This Black History Month, I felt the need to shine a light on the Black American influence on K-pop and the industry as a whole. Black artists have had a strong influence on blues, R&B, rap, hip-hop ...

From a day of mourning, it became a day of celebration with food and clothes that were black. Some women even wear black nail polish. Kang Kyeongbong, a 28-year-old South Korean expatriate in Abu ...

While the majority of the attention the K-pop fandom has experienced recently has been positive, it fails to address the racism that Black fans still face in the community. Visit Insider's ...

The singer Crush apologized for a “misunderstanding” after the exchange, which highlights what experts call K-pop’s uneasy relationship with Black culture. By John Yoon and Mike Ives The ...