Unsuk Chin onstage at the L.A. Phil's "Seoul Festival," featuring a new generation of Korean composers. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) K-pop. Oscar-celebrated cinema. Samsung in the living room.

The 22nd annual Korean Music Awards has revealed this year’s winners! On February 27 at 8 p.m. KST, the 22nd Korean Music Awards took place, announcing the winners across various music categories.

Billboard Korea compiled the K-Pop Artist 100 in partnership with Billboard based on each artist's achievements from October 2024 to September 2025.

Clockwise from top right: San Francisco's Del Sol String Quartet will join performers from the National Gugak Center, who will play traditional Korean instruments like gayageum, piri, and saenghwang.

The 22nd annual Korean Music Awards has announced this year’s nominees! In contrast to many other South Korean music awards, which typically use sales figures as a major criterion in determining each ...

K-pop queen IU is celebrating her 31st birthday on May 16. The singer has a reigning K-pop career spanning over two decades, releasing over six studio albums, nine extended plays, and numerous ...

Twice, a Korean girl group with three Japanese members has seen unparalleled success both domestically and internationally—their influence has led to improved international relations between the two ...

Billboard Korea, together with Billboard, launches two new songs charts in Korea to more precisely capture the momentum and influence of K-Music. The newly introduced charts are Billboard Korea Global ...

The backstage door of Houston’s White Oak Music Hall opens with a loud creak, soon drowned out by screams. Three artists, one woman and two men, saunter out, decked out casually in sunglasses and hats ...

I PLAY TWO STRINGED INSTRUMENTS AND. ONE DRUM. NINE YEAR OLD LILY IS PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT THAT KOREANS HAVE PLAYED SINCE THE SIXTH CENTURY SILLA PERIOD. BUSTLE. APPROXIMATELY 1500 YEARS AGO. LILY HAS ...