K-pop

Is it up to pop stars to save the planet now?

26 October 2024 9:00 am

‘Walking by the banks of the Chao Praya on a breezy evening after a day of intense heat,’ writes Sunil…

Why are these dead-eyed K-pop groups represented as some kind of ideal?

24 August 2024 9:00 am

On Saturday, Made in Korea: The K-pop Experience began by hailing K-pop as ‘the multi-billion-pound music that’s taken the world…

China's war on effeminate men

13 September 2021 3:26 am

A rectification notice from China’s state censor earlier this month included a peculiar admonition to ‘resolutely oppose’ effeminate men on…