SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Jin, a member of the K-pop superband BTS, has shared his first photos taken after joining the military as he completed five weeks of basic training at a front-line boot camp. Jin entered the army recruit training center of the 5th Infantry Division in Yeoncheon, 60 kilometers north of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group aespa will perform at The Governors Ball Music Festival 2023, a major annual outdoor music festival in New York City, the group’s agency said Wednesday. It will become the first K-pop act to perform at the festival, according to SM Entertainment. This year’s event will [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Mountaineer Kim Young-mi said Tuesday she has reached the South Pole alone and unassisted, becoming the first South Korean to achieve the feat. The 42-year-old climber of North Face Athletes & Team departed from the Hercules Inlet in South Pole on Nov. 27 and traveled 1,186.5 kilometers over 51 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Choi Yena, a K-pop soloist who was a member of the now-disbanded project girl group IZ*ONE, freed herself of the bubbly and bright image from her previous albums with the release of her first single, “Love War,” on Monday. She made a 180-degree turn to appear as a dark [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — GOT the beat, SM Entertainment’s project girl group, returned with a new album Monday, the group’s agency said. The septet’s first EP, “Stamp On It,” consists of six tracks, including the title track of the same name, “Goddess Level” and “Alter Ego,” according to SM. The song “Stamp On [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Tomorrow X Together will launch its second world tour in March, the group’s management agency said Monday. The “Act: Sweet Mirage” world tour will begin at KSPO Dome in southern Seoul on March 25-26 and continue in a dozen more cities in Singapore, Taiwan, Japan and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s 2016 single “Playing with Fire” has surpassed 800 million views on YouTube. The video crossed the milestone Monday at about 1:40 a.m., six years and two months after it was uploaded on the global video sharing service, YG Entertainment, the band’s [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A new single by boy group BIGBANG’s Taeyang featuring Jimin of BTS topped iTunes’ global songs chart, his management agency said Saturday. “Vibe,” rolled out Friday, claimed the No. 1 spot on the Worldwide iTunes Song chart and topped iTunes’ top songs charts in about 60 countries around the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Singer Lee Seung-gi donated 550 million won (US$442,250) Friday to the Korean Red Cross on the occasion of his birthday, the humanitarian organization said. His donation will be used to make bloodmobiles and mobile meal service vehicles for disaster relief operations, it said. At the donation ceremony, the Red [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has been nominated for this year’s BRIT Awards in the International Group of the Year category, its agency, YG Entertainment, said Friday. BLACKPINK was chosen along with four other groups — Drake & 21 Savage, First Aid Kit, Fontaines D.C. and Gabriels — for the [...]