SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS said Wednesday it took several years of sweat and tears and fans’ support to become the K-pop superstars they are today and now they want to use their power to spread a “positive influence.” “At first, we started out as innocent (boys),” BTS member Suga said in a [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop band BTS’ new album featuring two high-profile pop stars, Halsey and Ed Sheeran, rocked the world music scene Friday, revealing the band’s stories of love, self and the outside world. “Map of the Soul: Persona” hit major online music stores Friday evening (Korean time). It is the opening [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean entertainment companies are expected to post solid profit growth this year despite fallouts caused by a scandal centered on a K-pop boy band member, a local market tracker said Thursday. According to forecasts by FnGuide Inc., the operating profits for the big three labels — SM Entertainment, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — When globally loved K-pop boy band BTS announced last month the title of its highly anticipated new album set for release this week, fans were thrilled, having been recommended a book with the same title from the band three months ago. The Korean version of the book “Jung’s Map [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — IZ*ONE, a project girl group formed through the idol competition show series “Produce,” sold more than 130,000 copies of its latest album titled “HEART*IZ” in the first week of its sales, breaking a previous record set by TWICE. “IZ*ONE’s ‘HEART*IZ’ sold 132,109 copies during the April 1-7 period. It [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Following an enormous fire engulfing South Korea’s eastern coastal region, sensational K-pop girl band BLACKPINK called off its press conference set for Friday morning to announce the release of a new album, “Kill This Love.” YG Entertainment, the management agency for the girl band, made the decision, formally citing [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstars BTS was nominated in the Top Duo/Group category for the upcoming 2019 Billboard Music Awards set for May, as well as in the Top Social Artist category, which the septet has conquered for the last two years, according to Billboard on Friday. Billboard released the lineup for [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Boy band BTS will throw two rounds of global fan meetings in Seoul and the country’s second-largest city of Busan in June, the band’s management agency said Friday. The events titled “5th Muster Magic Shop” are slated to hit the Busan Asiad Stadium on June 15-16 and the Olympic [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Mattel Inc., the manufacturer of Barbie Dolls, introduced a new doll collection of the famous South Korean idol group BTS. Mattel released photos of the new BTS dolls on Twitter on Tuesday. Mattel has been getting BTS fans excited over the past couple days by releasing teasers of the [...]
SEOUL/YANGJU, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Actor Im Si-wan was discharged from the Army on Wednesday as the 30-year-old completed his mandatory military service, setting him up for his return to show business. Im made his first official public appearance in 21 months in a discharge ceremony held at a boot camp in Yangju, Gyeonggi [...]