All posts tagged "Hongdae"

  • Lee Ho-yang plays a keyboard in this photo provided by him. Having made his debut in 2005, the 31-year-old earned massive fame with a string of hit songs, including T-ara’s “Roly-Poly,” “Bo Peep Bo Peep” and Jewelry’s “One More Time” among many others.
    Songwriter weaves thread of K-pop hits

    K-pop songwriter ‘Sinsadong Tiger’ finds breakthrough with collected ideas By Park Si-soo Two hands are not enough to count the K-pop stars he has worked with; T-ara, 4minute, Beast and counting. Same goes for the smash hits...

    • Posted November 4, 2013
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    Single-person Households Changing Korea

    As more people choose to live alone, “single-person culture” is fast becoming a new trend. According to Statistics Korea, single-person households accounted for 23.9 percent of total households in 2012, exceeding the traditional four-person household model (22.5...

    • Posted October 11, 2013
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  • K-rock band Jang Ki-ha and the Faces pose at a press meeting held to promote “MU:CON Seoul 2013” at the Broadcast Center in Mok-dong, Seoul, Tuesday. International music moguls will gather at the 2nd international music market, to be held from Oct. 10 to Oct. 11. The Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), the organizer of the event, will select promising Korean artists and promote them for overseas exposure. / Courtesy of KOCCA
    Top pop-music scouts to gather here

    By Park Jin-hai The local musical scene is going to be pretty much busy this October. Seymour Stein, the entrepreneur who first signed Madonna, and star-maker producer Steve Lilliywhite who has worked with acts such as U2...

    • Posted October 2, 2013
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