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An interview hosted by Mia Quagliarello, Maggie Zhang, and Mira Zhang (Maggie’s little sister) with Ashley Hackworth, a savvy community builder who’s a leading force in A.R.M.Y. (adorable representative MC for youth), the K-pop supergroup BTS’s incredibly loyal, benevolent, and powerful fan base. We talked with Ashley about how fans gather initially around BTS’s music, and then stay and unite for bigger causes.

More than 1 million people watched the U.N. General Assembly online — when K-pop band BTS took to the podium.

Grammy-nominated group BTS continues to take the world by the storm with records that are preceded by “first” and “best”. Lenzo Yoon is the Global CEO of BTS’ label Big Hit Entertainment (hereafter referred to as Big Hit).

The Korea Program at Stanford marks its 20-year anniversary with a conference focused on North Korean issues and South Korea’s pop culture wave (Hallyu), two aspects of Korea that continue to intrigue the public, exploring how to translate this public attention into an increased academic interest in Korea.

This article discusses BTS's use of nostalgia in U.S. promotions during the time of "Dynamite."