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Block B Releases Promising Teaser for Comeback

Ericka P. — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:30:02 +0000

[ad#GA-tx-468-Ericka] BBC are you guys ready for this? Block B released a teaser for their long-awaited comeback! The boys will make their return with the pre-release of their comeback track, “Be the Light“. The teaser hints at an intense, action-packed music video as Block B’s U-Kwon is seen being attacked by a group of thugs with quick…

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What Could the BBC and KBS’s Collaboration Mean to K-Pop in Britain?

Hebe — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:40:46 +0000

Earlier this month, it was revealed that the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) are teaming up to produce a concert and a documentary about K-Pop. The president of KBS, Kim In Kyu, met with Mark Thompson and George Entwhistle, the current director general of the BBC and soon-to-be director…

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2NE1’s ‘I Love You’ Airs On BBC Radio 1

Lei-Mei — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:32:56 +0000

2NE1’s latest comeback single, ‘I Love You’, was recently aired on British radio station, ‘BBC Radio 1’, on the show ‘#R1Review Show With Edith’, where the presenters play tracks for listeners to review. The airing of the track took fans by surprise as despite the radio station being British, they played a Korean track! [ad#GA-468-img-LM]…

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YG Entertanment’s stock market debut

Roxi — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:06:04 +0000

On November 23rd YG Entertainment listed its first shares on the Kosdaq, South Korea’s junior stock market and on the first day of trading alone its per-share value increased to over double, growing from 34,000 (£18.89 GBP) to 78,200 won (£43.35 GBP). Chairman and founder of YGE Yang Hyun Suk holds an estimated 47.7 percent…

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K-pop in BBC

Sam — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:09:57 +0000

S.Korea pushes its pop culture abroad Once under the thumb of, and then in the shadows of its more powerful neighbours like Japan, South Korea is emerging in the 21st century as a dynamic, global force. Rajan Datar reports on how it has now become a major exporter of popular culture. BBC web-site…

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