods that infringe on the trademark rights of BTS, a glob... 16:28 Nov. 27 -
#Lee Young-ae(Yonhap Interview) Actress Lee Young-ae wants to seek work-life balance
By Kim Boram SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- Actress Lee Young-ae was dubbed "the oxygen lady" in the early 1990s after modeling for a cosmetics brand in a TV commercial, whose catchy tagline, "The lady... 15:26 Nov. 26 -
#K-popVirtual reality K-pop concert using 5G technology wows ASEAN leaders at banquet
BUSAN, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- The leaders of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries were captivated by a virtual reality K-pop concert using 5G technology, the presidential of... 15:22 Nov. 26 -
#BTSBTS set to heat up year-end festivities with performances at home, abroad
By Park Boram SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- K-pop sensation BTS will heat up year-end festivities with a series of high-profile performances in its home country of South Korea and outside. With th... 14:30 Nov. 26 -
#BTS(LEAD) BTS pick up three American Music Awards including Tour of Year
(ATTN: UPDATES throughout) SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Yonhap) -- K-pop sensation BTS picked up three American Music Awards (AMAs) on Monday to mark the second consecutive year that the band has won honors at ... 14:18 Nov. 25 -
#BTSBTS picks up American Music Award for 2nd consecutive year
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Yonhap) -- K-pop sensation BTS picked up an award at the 2019 American Music Awards (AMA) for the second consecutive year Monday. The septet was announced as the winner of Favori... 11:20 Nov. 25 -
#Frozen 2'Frozen 2' tops 4 mln ticket sales within 4 days of release
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- The sensational Walt Disney animation "Frozen 2" has topped the milestone of 4 million ticket sales less than four days after its release in South Korea, data showed Sund... 15:08 Nov. 24 -
Grammys under fire after BTS wasn't nominated for 2020 event
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Yonhap) -- The Grammy Awards, one of the major American pop music award events, have become fodder for criticism after K-pop band BTS was shut out of the nominations for the 2020 Gr... 14:27 Nov. 22 -
#Bring Me Home(Movie Review) Missing child thriller contrasts motherhood, nonchalance
By Kim Boram SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- Looking for missing kids might be the most pressing and desperate thing for parents. It's very common to see missing child posters and placards around us, bu... 17:25 Nov. 21 -
#theme parkS. Korea ready to support Asia's second-largest theme park: minister
By Kim Kwang-tae SEJONG, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance minister said Thursday that the government will spare no effort for the completion of a multi-billion-dollar project to build Asia... 17:05 Nov. 21 -
#YouTube(Yonhap Feature) Celebrities open YouTube channels to ride new media trend
By Kim Boram SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- Lee Eun-hee, an office worker living in Seoul, subscribes to the YouTube channel of South Korean golfer Ko Jin-young, the 2018 Rookie of the Year and the cur... 09:00 Nov. 21 -
#BTS military serviceBTS will not be exempted from military service: culture minister
PARIS, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- Globally acclaimed superstars BTS and other high-flying K-pop stars will not be exempted from mandatory military service under the government's new guidelines on conscrip... 17:12 Nov. 20 -
#Global Goal Live: The Possible DreamSM Entertainment to host Global Citizen charity concert in Seoul next year
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's biggest K-pop label, SM Entertainment, will host the Asian leg of a globally renowned multi-continental charity concert by the poverty reduction movement Glo... 15:50 Nov. 20 -
#Ashfall'Ashfall' actors confident about film's eye-catching scale, storyline
By Kim Boram SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean star actor Lee Byung-hun said Tuesday that his first disaster film "Ashfall" will catch the eyes of local film buffs with its overwhelming scale... 17:59 Nov. 19 -
#BTS concert-revenueBTS records $116.6 mln in sales from 'Love Yourself: Speak Yourself' tour
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Yonhap) -- K-pop superstars BTS clinched US$116.6 million in sales through its sensational "Love Yourself: Speak Yourself" world tour, Billboard said Friday. Under the globe-trot... 17:01 Nov. 15 -
Mamamoo drops 2nd full-length album, 'reality in BLACK'
By Park Boram SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Yonhap) -- Roaring four-piece K-pop girl band Mamamoo dropped its second full-length album, "reality in BLACK," Thursday, returning to smash the music scene. The ... 17:55 Nov. 14
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Culture
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Netflix starts to eye Korea-made content
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Telco-cable TV mergers to reshape S. Korean media market
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Roaring K-pop boom reverses fate of declining CDs and other tangible albums
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BTS shatters cultural, language barriers with music
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Gov't plan on screen regulation draws mixed views in film industry
