In my quest to discover whether Korea’s culture and its rabid pursuit of education at any costs geared toward the national suneung, or College Scholastic Aptitude Test, could change, I journeyed to ...

K-pop is having a moment in American pop culture. Perhaps nothing demonstrates the genre’s skyrocketing popularity stateside better than the arrival of BTS. The seven-member South Korean boy band ...

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Hip-hop culture penetrates every aspect of people's lives, from the way they dress and speak to walk and dance. Though mostly associated with music, hip-hop from its inception has always been a ...

Not every K-pop artist can sing and rap. And not every group has a rapper in tow. And even if you are a rap act, sometimes you know your song will sound that little bit more special if you enlist the ...

The artistic and creative direction of One Dance is helmed by Kuho Jung, the renowned Creative Director in fashion and the arts. His brilliant vision and career mission of the modernization of ...

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, New Jersey -- At the Woorigarak Korean Cultural Art Center, in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, a group of Second-generation Korean Americans preserves the beauty of Korea's culture ...

The University of Chicago sits adjacent to Washington Park, where rapper Chief Keef grew up. Just five miles south is Chance the Rapper’s hometown of West Chatham. San E and Mad Clown, two rappers ...

"Hip-pop princess" survivors, 36 participants, revealed their signature moves. The Mnet show Unpretty Rapstar: Hip-pop Princess (hereafter "Hip-pop Princess"), which aims to create a global hip-hop ...