SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Dropping a new album Monday, Apink marks its 10th year in the K-pop scene, becoming a rare K-pop idol girl band to have a decade-long career. The six-piece band’s ninth EP, “Look,” was released on Monday evening, the first release from the group since the EP, “PERCENT,” dropped in [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Seung-hoon, a member of K-pop boy band WINNER, will start his mandatory military service this week, the band’s management agency said Monday. The 28-year-old is scheduled to start a four-week training program Thursday at an Army boot camp in Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province, as part of the fulfillment [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group (G)I-dle has partnered with Republic Records, a major U.S. music label, to make inroads into the American market, the band’s management agency said Thursday. Having signed the partnership, (G)I-dle released its third EP, “I Trust,” and announced its American debut, Cube Entertainment said, quoting the music [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Actor So Ji-sub is a bachelor no more. The 42-year-old star has tied the knot with his former television announcer girlfriend, Cho Eun-jung, So’s agency, 51k, said Tuesday. The agency said So and Cho hosted their families for a small ceremony, and they’ve completed their marriage registration. The two [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Set to release the first solo album in his 17-year K-pop career Monday, Max Changmin of the male duo TVXQ described the work entitled “Chocolate” as “sweetly addictive.” The six-track album, led by the title track, “Chocolate,” will hit major local online music stores Monday evening as the first [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop super band BTS cheered up its fans and audiences across the world Tuesday with a special performance on a U.S. TV show, broadcast from the band’s own studio in South Korea, in a time of social distancing over the COVID-19 pandemic. The members of BTS were the penultimate [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE has canceled its Japanese concerts, originally scheduled for mid-April, amid the global COVID-19 outbreak. An announcement on the band’s official Japanese website last week said “Twice World Tour 2019 ‘Twicelights’ in Japan,” scheduled to be held at Tokyo Dome on April 15 and 16, has [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The management agency of K-pop boy band BTS launched a series of short video clips designed to provide Korean language education to non-Korean fans, and the series is receiving positive responses from the public. Big Hit Entertainment released the first three episodes of the series, “Learn Korean with BTS,” [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS put off the American leg of its upcoming world tour, “Map of the Soul Tour,” Friday over the global spread of COVID-19. “The ‘BTS Map of the Soul Tour – North America,’ originally scheduled to take place from April 25 to June 6, will be [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS will join a star-studded lineup for a “special self-quarantine edition” of popular American TV show “The Late Late Show with James Corden,” set for next week, according to its broadcaster. BTS will be one of the high-profile acts performing from home for the “Homefest: James [...]