Korea Times Business Reporter
Lee Gyu-lee is a business writer at The Korea Times, focusing primarily on IT & telecommunications, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and KOTRA. Prior to this, she has covered a wide range of cultural news, from film, television and K-pop to lifestyle and fashion.
The strife between K-pop powerhouse HYBE and its subsidiary Ador’s CEO Min Hee-jin, who is known as NewJeans’ producer, is even more heightened as HYBE replaces Min with Kim Ju-young, its former chief human resource officer (CHRO), as Ador’s new head.
Tradition meets modernity in the Colombian band Salsangroove's music. The quintet reinterprets traditional salsa music by infusing various genres from electronic to jazz, offering a new, creative Colombian sound.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — With the rise of Korean culture in Indonesia, the interest in its cuisine has also been growing with locals seeking to personally experience the food they’ve seen in K-content. In the midst of this trend, Korean chef Kim Do-eun, founder and executive chef at DOEUN, a Korean restaurant in Jakarta, is dedicated to delivering an authentic, healthier and more accessible presentation of Korean food.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The global spotlight on K-pop is no longer surprising, with major acts like BTS and BLACKPINK firmly established in the international music scene.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — On Sunday morning, dozens of fans gathered at Neo Soho Podomoro City, a shopping mall in west Jakarta, to visit a pop-up store for K-pop boy group ENHYPEN. The store is part of the special project "ENHYPEN WORLD TOUR' FATE PLUS' THE CITY JAKARTA," which runs from Aug. 9 to Sept. 8 across the city in conjunction with the band's stop in Indonesia as part of their world tour.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — When K-pop boy group ENHYPEN first performed in Indonesia at the Golden Disc Awards in January, the seven-piece act was met with enormous excitement from Indonesian fans.
K-pop boy group DRIPPIN is ready to heat up the summer charts with its new single “Weekend,” about four months after it hit its own career-best with the fourth single “Beautiful MAZE,” which sold over 130,000 copies in the first week of its release this April.
It's been three years since K-pop girl group LIGHTSUM — consisting of Sangah, Chowon, Nayoung, Hina, Juhyeon and Yujeong — debuted with the single "Vanilla" in 2021. After years of exploring their musical identity, the six-piece group has finally found its anthem of self-expression and confidence with the digital single "POSE!"
Four members of the disbanded K-pop boy group B.A.P — Bang Yong-guk, Jung Dae-hyun, Yoo Young-jae and Moon Jong-up — have reunited to release a new EP titled “Curtain Call.” This marks their first collaborative project in over six years, following the group's eighth single album, “EGO,” which was released in December 2017.