Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Unsuk Chin onstage at the L.A. Phil's "Seoul Festival," featuring a new generation of Korean composers. (Jason Armond / Los ...

Before K-pop, there was trot. This traditional South Korean music genre gets its name from the American "foxtrot", which shares the trot's distinctive two-beat rhythm. It was popular for decades and ...

Unsuk Chin onstage at the L.A. Phil's "Seoul Festival," featuring a new generation of Korean composers. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) K-pop. Oscar-celebrated cinema. Samsung in the living room.

K-pop. Oscar-celebrated cinema. Samsung in the living room. Political urgency in the press. However prominent Korean culture seems to be, there is surprising lack of coverage of the classical scene at ...