SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — J-hope, a member of K-pop superband BTS, donated 100 million won (US$84,000) Friday for children suffering economic hardships amid the protracted COVID-19 pandemic, a charity group said. According to ChildFund Korea, J-hope expressed hope that his donation will be used to help children in need have a warm winter. [...]
JEJU, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A small town on Jeju Island is going viral on social media after a surprise visit from Jimin, a member of K-pop superband BTS. Nuwemaru Street, a busy shopping district in the city of Jeju, was hosting a Christmas event on Saturday to promote the local economy. Jimin, on [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SM Entertainment, a leading K-pop agency, formed a new supergroup Monday with seven of its top female artists. GOT the beat consists of diva BoA; Taeyeon and Hyoyeon of Girls’ Generation; Seulgi and Wendy of Red Velvet and Karina and Winter of aespa. It is the first group formed [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group TWICE will hold two concerts at Tokyo Dome on April 23-24 as part of its ongoing world tour, the group’s management agency said Monday. They will become the group’s first performances in Japan since 2019, when it performed in seven big cities in the country [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS’ vocalist Jin and rapper RM have tested positive for the coronavirus, their management agency said Saturday. The announcement came a day after the agency, Big Hit Music, confirmed that Suga, another member of the seven-member K-pop superband, has been infected with the virus. “RM and Jin were confirmed [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superband BTS has become the first international act to be best-selling artist of the year in Japan. According to the annual rankings released by Japanese music tracker Oricon on Friday, the septet placed No. 1 on the total sales by artist, based on the aggregated sales of albums, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superband BTS has been nominated for the 2022 BRIT Awards for International Group of the Year, the awards’ website showed Sunday. This is the second consecutive year the group has been nominated for the British annual music awards, both times in the same category. BTS will be competing [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstar BTS’ mega-hit single “Butter” has topped Billboard’s Digital Song sales chart again, giving the South Korean superband a record 46 weeks at No. 1. According to updated Billboard charts on Tuesday (U.S. time), “Butter,” released in May, ranked No. 1 on the weekly Digital Song Sales list, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Yoo Jae-suk, a famous comedian and emcee of TV variety shows, tested positive for the new coronavirus Monday, although he is fully vaccinated, his talent agency said. Yoo was confirmed to have the virus after receiving the second polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test in the morning, Antenna said. He [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop phenomenon BTS clinched four top awards at the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMAs) on Saturday, sweeping the annual music award event for the third year in a row. The septet received album of the year, song of the year, artist of the year and worldwide icon of [...]