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Taylor Swift kicks off UK Eras shows as some fans wonder if singer is ready to say ‘So long, London’
Taylor Swift fans enjoy parsing the singer-songwriter's lyrics for references to her romantic life and insights into her state of mind.
North Korean defector artist relishes freedom in time of tensions
SEOUL -- These days, artist Oh Sung-cheol is thinking about what kind of message he wishes he could convey to people in North Korea, the country of his birth.
Japan pop band Mrs. Green Apple’s Columbus video pulled after slavery backlash
A Japanese pop band’s video to promote its new song Columbus has been withdrawn, its record company said on Thursday, after coming under fire for imagery that seems to conjure justifications of colonialism and slavery.
Bizarre psychological warfare using K-pop and trash balloons raises tensions between the 2 Koreas
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Mammoth South Korean loudspeakers blaring BTS music. Large North Korean balloons carrying manure, cigarette butts and waste batteries. Small South Korean civilian leaflets slamming North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Seoul will restart anti-Pyongyang loudspeaker broadcasts in retaliation against trash balloons
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it will restart anti-North Korean propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts in border areas in response to continuing North Korean campaigns to drop trash on the South with balloons.
Will North Korea fly trash balloons into South Korea again? A look at rising tensions between them
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans were alert Friday for possible new launches by North Korea of balloons carrying rubbish into the South, a day after Seoul activists flew their own balloons to scatter political leaflets in the North.
South Korean group flies propaganda leaflets across border following North’s trash-balloon launches
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean activists’ group said Thursday it flew large balloons carrying propaganda leaflets toward North Korea, although the North has threatened to send more balloons with manure and trash across the border in response to such campaigns.