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The K-pop superstars were the first Korean boy band to perform at the AMAs, ...

By Christina Larson
September 23, 2013


U.S. actor Leonardo DiCaprio attends the official launch of Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis on Sept. 22 in Qingdao, Shandong province, China. Photograph by TPG/Getty Images

Leonardo DiCaprio, Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Travolta, and other Hollywood A-listers mingled with foreign and Chinese film industry executives Sunday at the groundbreaking ceremony of a new $8 billion film and entertainment industry park in the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao. ...

By Aurea Calica, Neil Jerome Morales (The Philippine Star)
March 17, 2013 - 12:00am


President Aquino joins Solaire chairman and CEO Enrique Razon Jr., Pagcor Chairman Cristino Naguiat Jr. and Parañaque City Mayor Florencio Bernabe Jr. in pressing the button to signal the launch of the Solaire Resort and Casino during a ceremony at the Entertainment City in Parañaque City yesterday. WILLY PEREZ

MANILA, Philippines - The first phase of the $1.2-billion Solaire Resort and Casino in Parañaque City opened its doors yesterday to the country’s VIPs led by President Aquino, who expressed hope the newest investment would attract not just high rollers but families visiting the Philippines. ...

By Simon Mundy, Financial Times
October, 08 2012, 4:08 PM EDT


South Korean rapper Psy performs his massive K-pop hit "Gangnam Style" live on NBC's "Today" show, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, in New York. (Jason DeCrow /Associated Press)

Psy, a portly 34-year-old rapper with a penchant for silly dances, brought central Seoul to a standstill last week as he gave a free concert for 80,000 adoring fans, including two renditions of his global hit “Gangnam Style.” ...

By Shu Hyun Lee
September 20, 2012


Park Jae-sang, popularly known as PSY, performing in "Gangnam Style." His video has more than 220 million views on YouTube, and several parodies themselves have gone viral. Via YouTube

SEOUL, South Korea — Ordinarily, a star turn on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” teaching Britney Spears his dance might be one of the surest signs that a performer has made it. But this week, Park Jae-sang ...

By Krista Mahr
September 9, 2012


Rapper Jae-Sang Park aka PSY performs a surprise set onstage with The Wanted at MTV2 And Taco Bell's MTV VMA Concert Event at Avalon on September 5, 2012 in Hollywood, California. IMEH AKPANUDOSEN / GETTY IMAGES

There are a lot of winning things about Korean rapper Psy’s horse dance. It’s pretty easy, for one. It’s equally entertaining being replicated by a person wearing a giant duck costume or a teenager in his suburban garage. But can it sell a fridge? Samsung thinks so. ...

By Dominic Basulto
Washington Post
11:24 AM ET, 08/29/2012


South Korean rapper PSY, born Jae-Sang Park, poses for a photo in New York on Aug 22. The music video for “Gangnam Style,” released last month, so far has garnered tens of millions of views on YouTube. (John Carucci - AP)

The two biggest stories out of South Korea these days are the billion-dollar ruling against Samsung in the Apple patent case and the phenomenal viral hit of "Gangnam Style". ...

By Lee Woo-young, Korean Herald
August 17, 2012


A dance teacher shows dance moves to students at the K-pop dance class organized by the Seoul Global Culture and Tourism Center in Myeong-dong in Seoul. (Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald)

Korean pop music is undoubtedly the leading force in the Korean culture boom that is attracting thousands of visitors to the country. ...

By Clare Pennington
August 14, 2012


A wooden sculpture by Sudarshan Shetty and, along the wall, Subodh Gupta's installation "Take Off Your Shoes and Wash Your Hands." Sim Chi Yim for the International Herald Tribune

BEIJING — It is said that two thousand years ago, two priests brought the first Buddhist scriptures from India to China on the back of a pure white horse. ...