A man involved in the planning of the K-Pop concert where 16 were killed after falling through a grate in Seoul on Friday was found dead of an apparent suicide early Saturday morning, the AP reports. He had been questioned by the police about the incident on Friday and allegedly jumped from a 10-story building.
South Korea Pop Concert Disaster: 16 Dead After Falling Through Grate
Sixteen people fell 65 feet to their deaths at an outdoor pop concert in Seongnam, South Korea today after the ventilation grate they were standing on collapsed. According to the Associated Press, 11 more people are seriously injured. Concertgoers were watching 4minute, a K-pop girl group, when the grate collapsed.
Two Members of K-Pop Girl Group Die in Car Accident
Two members of Korean pop group Ladies Code died in a car accident that happened Wednesday in South Korea, the AP reports. Go Eun-Bi, 22, died on Wednesday immediately following the crash and Kwon Ri-sae, 23, died from sustained injuries Sunday morning.
'Kill Those Fucking Yankees Slowly and Painfully': the 'Anti-American' Past of 'Gangnam Style' Rapper Psy
Last night, most of us went to bed in a world where pudgy Korean rapper and viral sensation Psy was globally beloved for bringing us "Gangnam Style," the "Macarena" of 2012. But this morning we woke up to a different world — a colder, darker world — in which the internet was afire with the claim that Psy had performed…
Psy Performs Free 'Thank You' Concert in Seoul; Literally Shuts the City Down
K-pop superstar Park Jae-Sang — known to everyone but his mom as Psy — returned to Seoul, South Korea, yesterday to put on a thank you show for fans, free of charge.
Someone Finally Explained That Insane Korean Rap Video 'Gangnam Style'
Were you one of the 49 million people on the internet who watched that "Gangnam Style" video from the South Korean rapper PSY and wondered what the hell was going on? Max Fisher at The Atlantic has an excellent explainer about the "subversive message" of the video today.
Is This Guy the Korean Michael Jackson?
As you may have heard, Cube Entertainment is hosting open online auditions for its 2011 KPOP Festival. Here's a submission by a guy named Edo—his speciality is popping—that will likely blow your socks off. The boy's got moves!
North Korea Will Turn Seoul 'Into a Sea of Flame' Unless Music Is Turned Down
The North Korean military has threatened to annihilate the South Korean capital Seoul if they don't turn the damn music down. The South has been blaring music along the border in response to the North's alleged sinking of a warship.
