North Korean defectors Yu Hyuk and Kim Seok made their K-pop debut Friday as members of 1Verse (pronounced as “universe”).

The world of K-pop has fresh new faces: the band 1VERSE with a debut album and lead single, “Shattered.” The boy band has an ...

With two out of five of its members North Korean defectors, the K-pop group 1VERSE is breaking new ground as it debuts its ...

Two North Korean defectors, Seok and Hyuk, have debuted as K-pop idols under the new boy group 1VERSE. Both Seok and Hyuk ...

Kim Seok, the other North Korean defector in the group and also 25, used to live in a border town near China. He was exposed ...

New K-pop group 1VERSE debuts with two North Korean defectors among members, adding rare diversity to the genre’s global ...

1Verse is the first K-pop group in the world to feature North Korean defectors. Its other members have roots in Laos, Thailand, China, Japan and the U.S. They're the latest K-pop idols to market ...

A new K-pop boy band made their global debut on Friday with two members who defected from North Korea and an album that ...

SEOUL, South Korea — With two out of five of its members North Korean defectors, the K-pop group 1VERSE is breaking new ground as it debuts its single album Friday. The band represents an unusual ...

1VERSE is the first K-pop group in the world to feature North Korean defectors. The group is the latest in K-pop to market multiculturalism in a cutthroat industry.

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: 1Verse is the first K-pop group in the world to feature North Korean defectors. Its other members have roots in Laos, Thailand, China, Japan and the U.S.

1Verse is the first K-pop group in the world to feature North Korean defectors. Its other members have roots in Laos, Thailand, China, Japan and the U.S. They're the latest K-pop idols to market ...