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2026/08/29

RESCENE Voting and Streaming: What Counts from Abroad

RESCENE took their first music show win on day 841 after debut — 14 July 2026, with "Pretty Girl," on The Show. Small agenc...

2026/08/28

Jjimjilbang: What Actually Happens Inside a Korean Bathhouse

Walk through Seoul after midnight and you will see them on the upper floors of otherwise unremarkable buildings — red neon against the dark...

2026/08/27

How to Buy RESCENE Albums and Merch from Outside Korea

At a booth inside COEX, Seoul's convention complex in Gangnam, fans hold paper bags against their chests without opening them. Inside: ...

2026/08/22

RESCENE Fanchant Guide: What to Shout at Your First Show

Step into a RESCENE show and you hear it within seconds — voices filling the gaps between notes, names called in unison, short phrases ...

Korean Feng Shui for Apartments: Which Dong and Floor to Pick

Statistics Korea's 2020 housing ownership survey put apartments at 62.9 percent of all homes in the country. Most Koreans, in other wo...

2026/08/20

REMINE Explained: How RESCENE's Fandom Got Its Name

Before RESCENE's fandom had an official name, some of its members called themselves 샌드백 (saendbaek) — sandbags. It was a joke abou...