The K-pop powerhouse is also aiming to build Asia’s “largest and most respected publishing company” via its Kreation Music ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Twice reaches the top 40 for the first time in the U.K. as ...

HYBE, the South Korean entertainment giant behind BTS – arguably the world’s biggest K-pop act – is planning to spend 2026 ...

Even many superfans will tell you that K-pop's pageantry has often masked a troubled business model, where impressionable young trainees commit to a life run entirely by their agencies. Signing on the ...

Over the past decade, South Korea has evolved from regional powerhouse to global tastemaker. The so-called Korean Wave is no longer a passing trend but a structural force influencing content ...