SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Fifty Fifty has become the longest-charting K-pop girl group on the Billboard Hot 100 in history as it stayed on the U.S. music chart for the 13th consecutive week. According to the latest chart unveiled Tuesday (U.S. time), the group ranked 24th this week, three places down from the [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Le Sserafim will roll out its second Japanese-language single on Aug. 23, the band’s agency said Tuesday. The single, “Unforgiven,” will have three tracks, including Japanese language versions of “Unforgiven,” the title track of the group’s first studio album of the same name released in May, [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Nmixx will return with its third single, “A Midsummer Nmixx’s Dream,” on July 11, the group’s agency said Tuesday. JYP Entertainment teased the upcoming release on the band’s official social media channels earlier in the day. The six-piece group’s last release was “Expergo,” its first EP [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Three members of K-pop boy group EXO have decided to maintain their exclusive contracts with SM Entertainment after resolving differences over a contract issue, both sides said Monday. Baekhyun, Xiumin and Chen of the nine-piece group had been in a dispute with the K-pop powerhouse over what they claimed [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group NewJeans will return after six months with its second EP, “Get Up,” next month, the group’s management agency said Monday. According to ADOR, the band will release the album on July 21 and “New Jeans” and “Super Shy,” the first two of the album’s six tracks, [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group ITZY will put out a new EP, titled “Kill My Doubt,” on July 31, the group’s agency said Monday. The quintet’s latest release was “Cheshire,” its sixth EP dropped in November. The upcoming EP will comprise six tracks, led by “Cake,” according to JYP Entertainment. It [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Ateez hopes it will be able to take the stage for prestigious U.S. music awards, such as Billboard Music Awards and Grammy Awards. The eight-piece group had a media showcase here for “The World Ep. 2: Outlaw” on Thursday, one day before the album’s release. Debuting [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Wednesday it will expand its emergency safety service by implementing ICT equipment for single elderly and handicapped households. By utilizing sensors to detect fires and monitor physical activity, the service automatically notifies either the 119 emergency call or emergency management staff, thereby [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro, the operator of the subway service in Seoul, announced that it will launch a three-month pilot project starting this month to use voice guidance announcements when senior cards are tagged at ticket gates. The initiative aims to prevent the unauthorized use of senior cards for free subway [...]
BUSAN, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education said Tuesday it has completed a pilot project to transform a school cafeteria, previously dedicated solely to meals, into a versatile cultural space. Due to a decrease in the student population, there has been a rise in vacant spaces within schools. In [...]