North Korean defectors Yu Hyuk and Kim Seok made their K-pop debut Friday as members of 1Verse (pronounced as “universe”).

With two out of five of its members North Korean defectors, the K-pop group 1VERSE is breaking new ground as it debuts its ...

Kim Seok, the other North Korean defector in the group and also 25, used to live in a border town near China. He was exposed ...

In a chat with Lifestyle Asia, members of 1VERSE, the first K-pop group with North Korean idols, talk about their debut album ...

In a quiet corner of Seoul’s Hyuga Cafe, a warm, honey-toned space nestled inside what once served as the dormitory for K-pop ...

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: 1Verse is the first K-pop group in the world to feature North Korean defectors. Its other members have roots in Laos, Thailand, China, Japan and the U.S.

A new K-pop boy band made their global debut on Friday with two members who defected from North Korea and an album that ...

With two of its five members being defectors from North Korea, K-pop group 1VERSE is breaking new ground this weekend as it ...

SEOUL, South Korea — With two out of five of its members North Korean defectors, the K-pop group 1VERSE is breaking new ground as it debuts its single album Friday. The band represents an unusual ...

1VERSE is the first K-pop group in the world to feature North Korean defectors. The group is the latest in K-pop to market multiculturalism in a cutthroat industry.