Boy band Seventeen rocks UN agency with K-Pop


South Korean K-Pop boy band Seventeen performing on stage at the Unesco headquarters in Paris, France, on Nov 14, 2023. — AFP

PARIS (AFP): The UN's venerable culture agency caught the K-Pop fever late Tuesday (Wed 14) as Korean boy band Seventeen turned a conference room into a bopping dance fest.

With the stated aim of defending both the environment and education, the 13-member group sparked shouting and screaming among its mostly female audience.

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