BTS returned as a seven-member group and staged a comeback performance at Gwanghwamun Square on March 21, 2026. The production combined a drone show with themes from Korea’s cultural narrative, drawing attention at home and abroad. The setlist featu…
BTS has returned as a complete seven-member group after more than four years. A free comeback concert held at Gwanghwamun Plaza in Seoul was streamed worldwide. The members took the stage after completing mandatory military service (mandatory con…
BTS' fifth studio album Arirang has become the centerpiece of a monthlong city festival in Seoul. From March 20 to April 19, neighborhoods from Gwanghwamun to Namsan and the Han River will host performances, installations, and hands-on experienc…
The Gyeonggi Content Agency has relaunched a location incentive program for 2026. The program refunds 20% of on-location spending to ease production costs. Eligible applicants are production companies with confirmed filming in Gyeonggi Province in …
Key point: In 2026 the period drama "The Man Who Lives with the King" reached ten million admissions in just 31 days. This milestone signals renewed popular support for Korean historical films (period dramas). It is a commercial and cul…
The runaway success of the film "The Man Who Lives with the King" triggered a sudden rush of visitors to Cheongnyeongpo in Yeongwol county, Gangwon Province (Cheongnyeongpo is the historical exile site of Danjong, a 15th‑century Korean mon…
Director Jang Hang-jun's historical drama film Wang and the Man has become a box-office success. Set at Cheongryeongpo in Yeongwol (a remote exile site in Gangwon Province), the film imagines the four undocumented months shared by King Danjong …
Cheonan's "K-Music Special Live" was selected for a support program run by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization. The selection secured 200 million won in national funding, strengthening the pro…
BTS's 2026 world tour announcement immediately sent global search interest and travel demand soaring. Within 48 hours, searches for flights and hotels to Seoul and Busan rose sharply. The tour functions as more than a series of concerts: it can …
Cho Yong-pil's 1985 song "The Leopard of Kilimanjaro" changed how many Koreans pictured a distant land with a single line. The lyrics fixed Mount Kilimanjaro and the Serengeti in the Korean public imagination. Before Tanzania opened …
A film set in Sokcho sold out every screening at the Jeonju International Film Festival and quickly became a topic of public conversation. On November 26, 2025, it opened nationwide while select Sokcho screenings were offered free of charge, drawing…