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Annyeong Station, is a newly initiated platform in our infotainment section, for conversation, interaction and exchange. With a focus on Korean popular culture, this online space will include three segments:

K-factor: with freewheeling discussions, fun facts, demos and personalised conversations, with invited guests and K-enthusiasts, on K-pop, food, drama and fashion.

K-lounge: with curated interactions with industry specialists and influencers.

K-learn: which offers specially crafted, short hobby courses to connect through interlocking examples of Hallyu or the Korean Wave, with representative words, phrases and sentences of the Korean language.

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Puja Talwar is the Executive Editor, Lifestyle and Entertainment, Good Times with over 25 years' experience in Broadcast Journalism. Puja is a Content Creator, Show Host, Moderator and a published Writer. She host the popular series 'Candid Conversations With Puja Talwar' on You Tube, and a podcast titled ‘Entertainment Unlimited on Spotify. She lives for coffee, travel and K dramas!

Our guests include:

Nikita Engheepi is a lawyer and one of the founders of Pink Box Events, India's first Event Company to organise exclusive K-pop Concerts. The first K-pop concert in India organised independently took place in 2015. Pink Box has over the years, partnered with the Korean Cultural Centre India, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, and with KOTRA (Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency) for various concerts across India. Pink Box events has also collaborated with State Governments of Nagaland, Sikkim, Mizoram, and Meghalaya. As one of the first promoters of K-pop in India, Pink Box has organised 24 K-pop Concerts/events spread across 13 cities/states in India, has worked with 8 K-pop groups/artist and has been associated with SNS events with 6 K-pop groups/artists. The biggest K-pop concert in India to date is with K-pop group, M.O.N.T at the Hornbill International Music Festival in Dimapur, Nagaland. It drew in a crowd of approximately 13000 people. Pink Box has also worked with DSP Media Idols, Kard and they are by far the most successful idols to have performed in India.

Riddhi Chakraborty is the Assistant Editor and Video Producer at Rolling Stone India. She has been writing about music for ten years and K-pop for five years and is the only Indian journalist to have interviewed over 40 Korean artists. She has led on-ground and remote photoshoots and projects in Korea and India and is the first producer in India to create exclusive video content with South Korean artists. Her goal is to promote Indo-Korean cultural exchange and help fans connect with their favourite artists.

Monica Yadav is Senior Entertainment Journalist, Bollywood Hungama, who has vast experience in writing about the K-pop phenomenon with interviews with Korean artists as well creation of well-researched video content, backed by photoshoots in Korea and India.

The discussion on Zoom will start from 6.00 pm IST on Friday, 27 August 2021.

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The discussion on Zoom will live stream on Youtube from 6.00 pm IST on Friday, 27 August 2021.