SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The American Music Awards (AMAs) has created a category for K-pop artists for the first time among the three major U.S. music awards. Announcing the nominations for the 2022 AMAs on Thursday (U.S. time), the event’s organizers introduced Favorite K-pop Artist as one of the six categories created or [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Rookie girl group Kep1er on Thursday will put out a new EP with the concept of nine charismatic heroines who cheerfully help resolve the problems of other people, its agencies said. The nine-member band’s third EP, “Troubleshooter,” will hit music services at 6 p.m., according to its agencies WakeOne [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. announced that it has developed new technology that prevents fires caused by electric arcs and signed an agreement with the Korea Electronics Technology Institute on Wednesday to jointly verify and standardize the technology. Arcs can be caused by partial severance of an electric cable, a loose [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group BLACKPINK has earned four nominations at this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards, while boy groups BTS and Seventeen have gotten three nods each. According to a list of nominees announced by MTV EMA on Wednesday (U.S. time), BLACKPINK was nominated for Best Video for “Pink [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Mamamoo expressed hope Tuesday it would make a sensation on music charts, returning as a whole group after one year with a new EP under an ambitious name. The EP’s title “Mic On” means Mamamoo has turned on its mic and is ready to make splashes. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Shin Hye-sung, a member of the long-running idol group Shinhwa, has been arrested for refusing to take a breathalyzer test, police said Tuesday. The 43-year-old singer was found at around 1:40 a.m. Tuesday while sleeping in a stolen vehicle parked on a street in Seoul’s Songpa Ward, according to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — With K-pop enjoying popularity throughout the world, the fan base of girl groups is becoming more diverse in nationality. India had the largest share at 10 percent of YouTube views of BLACKPINK, followed by Thailand at 8.4 percent, Indonesia at 6.9 percent and the Philippines at 5.8 percent, according [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Judicial Police announced that it will recruit additional investigators for an effective crackdown on animal abuse, which has become a growing problem in the city. The Judicial Police recently organized an animal abuse task force comprised of 12 expert investigators including veterinarians. A police report [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Globally popular K-pop group Stray Kids returned Friday with a song depicting the universal theme of love in its own style. Included in the band’s new EP, “Maxident,” released at 1 p.m., the song “Case 143″ compared one’s confusion from sudden feelings of love to an incident with a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group NCT 127 will appear on U.S. broadcaster ABC’s “Good Morning America” next week to showcase its new single, the band’s agency said Wednesday. NCT will perform “2 Baddies,” the title track of its fourth full-length album, during the famous U.S. talk show on Oct. 10 (U.S. [...]