BTS
Music: K-Pop and the success of BTS
31 May 2023
Music commentator Kirsten Zemke joins Kathryn to talk about what makes K-Pop so popular - and a $5 billion industry. She'll look at the phenomenal rise of the band BTS, known for its positive… Audio
Asia correspondent Ed White
28 Oct 2022
There's been high drama in Beijing at the conclusion of the Chinese Communist party five-yearly party congress. Asia correspondent Ed White talks to Kathryn about how any hopes of reconciliation… Audio
Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
22 Jun 2021
Rebecca examines the contribution K-pop supergroup, BTS has made to the Korean economy and the New Zealand links. Audio
K-Pop World Festival 2015
1 Aug 2015
The annual K-POP World festival gives amateur, non-Korean K-pop performers, a chance to compete on a world stage in Changwon. Mava Moayyed meets the 2015 Kiwi K-popper finalists ahead of their onstage… Audio