: What a Concert by K-Pop Legend Rain in South Korea’s Former Presidential Compound Says About the Country’s Politics #WorldNEWS Veteran K-pop superstar Rain made South Korean history today when

What a Concert by K-Pop Legend Rain in South Korea’s Former Presidential Compound Says About the Country’s Politics #WorldNEWS
Veteran K-pop superstar Rain made South Korean history today when he staged a concert at Cheongwadae—the presidential compound commonly known as the Blue House—which opened to the public on May 10.
It’s not the first concert in the Blue House’s 74-year history. National broadcaster KBS claimed that honor with its “KBS Open Concert” on May 22, as part of the Blue House’s opening festivities. But Rain’s gig—which will be taped by Netflix to use for Rain’s upcoming show—marks a tonal shift in how South Korea regards this bastion of power.
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While past presidents have traditionally stayed in the compound, newly-elected Yoon Suk-yeol has chosen to relocate the presidential office to a defense ministry complex in Seoul’s Yongsan district, claiming that the Blue House is too secluded and thus “out of touch” with voters. Yoon says moving out of the verdant 62-acre site will help “return presidential power to the people. ”

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