SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – WJSN, the largest K-pop girl group, has come back with its first record in eight months, fronted by an energetic dance number that sings of the power of love. The 13-piece South Korean-Chinese group held a media showcase for its new EP album, “Dream Your Dream,” at Yes 24 Live Hall in eastern Seoul on Tuesday. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop artist G-Dragon will start his mandatory military service Tuesday, his agency said. The leader and main songwriter of boy band BIGBANG will begin his five-week basic Army training session in Cheorwon, Gangwon Province, later in the day, according to YG Entertainment. He will later be assigned to an [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The K-pop boy band Seventeen will make its debut in Japan in May, its agency said Friday. Fledis Entertainment said the 13-member act broke the news while holding a concert titled “SEVENTEEN 2018 JAPAN ARENA TOUR SVT” in front of some 15,000 fans at Yokohama Arena in Japan on [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The K-pop girl band GFriend will debut in Japan in May, its label said Friday. The six-member band is set to sign a contract with King Record Co., a major Japanese record company, to make inroads into the country, Source Music said. The group has recently opened an official [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The K-pop boy band Wanna One will release a new album next month, its management agency said Tuesday. YMC Entertainment said the 11-member project group recently finished filming a music video for its new song and that the album will come out on March 19. The band posted teaser [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Kim Sung-kyu, a member of the idol group INFINITE, will release his first individual studio album this month. Woolim Entertainment said the album will be out on Feb. 26 but didn’t give further details. Debuting in 2010 as an INFINITE member, Kim has put out two individual EPs — “Another Me” in 2012 and “27″ in 2015. He has appeared in stage musicals such as [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS has been on the Billboard 200 for the 18th consecutive week thanks to its latest EP “Love Yourself: Her.” The album, released in September, ranked No. 71 on Billboard’s main albums chart for this week, according to Billboard’s website Tuesday (U.S. time). It ranked first [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — G-Dragon, leader of K-pop group BIGBANG, will begin his military duty on Feb. 27, the group’s agency said. “G-Dragon recently received a notification for enlistment and thus will enlist in the Army as an active-duty soldier,” YG Entertainment said Wednesday. “He will quietly enter a boot camp without making [...]
GANGNEUNG, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — An interesting phenomenon took place before the women’s 500-meter short track speed skating final Tuesday night at Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, just east of PyeongChang. The crowd in the arena, which was in a somewhat tense mood between matches, instantly began to stir when the video for Psy’s [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop singer BoA will release a new album next week, her management agency said Monday. S.M. Entertainment said the solo singer’s “One Shot, Two Shot” will be out at 6 p.m. next Tuesday. The title song, a deep house dance track, will feature her charismatic side, according to the [...]