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'Gangnam Style' impact endures a decade after it broke the internet
AFP, Published on 12/07/2022
» SEOUL - When South Korean rapper Psy released "Gangnam Style" a decade ago, few anticipated the scale and speed of its success, and how it would help usher in the streaming revolution.
10 years after 'Gangnam Style', Psy is happier than ever
AFP, Published on 03/06/2022
» SEOUL - Ten years after "Gangnam Style" became a global phenomenon, South Korean rapper Psy is living his best life –- proud of his "greatest trophy" and free from the pressure of repeating that unprecedented success.
No Psy but BTS play on as Seoul bans fast gym music
AFP, Published on 13/07/2021
» SEOUL - South Korean mega-hit "Gangnam Style" may be taken off gym playlists in the great Seoul region -- but K-pop giants BTS can stay -- under new rules aimed at stemming a rising tide of coronavirus infections.
K-pop's BTS first all-South Korean act to top US singles charts
AFP, Published on 01/09/2020
» NEW YORK: K-pop sensation BTS has become the first all-South Korean act to rule the top US singles chart, industry tracker Billboard announced Monday, with their English-language "Dynamite" hitting number one.
Football and rap, a perfect match in working-class Marseille
AFP, Published on 12/04/2020
» MARSEILLE - Marseille has the flow. Rap resonates at the Velodrome and references to OM infiltrate the airwaves, but why are the links with urban music and the club stronger here than anywhere else in Ligue 1?
From Pyongyang to Gangnam: the ex-N. Korean diplomat on the ballot in Seoul
AFP, Published on 08/04/2020
» SEOUL - For decades, Thae Yong Ho served the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, rising to become Pyongyang's deputy ambassador to London before defecting.
K-pop's BTS finish tour with millions generated
AFP, Published on 31/10/2019
» SEOUL - Tearful and screaming by turn, tens of thousands of BTS fans gathered in Seoul for the finale of the boyband's lucrative world tour, some flying thousands of kilometres to pay homage to their idols and swell their backers' bulging coffers.
K-Pop and Kimchi: Tokyo's 'Little Seoul' shrugs off spat
AFP, Published on 03/09/2019
» TOKYO: In the "little Seoul" area of Tokyo, Japanese shoppers flock to get their fix of K-pop and Korean face cream, seemingly shrugging off a deep freeze in Japan-South Korean ties.
K-pop superstars BTS to take 'long-term break'
AFP, Published on 12/08/2019
» SEOUL: K-pop superstars BTS will take a 'long-term break' from the music scene, their agency said Monday, after the boy band topped charts in the US and Britain earlier this year.
Cracking art: the Vietnam craftsman making World Cup mascots from eggshells
AFP, Published on 23/06/2018
» HO CHI MINH CITY - Football scarves, shirts and... eggshell art? World Cup swag has taken a quirky turn in Vietnam where a retired schoolteacher is making mascot memorabilia from hollowed-out eggs, meticulously crafted by hand.