El Estoque

Is ‘Girls Planet 999’ rigged or reality?

Angela Zhang and Priscilla Cho • September 18, 2021

Unpacking controversies surrounding Korean idol survival shows

Fans of K-pop and J-pop share their passion for music

Minjae Kang • December 20, 2020

How MVHS students became interested in the two popular genres

Diving into MONSTA X’s third studio album: ‘Fatal Love’

Tyler Cho • November 8, 2020

MONSTA X delivers a solid album that explores new genres while retaining its unique style, but struggles to differentiate itself from previous works

Blackpink’s ‘The Album’ shows stagnant artistic creativity

Annie Zhang • October 6, 2020

K-pop girl group Blackpink’s first full length album fails to present musical growth despite being flavorful

K-pop’s cultural appropriation issue

Tyler Cho and Irene Tang • September 19, 2020

Students and alumni weigh in on problematic racial representation within the Korean music industry

Why Western media’s representation of K-pop is unfair

Leanna Sun • March 13, 2020

Unraveling how the media chooses to report on issues going on in the industry

Korean Club: Dancing into the new year

Claire Yang • September 27, 2019

Officers introduce the club with a K-Pop choreography guessing game

Korean Club holds its first meeting of the new year

Claire Yang • January 31, 2018

reshman Yan Zheng grins, grabbing a gift bag with various Korean treats and holding it up in excitement. Zheng decided to start off his year with a little Korean culture as he attended the first meeting...

BTS as a global phenomenon

Emily Xia • December 11, 2017

TS, or Bantan Sonyeondan, meaning “bulletproof boy scouts,” is a Korean boy band composed of seven members that debuted under the company Bighit Entertainment in 2013. Since then, they have become...