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Thursday, May 21, 2026
TopicK-pop in India

Topic: K-pop in India

K-pop is on trial after Ghaziabad sisters’ deaths. Probe hints it was their only escape

What began as a local tragedy spiralled into a national debate about Korean content, its growing popularity among young people in India, and whether it had pushed the sisters over the edge.

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.

On Camera

Norway’s Modi cartoon was not satire. Just colonial laziness

Political satire is indispensable to democracy, racial caricature isn’t. If Europe’s liberal press still cannot tell difference, then decolonisation never happened in their imagination.

Recovery of unclaimed shares, dividends now takes days, not yrs. EAC-PM credits investor watchdog revamp

PM-EAC paper says overhaul of Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority system sharply improved processing speed and reduced paperwork for investors.

Dragon’s armour: How Xi reshaped China’s military with theatre commands a decade before India’s push

While India yet to set in motion theaterisation of armed forces, China's military reforms combined China’s Army, Navy, Air Force and Rocket Force aimed at regional dominance & tight political control.

Pakistan is tactically brilliant, strategically disastrous. It’s primed for repeated blunders

Pakistan has ended up losing every war against India but that hasn’t prevented it from claiming victory. We will go over the evidence to anticipate what to expect next.