If you haven’t seen Jang Ki Ha & The Faces live recently, then here’s a treat! A bohemian voice of a generation of hip & underemployed, his folksy rock songs about the quarterlife are catching fire:

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The pop dance troupe Pussycat Dolls were in town for the first time on Saturday, appearing at Olympic Park in Southern Seoul. [Korea Times]

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This song performed by Big Bang featuring new female pop group 2NE1 (aka girl version of Big Bang) seems to be catching fire in the clubs. You know a song has hit a demographic chord when it’s a music video, hit single, LG cellphone and annoying ringtone! Good luck getting this beat out of your head!

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Wow, here’s an expat who has mastered the Korean language enough to make a really catchy tune!

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Yes, this is our second Wondergirls video. But we couldn’t resist after spotting this on YouTube. A global fan compilation, which strangely evokes the long lost popularity of the Macarena in slowmo. Pretty amazing the musical tastes of kids halfway around the world, thanks to the Internet.

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HT to Roboseyo

We were about to post a 10-minute clip of “my hagwon life” but then decided that would bore you to tears.

Described by some as a “boy no larger than his guitar” but having the talent of a musical giant, prodigy Sungha Jung offers us his take on a Polish Christmas song, Lulajze Jezuniu, by Ulli Boegershausen.

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For those rare highways where vehicles actually move, this is one way to keep a driver alert.