{"id":178378,"date":"2026-01-14T02:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/drumstick-diplomacy-for-japan-and-south-korea-as-leaders-bang-out-k-pop-hits\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T19:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T00:25:16","slug":"drumstick-diplomacy-for-japan-and-south-korea-as-leaders-bang-out-k-pop-hits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/drumstick-diplomacy-for-japan-and-south-korea-as-leaders-bang-out-k-pop-hits\/","title":{"rendered":"Drumstick diplomacy for Japan and South Korea as leaders bang out K-pop hits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/14\/asia\/japan-south-korea-leaders-play-drums-intl-hnk\">Drumstick diplomacy for Japan and South Korea as leaders bang out K-pop hits<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/14\/asia\/japan-south-korea-leaders-play-drums-intl-hnk\">https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/14\/asia\/japan-south-korea-leaders-play-drums-intl-hnk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-14 02:16:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnn.com\">www.cnn.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung engaged in an unconventional diplomatic activity by drumming out popular K-pop songs during their first day of talks in Japan.<\/li>\n<li>They played on Pearl drum kits, performing hits like BTS\u2019s \u201cDynamite\u201d and \u201cGolden\u201d from the \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d soundtrack, fulfilling Lee\u2019s childhood dream of drumming.<\/li>\n<li>The meeting highlighted the growing economic and security cooperation between Japan and South Korea despite historical tensions stemming from Japan\u2019s colonial past.<\/li>\n<li>Both leaders discussed various issues, including industrial supply chains, artificial intelligence, denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, and cooperation with the United States.<\/li>\n<li>Lee\u2019s diplomatic style has been more balanced and inclusive of historical issues compared to his predecessor, emphasizing Japan as an indispensable partner.<\/li>\n<li>The leaders exchanged gifts, reflecting cultural appreciation and personal connections, with Takaichi gifting Lee engraved drumsticks and Lee giving Takaichi&#8217;s husband Korean-made items.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drumstick diplomacy for Japan and South Korea as leaders bang out K-pop hits https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/14\/asia\/japan-south-korea-leaders-play-drums-intl-hnk Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":178379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap26014021811513.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-178378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178378"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178378"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178380,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178378\/revisions\/178380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}