{
  "id": 11895448,
  "title": "German Korean disco-punk band returns to Seoul",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/german-korean-disco-punk-band-returns-to-seoul",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-04T09:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/globalcommunity/20261004/german-korean-disco-punk-band-returns-to-seoul"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Korean-German musician Ja-min Oh has returned to her homeland of Korea after several visits over her lifetime. It was during an encounter with Seoul's punk band Rumkicks that Oh's disco-punk duo Minoh connected with Korea's music scene. In May 2025, while stage managing the venue Pit Rock in Aachen, Oh met Heynam Sin, who introduced her to the local scene. Following their reunion, Oh and her bandmate Guido Kloppisch embarked on a trip to Seoul. Through a friend, they were introduced to Club Victim, who agreed to host their performance on rented instruments from Nakwon Music Arcade. Despite an online video of their impromptu show gaining attention at the Tokyo venue Ruby Room, the Minoh members were already back in Germany, preventing them from playing. The whole situation, Oh remarks, was not planned. Now, a year later, this unplanned connection has been funded by the Goethe-Institute.",
  "summary": "Korean German musician Ja-min Oh has returned to Korea, the land of her parents, several times over her life. But it took an encounter with Rumkicks, a band of spiky-haired girl punks from Seoul, to connect her band, disco-punk duo Minoh, with the music scene here. Oh was stage manager at Pit Rock, a venue in the small western city of Aachen, when Rumkicks stopped by to play a festival on May 24,…",
  "key_points": [
    "Korean-German duo Minoh reconnects with Seoul's music scene.",
    "Club Victim hosts Minoh's performance using rented instruments.",
    "Goethe-Institute funds Minoh's return to Seoul."
  ],
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "German Korean disco-punk band returns to Seoul",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/german-korean-disco-punk-band-returns-to-seoul-11905464",
        "published": "2026-10-04T10:52:03.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}