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Korean Pop Star Will High Five All 3,000 Concertgoers

AP | Posted 05.03.2012

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SINGAPORE — Korean entertainer Kim Hyun-joong plans to kick off his "2012 Asia Fan Meeting Tour" by high-fiving all 3,000 people expected to tur...

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K-Pop: A Secret Weapon of Korea for Future Cultural Domination?

Young-mok Kim | Posted 04.11.2012

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Young-mok Kim

American pop music industry, beware! Like a pied piper, these idol groups from Korea are captivating fans in North America.

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I'll Miss You Dobie Gray, Plus Chatting With MTV World Exec Nusrat Durrani

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.11.2012

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Mike Ragogna

At first, I wanted to write an obituary for my friend Dobie Gray who passed away last week after losing his battle with cancer. Instead, I decided to share a few mainly professional memories of the man who introduced amazing hits into pop culture.

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K-pop: Soft Power for the Global Cool

Linda Constant | Posted 01.14.2012

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Linda Constant

Governmental cultural diplomacy can sometimes come off as forced or out-of-touch, but K-pop is an authentic reflection and spectacle of youth culture that is impressively close to the pulse of the "global cool."

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K-Pop Gives American Pop A Run For Its Money

www.huffingtonpost.com | Posted 11.21.2011

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, TERESA CEROJANO MANILA, Philippines — How did Seoul become Asia's capital of cool? Even here in the Philippines, once an...

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