Global K-Wave

HYBE LABELS has launched the first HYBE India Audition, signaling a major local talent push ahead of applications opening on March 31.

KIRINJI's first solo concert in Seoul could have been a niche success story. Instead, it turned into the kind of sold-out narrative that says something larger a...

When Netflix confirmed a sequel to its record-shattering animated film KPop Demon Hunters, the announcement itself was expected. What caught the industry off gu...

There is a particular kind of loneliness that comes with being the only person who looks like you in a room. Yerin Ha has lived inside that loneliness for years...

When screenwriter Moon Ji-won won the Grand Prize at the 5th Lotte Scenario Contest in 2016, beating out 964 entries with a script about a lawyer and an autisti...

When Asahi TV announced that the Korean film Innocent Witness would be reimagined as a Japanese short drama premiering April 18, 2026, it wasn’t just another re...

When veteran Korean actress Son Sook sat inches from her television screen, squinting through macular degeneration to watch all four episodes of Bridgerton Seas...

For years, the global entertainment industry operated under a simple assumption: content with strong cultural specificity would struggle to cross borders. Korea...

South Korea's Ministry of Culture has launched an unprecedented initiative that transforms five of the nation's most prestigious cultural institutions into imme...

Fresh off its historic double Oscar triumph, K-pop Demon Hunters is about to give fans an entirely new way to experience its beloved soundtrack. An OST Orchestr...

When Ahn Hyo-seop walked the red carpet at the 98th Academy Awards on March 15, he did not just represent a groundbreaking Netflix animated film. He became one...

Something unexpected is happening in the narrow alleyways of Hongdae and the upscale boulevards of Gangnam. Between the BBQ restaurants and K-pop merchandise sh...