SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Three members of K-pop girl group Red Velvet — Irene, Joy and Yeri — have tested positive for COVID-19, leading to the cancellation of all two concerts scheduled for the weekend, the group’s agency said Monday. The members recently tested positive through self-test kits and then underwent polymerase chain [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Olympic Stadium again turned into a festival of purple lights from ARMY bombs on Thursday as the K-pop supergroup BTS returned to the stage for its first live concert in front of fans at home since 2019. The show was the first of the group’s three concerts [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy group NCT Dream will give an online concert next month with its second full-length record set to drop late this month, the group’s agency said Monday. The concert “Dream Stage: Glitch Mode” will be streamed on the Beyond Live platform on April 5, SM Entertainment said. [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Oh My Girl will release its first full-length album in three years in late March, the group’s agency said Monday. “Real Love,” the second studio album from the group, will drop at 6 p.m. on March 28, WM Entertainment said. It marks the group’s first full [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean girl group Red Velvet will be back with a new EP this month, the group’s agency said Wednesday. The album titled “The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm” will hit local music stores on March 21, SM Entertainment said, adding the EP consists of six songs, [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup Seventeen has reached No. 3 on the Global Album Sales Chart of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for 2021, becoming the highest-charted K-pop artist. According to the official homepage of the nonprofit body that represents the recording industry worldwide Wednesday, the 13-member group put [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Lee Jung-jae and Jung Ho-yeon have won best male actor and female actor in the TV drama category at the U.S. Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards for their roles in the survival Netflix drama “Squid Game.” At the televised ceremony of the 2022 SAG Awards on Sunday [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for BTS’ 2021 megahit single “Butter” surpassed 700 million YouTube views Wednesday, becoming the 10th video from the K-pop group to hit the milestone. The video passed the 700 million threshold at 9:31 a.m., about nine months after it was uploaded online on May 21 last [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop giant BTS will hold four live concerts at a stadium in Las Vegas in April, the group’s management agency said Wednesday. The shows, titled “BTS Permission To Dance On Stage – Las Vegas,” will take place at Allegiant Stadium on April 8-9 and 15-16, Big Hit Music said. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — V, a member of K-pop juggernaut BTS, has fully recovered from COVID-19 and been released from isolation, his agency said Tuesday. The 26-year-old singer, whose real name is Kim Tae-hyung, tested positive a week ago after experiencing a mild sore throat. “V was released from isolation today as he [...]