All posts tagged "music"

  • Tablo, top, and Joey Bada$$, bottom, will collaborate in an upcoming single, YG said Monday. (Yonhap)
    Tablo joins hands with American rapper for collaboration single

    South Korean rap star Tablo will release a single in collaboration with American hip-hop artist Joey Bada$$, YG announced Monday. Yonhap reported Tablo and Joey Bada$$ would participate in a global hip-hop project by Luminant Entertainment, with...

    • Posted July 27, 2015
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  • CORRECTION Slovenia Playing in North Korea
    N. Korea gig fits well with iconic Slovenian band’s image, will play Korean songs

    JUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — For a band inspired by art in totalitarian regimes, a gig in North Korea is a dream come true. Slovenia’s Laibach recently announced it will play two concerts in Pyongyang next month. The...

    • Posted July 21, 2015
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  • Apink members pose for photos at a press event showcasing their second album "Pink MEMORY" on the Kyung Hee University campus in Seoul on July 16, 2015. (Yonhap)
    ‘Sexy’ not on Apink’s agenda for now

    SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) — Girl group Apink said Thursday they currently have no plans to try a sultrier look and will stick to their original motif of innocence for now. The six-member group released its second...

    • Posted July 17, 2015
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  • Rev. Egberto Noh In-bin has released a hip-hop album titled "Stromateis." (Courtesy of Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea)
    Korean Catholic priest releases hip hop album

    By Chung Ah-young Father Egberto Noh In-bin, 40, is the first Korean Catholic priest to release a hip-hop album. He has been working on “Stromateis” for three years and there are 13 tracks, including seven rap songs,...

    • Posted July 7, 2015
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    Korean royal ritual music to go to Paris

    SEOUL, June 11 (Yonhap) — A Korean royal ancestral ritual music troupe will perform in Paris in the fall to help enhance European awareness of high-class Korean culture, organizers said Thursday. Jongmyo Jeryeak was designated to open...

    • Posted June 11, 2015
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  • Lee Moon-se (Yonhap)
    MERS concerns seeps into concert industry, sparks cancellations

    Concerns over the MERS outbreak in South Korea, which has killed four and seen more than a thousand quarantined, has triggered indefinite postponements for concerts, Yonhap reported. Among the acts that have canceled concerts include Jeon In-kwon...

    • Posted June 5, 2015
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  • A look inside South Korea's new library, which houses more than 10,000 vinyl records. (Courtesy of
    [Fact] Public library of 10,000 vinyl records opens in S. Korea

      A huge public vinyl library has just opened in the South Korean capital of Seoul, containing 10,000 records, 3,000 books, every issue of Rolling Stone magazine published since 1967 and a performance space. Owned...

    • Posted May 29, 2015
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