China to host first All-Korean pop concert in years, Yonhap says


BEIJING: Nearly a decade after China imposed an unofficial ban on K-pop performances in the mainland, Beijing appears to be lowering one of the non-trade barriers that kept South Korea’s cultural phenomenon out of the country.

A South Korean boy band Epex is now gearing for a concert in China next month, raising expectations that Beijing may ease restrictions on K-pop culture in mainland, Yonhap News reported Tuesday (April 29).

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