Teams from six countries to compete for final of 2026 K-pop World Festival

The last round of the competition, in its 15th year, will kick off in Changwon, South Gyeongsang, on Oct. 18.

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Participants pose for a group photo at a regional preliminary round of the K-pop World Festival in Philadelphia, in this photo provided by Seoul's foreign ministry on Sept. 30.

Young K-pop performers selected through intensive preliminary competitions around the world will gather in Korea next month for the final of the 2026 K-pop World Festival, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday.

The festival will be held in the southeastern city of Changwon, South Gyeongsang, on Oct. 18, where six teams from Peru, France, Ethiopia, Ukraine, Tanzania and Kyrgyzstan will perform alongside K-pop artists, including Click-B, ONF, Lee Mu-jin and Fifty Fifty.

About 1,700 teams from 54 countries took part in regional preliminaries for the final, the ministry said, adding the upcoming event will later be broadcast by local broadcaster KBS and KBS World in 140 countries.

Now in its 15th year, the festival is a K-pop competition in which young people from around the world showcase their skills, the ministry said.

Yonhap

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