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TopicK-pop in India

Topic: K-pop in India

When NTX danced to Diljit Dosanjh, Vicky Kaushal songs, Rang de Korea fused with Bollywood

Bursting with food, clothes, beauty products and performances, the third edition of the Rang De Korea festival in Delhi showcased South Korea’s massive cultural footprint.

Neeti Mohan, K-pop & Naatu Naatu — Delhi event to celebrate India-Korea ties sees cultural crossover

Friday's 'Crazy for K-Culture' was organised as part of year-long celebration to mark 50 years of diplomatic ties between India and South Korea.

This Korean man grew up to be a Bihari. Now his next goal is to sing with Armaan Malik

Lee Yechan is a true blue cross-cultural star who was an introverted kid growing up in Patna. Today, he is lapping up all the attention and followers.

Delhi celebrates South Korea-India ties with Korean Buddhist culture, free K-pop albums

Exhibition titled “An Encounter with Korea Traditional Buddhist Culture in India, the Land of Buddha” is organised by South Korea's Jogye Order at Delhi's National Gallery of Modern Art.

‘1st of its kind pilgrimage’ — 108 Korean Buddhists to go on 1-month walk across UP, Bihar & Nepal

The 1,100 km long Sarnath to Shravasti walk is being organised by the Jogye order of Korean Buddhism and coincides with 50 years of diplomatic relations between India and South Korea.

Mizoram giving its own twist to the K-pop culture — An all-girls group is born

K-pop found home in Mizoram decades ago. Now it’s thriving in local culture.

K-pop star Kang Daniel’s India trip was a Prasar Bharati love affair, in age of social media

While several K-pop bands have performed in India in the last decade, the 2019 visit by KARD was the only epochal moment. Until Kang Daniel landed at Delhi's Siri Fort auditorium.

Indians have a new K in their lives. Not Karan Johar, Ekta Kapoor but Korean culture factory

K-pop, K-dramas, K-beauty — 2020 became the year India embraced the soft power of Korea.

K-pop fans a growing tribe in India — they hold concerts, do charity, run stores

For those unaware, there is a whole world of Korean pop and Korean drama fans who go far beyond what regular admirers do for their idols.

Korean pop in India — a love affair that could well define this generation

India got its first taste of a K-pop concert in 2014, when the boyband N-Sonic performed in Delhi as part of a K-Pop Festival. Since then at least one band or artiste from South Korea has performed in the country every year.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.