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Last year, BTS became the first all-South Korean act to top the Billboard Hot 100 with the effervescent funk groove and beyond-contagious K-pop sensibilities of their first English-language single, “Dynamite.”
And that was just the first of three chart-topping entries on that U.S. singles chart in 2020.
Next, they turned up singing in Korean on a chart-topping remix of “Savage Love” by New Zealand DJ/producer Jawsh 685 and American R&B singer Jason Derulo. Then came “Life Goes On,” the first primarily Korean-language song to top the Hot 100.
On May 21, they’re set to drop their second English-language single, “Butter,” which should have no trouble making good on the momentum that’s established BTS as major players in the K-pop revolution that’s taken the world by storm in recent years.
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Last year, BTS became the first all-South Korean act to top the Billboard Hot 100 with the effervescent funk groove and beyond-contagious K-pop sensibilities of their first English-language single, “Dynamite.”
And that was just the first of three chart-topping entries on that U.S. singles chart in 2020.
Next, they turned up singing in Korean on a chart-topping remix of “Savage Love” by New Zealand DJ/producer Jawsh 685 and American R&B singer Jason Derulo. Then came “Life Goes On,” the first primarily Korean-language song to top the Hot 100.
On May 21, they’re set to drop their second English-language single, “Butter,” which should have no trouble making good on the momentum that’s established BTS as major players in the K-pop revolution that’s taken the world by storm in recent years.
[Korea Encounters] Korea enters highway age 50 years ago
Posted : 2021-02-23 17:19
Updated : 2021-02-23 19:31 Cars drive on the Gyeongin Expressway connecting Seoul and Incheon, published in The Korea Times April 9, 1970. / Korea Times Archive
By Matt VanVolkenburg
In 1968, Korea entered a new era by building something that both reflected and would contribute to its growing economy: expressways.
Construction on a freeway connecting Incheon to Seoul began in March 1967, but the great goal of President Park Chung-hee was to build an expressway connecting Seoul and Busan. Once completed, it would shorten what was then a 12-hour drive to a mere four and a half hours.