Celebrating its 16th anniversary this year, Korea’s leading spring music festival Beautiful Mint Life 2025 (BML) came to a close Sunday following three days of indie music at its very best. Held Friday to Sunday across the Olympic Park area in Songpa-gu, Seoul, Beautiful Mint Life featured performances on three main stages: the outdoor Mint Breeze Stage set up at the 88 Lawn Field, the indoor Cafe Blossom House at Kspo Dome and the lakeside Loving Forest Garden. A total of 45,000 festivalgoers f

Weverse Con Festival, a concert organized by K-pop powerhouse Hybe’s fan platform subsidiary Weverse, wrapped up this year’s edition over the weekend at the Inspire Entertainment Resort in Incheon, with its musical diversity and festival structure greatly expanded. Now in its third year, the event, which originally featured only artists under Hybe or the Weverse platform, has broadened its musical palette to include non-Hybe, non-Weverse and even non-K-pop artists in its lineup. This year, rock

"Tick, tick, tick, tick ..." A chorus encircles a giant ticking clock as they chant. Inside is a figure -- an artisan who sacrifices herself to restore order. Her act saves the princess and many others from a world submerged by water. What follows, the scene shows, is left to those who remain. One might read this as an allegory -- a warning about climate change, or a meditation on the power of unconditional sacrifice. In its first-ever original opera production, the Seoul Arts Center on Sunday p

Picture this: Two newly minted superhumans discover their extraordinary abilities and decide to ... play the recorder. One holds the instrument at arm's length while the other provides the breath from across a playground using his turbocharged lung capacity. This moment of laughable absurdity perfectly encapsulates what director Kang Hyeong-cheol is going for in "Hi-Five" — a goofy superhero ensemble that wears its dumb-fun ambitions like a badge of honor. It doesn't take long for viewers to app

After a difficult year marred by criticism of its live singing, girl group Le Sserafim kicked off its first world tour with an all-out, two-day show. On Saturday and Sunday, Le Sserafim held its first world tour, “Easy Crazy Hot,” at Inspire Arena in Yeongjongdo, Incheon, marking the beginning of a new chapter for the group. Opening the show with “Ash,” Le Sserafim quickly amped up the energy with performances of its latest main track “Hot” and the B-side “Come Over.” The tour title, “Easy Crazy

Veteran boy band Infinite wrapped up its 15th debut anniversary tour with a grand finale, promising an even greater future with its fans. Infinite held encore performances Saturday and Sunday for its 15th debut anniversary concert at the Inspire Arena in Yeongjongdo, Incheon, attended by 20,000 fans who, over the two days, braved the stormy weather to see Infinite onstage. After kicking off "Limited Edition" in Seoul last December, Infinite went on to perform 13 shows in eight cities including T

'The Match' delivers as perfectly serviceable biopic, despite sidestepping deeper implications The ancient board game of Go thrives on silent conflict. Unlike its Western counterpart chess, where dramatic captures and aggressive advances define play, Go's tension lies largely beneath the surface — abstract territories and invisible formations collide as black and white stones rest peacefully on a wooden grid. This metaphysical complexity of the game sets up director Kim Hyung-ju's central challe

Iconic K-pop star more than delivers despite freezing weather GOYANG, Gyeonggi Province — Even Saturday's sudden cold snap could not chill the connection between G-Dragon and his fans as he he kicked off his “Ubermensch” world tour Saturday. Strong winds delayed the concert at the open-air Goyang Sports Complex Stadium by 73 minutes, but G-Dragon more than made up for the wait as he opened the show with an intense performance of "Power." Dressed in an elaborate outfit reminiscent of red roses an

The festival continues until April 6, closing with Britten’s 'War Requiem.' The Tongyeong International Music Festival opened with a performance by its Festival Orchestra, comprising both domestic and international musicians, under the baton of French conductor Fabien Gabel. The concert began with Overture (1973/74) by Isang Yun -- the composer in whose honor the festival was founded in 2002. The orchestra took the stage twice with the same opening program Friday — once in front of about 1,000 e

Park and Sul boast fascinating chemistry as mentor and protege, but the series' credibility is strained Riding the wave of back-to-back hits such as popular Korean series “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” and "Castaway Diva," Park Eun-bin solidifies her star power with a new Disney+ series that's driven less by plot and more by its compelling characters. In "Hyper Knife," Park delivers a vivid character unlike any other in her previous works. A stark departure from the warm-hearted attorney in "Extra