North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has hit out at South Korean pop culture, calling it a ‘vicious cancer’ and introducing harsher punishments for those caught listening to K-pop or watching dramas from the South. South Korean music, television shows and movies are enjoying unprecedented popularity around the world – including in totalitarian North Korea where cultural life is strictly... 

Offended Jews worldwide are expressing their collective outrage and disappointment after they discovered that a Korean pop star posed for a humorous picture with a mannequin dressed in a “Nazi” uniform: Fans have demanded an apology from a K-pop star who was seen embracing a Nazi mannequin in a set of photos. Sowon, a member of popular girl group GFriend, came under fire after sharing the images...