{"id":200154,"date":"2025-12-23T17:52:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/200154\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T17:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:52:07","slug":"k-pop-concert-to-be-held-in-hong-kong-and-aired-in-mainland-china-on-feb-6-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/200154\/","title":{"rendered":"K-Pop concert to be held in Hong Kong and aired in mainland China on Feb 6-7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SEOUL \u2013 A K-Pop concert will be held in Hong Kong in February and aired across mainland China by a state-run broadcaster amid growing hopes of cultural exchanges between China and South Korea after nearly a decade of an unofficial ban. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Chinese President Xi Jinping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/east-asia\/chinas-xi-meets-south-korean-leader-capping-apec-summit?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">visited South Korea in November<\/p>\n<p><\/a> for the first time in 11 years and held a summit with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung. The two leaders also discussed cultural exchanges, raising hopes of China lifting its unofficial ban on Korean culture. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The unofficial ban was introduced in 2017 as China protested against the US deployment of a missile shield system in South Korea and has, in effect, meant no Korean concerts or TV shows have been approved by the Chinese authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Dream Concert 2026 will be held at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/east-asia\/hong-kong-opens-5-2b-sports-park-with-50000-seat-stadium?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">Kai Tak Sports Park<\/p>\n<p><\/a> for two days from Feb 6. The recording will be broadcast by China\u2019s state-run Hunan Television, according to From Entertainment, a South Korean firm organising the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cIt will be the first time for a K-Pop concert to be broadcast in mainland China since cultural exchanges were severed \u2013 first in years,\u201d an official at From Entertainment said on Dec 23.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">China\u2019s Foreign Ministry said it was not aware of any planned concerts or lifting of the unofficial ban on K-Pop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The two countries are also coordinating a visit by Mr Lee to China early in 2026, South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said in an interview with Yonhap News on Dec 22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The From Entertainment official gave no details of which K-Pop acts would be performing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">However, shares of K-Pop agencies rallied on Dec 23, with HYBE rising 5 per cent, SM Entertainment gaining 8 per cent, JYP Entertainment adding 3 per cent and YG Entertainment jumping 4 per cent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Dream Concert, a K-Pop event hosted annually by the Korea Entertainment Producer\u2019s Association, was held in 2025 in Abu Dhabi in November after South Korean media reported that earlier plans of holding it in mainland China and Hong Kong were cancelled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">South Korean entertainment firm CJ ENM also hosted its annual MAMA Awards in Hong Kong in November. 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