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The massive energy of BTS’s sold-out ARIRANG World Tour isn’t just filling stadiums across five continents, it’s bolstering cultural influence as well. Amidst this excitement, educational tools like HYBE Edu’s 2021 Korean language kit are finding a fresh wave of attention.

YouTube Japan announced today that PLAVE (플레이브), the Korean virtual boy band that became the first virtual idol group ever to sell one million copies of an album in its debut week, will headline Day 1 of YouTube Music Weekend 12.0 — making PLAVE the first non-Japanese virtual act to anchor YouTube’s largest platform-native music…

Sanho’s ‘Purgatory Funeral Cakes’ is a fantasy graphic novel set in a bakery that makes cakes for the dead, told through an omnibus of stories about the customers who come to order them. Photo: Dark Horse

In an old Korean folktale, when a rat eats someone’s clipped fingernails, they turn into that person. This jarring premise lies behind Netflix’s new mystery thriller seriesMousetrap, premiering August 28. 

A South Korean graphic novel has won a prestigious US comic industry award for the first time, marking a milestone for the country’s comics.

South Korean cartoonist Sanho has become the first Korean creator to win an Eisner Award, one of the comics industry’s most prestigious honors.

A surprise hit Korean RPG from this year is officially making its way to the PlayStation. A console version of the game is in development for fans to check out.

South Korea‘s government and the country’s four largest K-pop companies – HYBE, SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment, and JYP Entertainment – have unveiled plans for FANOMENON, a music festival launching in Seoul in December 2027.

Korean-language teachers in Russia attend a training session provided by the South Korean Education Ministry on Monday at Moscow State University. (Ministry of Education)

On weekend afternoons in Almaty, Tashkent, or Bishkek, groups of teenagers practice synchronized dance routines in parks, shopping centers, and university courtyards, their clothes echoing the polished style of Korean idols. BTS, BLACKPINK, Stray Kids, NewJeans, aespa, SEVENTEEN, and many other groups fill their playlists and social media feeds. Some are filming dance covers for…