SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — D.O., a member of the popular boy band EXO, will join the military in July, putting his flourishing entertainment career on hold, his management agency said Thursday. The 26-year-old, whose real name is Do Kyung-soo, will enlist in the Army on July 1 to fulfill his mandatory military service, [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Three rising K-pop stars and their agencies have recently gotten into trouble following revelations that the stars bullied classmates in their school years. They are Yoo Young-hyun, member of the popular indie band Jannabi, singer Hyolyn from the now-disbanded girl group Sistar and Yoon Seo-bin, once the front-runner of [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop star Psy will return to the forefront of the K-pop scene with a new album in early July, his management agency P Nation said Tuesday. “Psy will return with his ninth full-length album in early July … and premiere (the album) in the 2019 Swag Show,” the agency [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The K-Drama at LA Screening 2019 was held in West Hollywood on Wednesday (local time). The event was hosted by the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) for the promotion of K-dramas in the American market, where “Sky Castle” and 10 other popular Korean dramas have been screened. Staff from [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Ok Taecyeon, a member of K-pop boy band 2PM, completed his 20 months of military service Thursday, setting himself up for a return to show business. “I still can’t believe (I was discharged) after waking up to a morning bugle today. Maybe I could if I wake up to [...]
NEW YORK, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS kicked off this year’s summer concert series by U.S. TV show “Good Morning America,” staging an outdoor performance at New York City’s Central Park on Wednesday (local time). BTS was the first performer for the 2019 GMA Summer Concert Series, which will run from [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Yoon Ji-sung, a member of the disbanded boy band Wanna One, is set to begin his mandatory 21-month military service Tuesday, his management agency said. The 28-year-old will work as an active-duty soldier after finishing four weeks of basic military training, according to LM Entertainment. The singer announced on [...]
TOKYO, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — As K-pop band BTS’ latest hip hop song, “Dionysus,” hit the speakers at a small dance studio on a quiet backstreet of Shinjuku district in Tokyo one Saturday morning in May, a group of Japanese boys and girls swung their arms back and forth in sync with the music, [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstars BTS’ latest “Map of the Soul: Persona” has sold more than 3.22 million copies, marking an all-time high in number of albums sold, a market tracker said Thursday. The accumulated sales for the band’s seven-track EP, released on April 12, came to a record 3,229,032 in April [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government held a meeting on Wednesday to address foreign companies jumping on the Korean Wave bandwagon. Many foreign companies are creating fake ‘South Korean’ brands to take advantage of the Korean Wave led by BTS and K-dramas. The government will begin monitoring foreign media and social [...]