Popular Indonesian girl group StarBe will release a Korean-language single in the coming week, following a month of K-pop idol training in South Korea. The quartet — Abelle, Shella, Kezia and Chelsea landed in Seoul about a month ago. They were chosen among many other Indonesian pop groups by the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE) to take part in the cultural exchange project &ldq.
DAEGU - K-pop stars and social media influencers should participate in tree-planting initiatives for the environment and encourage their fans to follow suit, says Lee Soo-man, the founder of K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment.
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Hardly anyone doubts that the K-pop and K-drama industries are enjoying their heyday at the moment, with boy band BTS earning nominations at the prestigious Grammy Awards and Lee Jung-jae - the lead actor of Netflix s 2021 dystopian series “Squid Game” - becoming the first Korean to win an Emmy. Their feats are meaningful themselves, but Jung Kil-hwa, the president of the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE), believes they have a positive spillover effect on Korea s lesser-known cultural assets such as food and beauty, too.