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South Korean girl group Girls Generation perform during the Korean Music Wave concert in Incheon, South Korea, in August. Pic: AP.

Girls’ Generation and the new Korean wave

By Asia Sentinel Mon, Oct 24, 2011 2:23PM UTC View Comments

How pop groups are manufactured, reports Asia Sentinel As carefully as Korea, Inc. manufactures cars, televisions, containerships and washing machines, it is using those techniques to manufacture pop stars, according to a research paper by Ahn Shin-Hyun for the Samsung Economic Research Institute. The focus of Ahn’s paper is Girls’ Generation, a group of nine...

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K-pop’s slick productions win fans across Asia

By AP News Wed, Sep 21, 2011 3:10PM UTC View Comments

South Korean girl group Kara performs during the Korean Music Wave concert in Incheon, west of Seoul. Pic: AP.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — How did Seoul become Asia’s capital of cool? Even here in the Philippines, once an undisputed bastion of American pop and Hollywood movies, South Korean pop music, soap operas and fashion are now all the rage. “I want the same brown, but slightly blonde color, as Sandara’s hair,” says 22-year-old hotel...

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K-pop star under investigation after running over motorcyclist

By Andy Jackson Wed, Jun 01, 2011 6:17PM UTC View Comments

Dae-sung ran over a motorcyclist at 1:30 Tuesday morning, but the motorcyclist may have aready been dead.

Dae-sung, a member of the popular K-pop group Big Bang, is under police investigation after allegedly running over a motorcyclist at 1.30am Tuesday while driving over a bridge spanning Han River in Seoul. The motorcyclist was later declared dead by police. The singer hit a stopped taxi just after rolling over the motorcyclist, who was lying...

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K-pop: Fan bloggers reveal the truth of TVQX controversy

By Yoo Eun Lee Sat, Jan 15, 2011 3:20PM UTC View Comments

The ongoing battle between three members of K-pop group TVXQ(Tohoshinki) and their agency, SM entertainment, has become more severe in recent weeks. The conflict between JYJ (Xiah, Micky and Hero) and SM entertainment, Korea’s top agency, was initially seen as weak individuals resisting an exploitive big corporation. Fans and a majority of orean net users...

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Japan manga claims K-Pop girls sell sex for success, sparks outrage

By Yoo Eun Lee Fri, Jan 14, 2011 1:10PM UTC View Comments

A Japanese manga slandering K-pop girl groups who is successful Japan has drawn public outrage in South Korea. The manga shows K-pop girl groups bargaining over sex to survive in the show business world. It is evident from the sexy marine outfit characters wear and posture for the routine known as Kara’s butt-dance, that the cartoon points to the...

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