With a few days away from a computer, I thought I’d share some recent finds. Here’s a few gems of older Korean pop music…reminds me how much I love the classics.

Incheon International Airport was ranked the “Best Airport Worldwide” by the Airports Council International (ACI). It’s worth noting that all the top 5 best airports were in Asia.

YB (Yoon Band, Yoon Do Hyun Band) will rock out at this year’s SXSW (South by Southwest). This is the quartet’s second year playing at the American music festival and they are the lone Korean band there. YB is yet another of the dozens of reasons to go to SXSW…

Does the Olympus E-3 really have the fastest autofocus? Who cares, one of their ads do. Here’s a Korean advertisement for the Olympus E-3 camera.

The popular Korean R&B trio SG Wannabe is set to sing the theme song to the upcoming Japanese movie, Hanakage. This comes as much-needed good news for many SG Wannabe fans.

I obviously went into 45RPM’s Hit-Pop with some skepticism. After watching their MBC comeback performance, how couldn’t I? Well, how did it turn out? Did my biases get the best of me or did the trio prove me wrong?

Korean emcee Masta Wu recently did a radio interview with Jennifer of Alchemy, on SBS Radio in Australia.
In the interview, Masta Wu talks about his upcoming album and more.

It stood for over 600 years but was destroyed by flames in one night. The two-story wooden structure at the heart of Seoul collapsed about five hours after it caught fire late Sunday, according to Yonhap.

So where was 45RPM the past two years? The question has been answered: they were in the future. Actually, they must have been watching Power Rangers or something.

After a two-year-plus hiatus, Korean hip-hop trio 45RPM are coming back. They’re alive! I’ve been listening and re-listening to 45RPM’s 2005 debut album, Old Rookie and I couldn’t be happier to hear the news. The group’s underground hip-hop sound and popular sensibility are welcomed back anytime.