Stop calling K-pop artists `idols`: music industry expert
(WorldNews South Korea)

K-pop columnist Jeff Benjamin speaks during a media conference for winners of the Korea Image Awards at Samsung-dong, southern Seoul, Tuesday. Yonhap By Lee Gyu-lee K-pop columnist Jeff Benjamin, who writes for Billboard and Forbes, wants media outlets to stop calling K-pop stars `idols` because the term `de-emphasizes` their artistry. `Many artists in Korea are referred to as an `idol,` but I think that word doesn`t emphasize there`s art, creative merit or artists` leadership taken into their work,` the New...