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Leader of the dance
Park Nam Yong has choreographed some of South Korea’s biggest pop icons. He talks to Monocle about succeeding in a tough industry, and about teaching singers with two left feet how to dance.
Play it again
French accordion player Yvette Horner harks back to another age. Her nostalgic repertoire draws on the countryside as a source of inspiration. Despite the years, her desire to play remains.
The next chapter
Nobrow is putting the love back into book publishing. Using a cache of global illustrators, limited editions and quality materials, the London-based press is producing collectable volumes for a new generation of readers.
Monocle on air
We’ve opened two new wool-lined studios and control rooms at Midori House, staffed by a team of fresh and informed broadcasters. Monocle 24, our new global radio station, is now on air.
Quick on the draw
The CEO of Japan’s largest entertainment store chain has a peculiar management style. He never gives orders and encourages failure, yet Muneaki Masuda has built a hugely successful business.
Being scene
With commercial galleries on the rise and an ambitious programme of museum development, Los Angeles is forging a formidable reputation as a centre for contemporary art. But can it really rival New York?
Art market
A report on a Naples gallery boosting the city's art reputation, an interview with collector and jewellery designer Julia Muggenburg, and Phillips de Pury's Latin American art sale.
Korean Golf
With membership fees in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, clubhouses designed by star architects and troupes of attentive young female caddies - golf is the ultimate statement of wealth in South Korea -…
The digital scramble
In the rush to go digital, US media giants abandoned their core values, says a veteran journalist. Elsewhere, old-fashioned values are thriving and we meet the players with successful business models.
