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Park Jin-young, a co-chair of the Presidential Committee on Popular Culture Exchange, speaks during a press briefing in Seoul, Monday. Yonhap

Culture Minister Chae Hwi-young (left) speaks during a press briefing on the 2027 Fanomenon initiative as J.Y. Park, founder and chief producer of JYP Entertainment, looks on at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, on Monday. Both serve as co-chairs of the Presidential Committee on Popular Culture Exchange. (Yonhap)

Jang Wonyoung and An Yu-jin of the K-pop girl group IVE stand in the Mets dugout during a game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets at Citi Field in New York City, Sunday (local time). Yonhap

BigBang member Daesung sings his trot song “Look at Me, Gwisun” at Coachella, the massive music festival held last month in Indio, California. Courtesy of R&D Company

HYBE and the Korea Fashion Association sign an MOU at K-Fashion Connect 2026 to combine artist IP with domestic textile manufacturing.

South Korea launches a $102M state investment vehicle targeting AI tools for gaming, music, and cross-platform media production.

Visitors eat and cheer together in the outdoor garden of Korea House, a hub promoting Korean sports and culture during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris, July 31, 2024. Korea Times file

National Museum of Korea in Seoul hit 3.8M in attendance in the first half of 2026

South Korea’s theater market has attained record-breaking growth in the first half of this year, driven by high-priced stage adaptations of global IPs, which broke historical box-office benchmarks. According to data released by the Korea Performing Arts Box Office Information System (KOPIS), theater ticket sales surged 105% year-on-year to ₩75.89 billion (~ $50.9 million USD)…