by TONY KIM So you wanna be a K-pop star? For its fourth season, Korea’s popular reality contest K-Pop Star will hold auditions in the U.S. starting on July 29. […]
Category: Music
RIP Lorin Maazel, The Conductor Who Took The New York Phil To Pyongyang
by RUTH KIM AÂ world-renowned American conductor of the New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel passed away at age 84 in his home in Castleton, Va., on Sunday. What he left […]
Watch These Chinese Dancing Grannies Get Their Groove On
It seems like this year, people in China are breaking a sweat everywhere, dancing the summer days away. Last week, we brought you a video of a Chinese […]
Choi Siwon Rescues A Puppy and Makes Us Fall in Love With Him… Even More
Just when we thought we couldn’t love Super Junior’s Choi Siwon any more than we already do, he goes and does some heroic act like this. Siwon has been […]
Why You Should Watch Korea’s Hip-Hop TV Contest ‘Show Me The Money’
by TONY KIM During the summer in2012, Korea’s popular music channel Mnet premiered an unprecedented survival music program centered solely on hip-hop, titled “Show Me The Money.” At this […]
In a Korean Subway Station, Foreign Street Performer Busts Out Amazing Old-School K-pop
by RUTH KIM On the bustling platforms of South Korea’s subway, where commuters bolt to work and class, there will always be a curious, brave soul or two who will […]
Missed Out On Kollaboration LA 2014? Our Recap Makes You Feel Like You Were There
This year I attended Kollaboration LA, the annual nonprofit talent competition for the top five best up-and-coming Asian American artists, for the first time. The competition took place at […]
Bruno Mars Serenades 11-Year-Old Girl Injured by Drunk Driver
Right in the middle of a recent concert in Ohio, Bruno Mars stepped off stage to personally serenade one of his adoring fans, leaving the rest of the audience in […]
G-Dragon, SPICA Join All-Star KCON 2014 Lineup
by JAMES S. KIM Big Bang’s G-Dragon and girl group SPICA are the latest names to join the lineup for this year’s KCON, the largest Hallyu fan convention in […]
VIDEO: Korean Woman Sings Achingly Beautiful Cover of ‘One Last Cry’
by HAEIN JUNG Prepare to weep. For her audition for South Korea reality TV contest K-pop Star, Kim Dong-wook sings an achingly beautiful rendition of Brian McKnight’s “One Last Cry,” stunning fellow contestants […]
DANakaDAN Releases ‘Stuntman’ Music Video—And It’s Awesome
by JAMES S. KIM I am a stuntman, with both hands in the sky Will I live another day, or will this be the day I die I am […]
KoreAm’s Ultimate K-pop Summer Playlist
by JAMES S. KIM and STEVE HAN Tomorrow marks the beginning of summer, and to celebrate, we’ve put together a jam-packed playlist of the best summer-themed K-pop songs ever. […]
Condom Company’s Actions Elicit Strong Response From K-pop Fans
By HAEIN JUNG It seems fans of SNSD and EXO aren’t really into the whole “no glove, no love” policy we seem to unabashedly promote here in the U.S. Case […]
Benefit Concert Featuring Ahn Trio
Inside NK, an organization raising awareness on human rights issues in North Korea, presents the Ahn Trio in a concert performance featuring works by Bunch, Piazzolla, and Balakrishnan. Hailed […]
How Bora Yoon Creates Haunting Soundscapes From Everyday Objects
Bora Yoon’s compositions use everything around her—an old cell phone, a viola, the layout of a building—to create immersive, one-of-a-kind experiences. by SUEVON LEE For most people, a car […]
