From furry toys to ‘cool’ English lessons and androgynous chic, Asian celebrities prove they can move global markets.

Following the song's release, Asia set herself up to be a pop star by revealing a project that she was working on. Her next album is set to be released in August 2024. She explained on Instagram ...

Southeast Asia has emerged as Pop Mart’s largest overseas market ... The company has been at the forefront of “China chic” and is drawing on classic Chinese culture to promote its toys. “ ...

Labubu, a furry plushie with an unsettling grin and serrated teeth, is all the rage in Asia. Sold by Chinese toymaker Pop Mart, the toys fly off the shelves. The toy's popularity comes from ...

The global expansion of Asia Pop genres has transformed cultural landscapes, with the Live Nation “Future Of Sound” study unveiling the genre’s unprecedented demand in Australia and New Zealand.

HONG KONG — The concert was set to be small but significant: the first by an all-Korean K-pop band in mainland China after an unofficial ban on such shows for almost a decade. That was exciting ...

In the late 1970s, Central Asia could seem to some like just another ... an anthology of rare Soviet Central Asian pop from roughly the decade that preceded the end of the USSR.

placing them at the level of upper-middle-income economies as defined by the World Bank. The era of the pop music boom in Southeast Asia has only just begun.

The announcements have been coming thick and fast of late so NME‘s decided to help with a handy list of K-pop concerts and music festivals in Asia for 2025. Scroll down to see if your favourite ...

The Asia Research Institute's second annual Korean studies symposium, October 27-28, 2023, will examine research, pedagogy, and methodologies in our critical study of K-pop in the West. Attendance is ...