SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan has been designated the first country to host South Korea’s largest convention of Korean pop music and culture for this year, organizers said Monday. First launched in Irvine, California, in 2012, KCON is hosted by CJ E&M and held in multiple countries throughout the world. Attending the event [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Girl group T-ara launched legal action to defend its right to the team name in a trademark dispute with its former management company, the group said Friday. T-ara has submitted to the Korea Intellectual Property Office an official document countering MBK Entertainment’s claim to the right to the group’s [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Jung Yong-hwa of the idol band CNBLUE will be leaving a cable TV show after the revelation that he received preferential treatment in graduate school admission, his agency said Wednesday. “After much thought, Jung decided to voluntarily quit the program, feeling responsibility for today’s controversy and hoping the issue [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Music Bank, a popular K-pop program on South Korea’s major TV network KBS, will hold its 12th world live-concert tour in Chile in March, the broadcaster said Friday. The show last visited Chile in 2012. Actor Park Bo-gum, who has emceed the 2015 and 2016 tour, will be the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Idol group Oh My Girl came back Tuesday with a new EP, jumping into the early 2018 K-pop chart race. The seven-member act held a media showcase for its fifth EP, “Secret Garden,” at Shinsegae Mesa Hall in central Seoul, previewing five songs from the EP before its release [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – INFINITE returned with its third studio album, ”Top Seed”, on Monday, marking the first major K-pop boy band release of 2018 as well as the group’s first record after being downsized into a six-member act. “In sports, top seed refers to the highest ranking team (in a tournament). We named the album in the spirit [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Veteran K-pop girl group T-ara might be banned from using its name as the group’s former management agency sought the exclusive right to use the name Monday. MBK Entertainment applied for the trademark rights to the name “T-ara” with the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Dec. 28, according to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop group BTS has been on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for five consecutive weeks with “Mic Drop,” breaking its own record as the longest-charting K-pop group on the U.S. music publication’s main singles chart. “Mic Drop,” featuring hip-hop artist Desiigner and remixed by Steve Aoki, has come in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Solji of K-pop group EXID will undergo surgery for exophthalmos, her agency said Thursday. “Solji will undergo exophthalmos surgery next Monday. Her thyroid hormone level has returned to normal but she has shown symptoms of bulging eyes,” Banana Culture Entertainment said. The timing of her comeback will be decided [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Boy band BIGBANG’s Taeyang and his actress fiancee Min Hyo-rin will tie the knot in a church on Feb. 3, the singer’s agency said Thursday. YG Entertainment said the couple will have a wedding party at Paradise City hotel in Incheon after a private ceremony at the church they [...]