A brief but intense cold snap is expected to grip the country over the weekend. Apparent temperatures will be pushed down to around minus 20 Celsius. Heavy snowfall is forecast for the Jeolla and Jeju regions.
Over 9 million monthly listeners on Spotify, 58 sold-out U.S. tour dates, Lollapalooza in the United States, Brazil, Chile and Argentina — these are just some of the milestones Korean indie band wave to earth has racked up over the past two years.
A cold wave advisory was issued for Seoul from 9 p.m. on Thursday, with the Seoul Metropolitan Government operating a 24-hour cold wave emergency response center to minimize damage.
Seoul will reactivate its cold wave emergency response at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, a mere two days after it was lifted, the city announced earlier in the day.
A frigid Arctic wind has plunged the Korean Peninsula into a severe cold snap, expected to peak Thursday morning and persist through the weekend.
From BTS to "KPop Demon Hunters" (2025), the Korean culture boom has surged across music, screens, dramas, food and social media worldwide, and Luxembourg is riding the wave.
A climber ascends the frozen face of Maebawi Falls in Yongdae-ri, Buk-myeon, Inje County, relying on a safety rope to push past winter’s limits as a cold wave grips much of the nation on Dec. 30.
The second original song from the soundtrack for JTBC’s new weekend drama “Surely Tomorrow,” recorded by Daniel Kim, the vocalist of band Wave to Earth, will be released at 6 p.m. Sunday.
Korean indie musicians, squeezed by fierce competition at home, are increasingly turning to overseas markets where multilingual content, social media popularity and broader genre openness offer a far smoother path to global listeners.
Singer Jay Park and indie rock band wave to earth have been tapped to curate shows at the Hyundai Card Understage venue in Yongsan District, central Seoul.
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