K-pop androids and automated artists: welcome to South Korea’s strange and ambitious robot theme park
Sunday, May 24, 2026
K-pop androids and automated artists: welcome to South Korea’s strange and ambitious robot theme park<p>Galaxy Robot Park in South Korea hopes to attract tourists to concerts and fashion shows, but can robots ever replicate K-pop’s connection with fans?</p><p>Four child-sized humanoid robots take the stage at an arena in eastern Seoul, and as the opening beats of a song by K-pop star G-Dragon begin, they start to dance.</p><p>Arms swinging, legs stepping in sync, heads bobbing, wigs and baggy clothes swishing, until – mid-performance – one of them seemingly malfunctions and has to be removed from the stage.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/25/galaxy-robot-park-in-seoul-south-korea-world-first">Continue reading...</a>
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