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...Meanwhile Korean rapper Kim Nam-Joon, lead singer of the wildly popular boy band BTS, recommends that his fans read The Metamorphosis, Kafka’s tale of the transformation of salesman Gregor Samsa into a giant...
...“The need for the two countries to co-operate has increased in the wake of Covid-19, deepening US-China competition and global weaponisation of natural resources,” said Kim Byong-joon, acting chair of the...
...In addition to allegations of tax evasion and financial mismanagement, he accused Lee Soo-man of using a tree-planting campaign in Saudi Arabia and Mongolia as a front for building an overseas K-pop-themed...
...and culture warrior Christopher Rufo its “2024 Liberty Award”....
...viewership records; and Korean films — Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite among them — win mainstream accolades....
...Event appearances from the likes of K-pop phenom RM (Kim Nam-joon of BTS) and stars from Squid Game added to the buzz....
...“Investors are looking for a new target in this hot sector as they are keen to ride on the Korea wave,” said Choi Joon-chul, chief executive of VIP Research and Management in Seoul....
...“However, companies like Samsung can quickly launch a new device to catch up, if there is enough demand,” said Kim....
...“Do Kwon was like a successful cult leader,” said Donghwan Kim of Blitz Labs, a Seoul-based crypto advisory firm. “But now he’s the most hated man in Korea.”...
...Meanwhile, in The Sister (Macmillan, June), Sung-Yoon Lee promises to shine a light on another great North Korean mystery, Kim Yo Jong, sibling of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un....
...In January, Choi Kyung-ae died of a heart attack on her sixth day working at Coupang, after a nine-hour shift in an unheated warehouse, according to the union and her family. “It was -14C that night....
...In one text, Josh Vlasto, a former chief of staff, told colleagues that another aide, Steve Cohen, had been asked to release opposition research against Joon Kim, one of the outside attorneys James tapped...
...When Kim Nam-joon of the South Korean band BTS last week expressed regret for “the sacrifices of countless men and women” in the 1950s Korean war, it sounded innocuous....
...The furore facing the South Korean technology group came after Kim Nam-joon, known as RM, commented on the 70th anniversary of the Korean war after BTS won an award for promoting relations between South...
...“He merged trendy dance music from the US and the idol training system that Japan had been developing for a decade to create a hybrid genre called K-pop idols,” Mr Kim writes....
..., the music agency behind K-pop boy band BTS....
...Kim Kardashian and Kanye West....
...Kim Nam-joon, a member of K-pop band BTS, made headlines when he admitted losing a staggering 33 pairs of Apple AirPod earphones in recent years. Pop stars are not the only careless owners....
...South Korean films are a key component of the country’s extensive cultural exports — which also includes the music genre known as K-Pop, soap operas and gaming....
...Dixon, Richmond, England; Chris Bennette, Oxfordshire, England; Mark Rushworth, Woking, England Polymath 1,046: C & D Barden, Cambridge, England Crossword 16,308: Chris Coleman, Cheltenham, England; Mark...
...South Korean Gallery Sklo presented Joon-Yong Kim’s blown and cold-worked glass vessels with extravagantly organic forms and subtly graduated colours, such as amethyst and fiery orange....
...The recommended reforms are set out in this report authored by a group of eight former enforcement officials, judges and professors — aptly named the Bharara task force — which includes Joon Kim, the acting...
...At the centre of a scandal are two of South Korea’s biggest stars: Lee Seung-hyun, the 28-year-old singer and entrepreneur better known as Seungri; and Jung Joon-young, 30, another singer and actor....
...RM, whose real name is Kim Nam-joon, is the group’s chief conceptualist, a former member of South Korea’s underground hip-hop scene....
...Here’s a look at the North Korean dictator’s bulletproof, wine-filled mystery train. and here’s Gideon Rachman on Mr Kim goes to China....
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