MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
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Corporate musical Korea
SARAH A SON explains how K-pop was manufactured by government strategy as a global branding tool for South Korea
PAWNS IN A CORPORATE GAME: Seventeen performa at Summer K-POP Festival
August 4, 2015, Seoul Plaza
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PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
The missing sister, the vengeful WAG, cruise ship claustrophobia, and reanimated Avengers
Three great releases of lost concerts by Duke Ellington Orchestra, John Taylor & Stan Sulzman, and Joe Henderson
To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
THE 13-member K-pop boy band SEVENTEEN will make history this year as they become the first Korean group on the Glastonbury music festival line-up.
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