K-pop

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The Rise and Fall of a Chinese-Canadian Pop Star

Kris Wu, an ordinary kid from Vancouver, transformed into one of China’s biggest celebrities, with chart-topping albums, movie roles and lucrative brand partnerships. Then a series of social media accusations brought him down.

In South Korea, sex sells. No sex is even better

The surprisingly chaste reason South Korean pop culture is suddenly all the rage

Korean Pop: The next big thing?

The genre has its eyes set on the west, but K-Pop acts lack the myth making stories that North American audiences love