Wearing a plain black polo neck sans make-up looking exhausted and slightly terrified in a recording with the grainy bleakness of a hostage video, Tzuyu taught us all one thing: Chinese nationalism is scary.
Nationalism across North East Asia can be pretty…
You may remember a few months ago, we posted a survey from Master’s student Maur-Anne Griffonnet-Barge asking K-pop fans various questions about their preferences and beliefs and asked you to consider filling it out. We also said we’d be posting some of the results of…
Image: Anton (via flickr)
Ah, winter – the perfect time of year to hibernate for several weeks just in time to put on your sparkles and dance all night. Winter is a time of cosy nights, hot chocolate, and glittery lights, and we’ve chosen some of our Korean songs for…
In unexpected news, Eli Kim of UKISS made the announcement on Friday 4th December that he is both married, and has a baby on the way. Obviously, the utmost congratulations go to him and his wife, and hope goes towards a healthy pregnancy and a healthy mother and baby.
In…
“Today my wife asked me ‘What are we going to do if later when he goes to school and looks on the internet Goya asks if his dad is a paedophile?'”
I had been going back and forth about whether to address this topic for days now but it was…
Over the past couple of years, Jonghyun from SHINee has gained a reputation for going beyond the normal bounds of idolhood and speaking out on (often controversial) issues that matter to him. Today, he added education policy to his list:
출산 유도를 위해 초 중 고 학제를 단축 한다라… 국정 교과서를 제작 한다라… 이런 정책 속에서 아이를 낳고 정신과 신체가 건강한 인간으로 자랄수 있게 도울 자신이 없어질 뿐이다. 아이를 낳지않으려는게 아니라 아이를 낳는게 두렵다.
— 김종현 (@realjonghyun90) October 23, 2015
They say they’re lowering school…
Have you ever wondered what Big Bang’s BAE BAE would sound like it if were recorded in 1990? Probably not but on the off-chance you have, you need not worry any longer. Music producer and remixer Bronze is here for you with a tone perfect remix of BAE…
