NEW YORK, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – KCON, a global K-pop festival that brings music stars to overseas fans, took place over the weekend in Newark, New Jersey. The two-day event at the Prudential Center, attended by some 53,000 fans, was divided into two parts — K-pop concerts and outdoor convention programs. The event brought [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has landed their latest song “Ddu-Du Ddu-Du” on the U.K. Official Singles Chart of top 100 songs, becoming the first Korean girl band to do so. The title track of the BLACKPINK EP “Square UP,” released on June 15, charted 78th on the single chart [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop girl group TWICE will release its first full-length album in Japan later this year, their management agency JYP Entertainment said Friday. The new record, “BDZ,” an abbreviation of bulldozer, will hit the Japanese market on Sept. 12, the agency said. The envisioned album will feature five new tracks [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – With the release of a new digital single next month, Lovelyz will join their girl group competitors in attempting to conquer the summer record market, according to their management agency on Friday. The eight member K-pop female act’s new single, “A Piece of Summer,” will hit the market on [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The song that captures the essence of the May 18 Gwangju Democratic Uprising will be played by an orchestra in Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic. According to the Gwangju Cultural Foundation, a concert named after the song “Marching for Our Beloved” will be held at the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Nine-member female K-pop act TWICE will return with the release of summertime dance music next month, their agency said Monday. The single “Dance the Night Away” is set to be put up for streaming at major online music stores on July 9, JYP Entertainment said, releasing a teaser image [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Returning from a one-year hiatus following the release of its previous single, successful K-pop girl group BLACKPINK on Friday dropped its new EP, led by the track “Ddu-Du Ddu-Du,” which comes with a choreography of finger guns to match that shooting sound. The new EP, “Square Up,” is the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — To commemorate the fifth anniversary of boyband BTS’ debut, fans in Thailand donated blood as part of charity efforts reflecting their favorite band’s own public campaign. The fans known as the “Thai A.R.M.Y” revealed yesterday that they collectively donated more than 200 liters of blood to celebrate the anniversary. [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A food festival held in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi aimed at creating awareness of Korean food ended in great success with over 200,000 people flocking to the event. The K-Food Fair kicked off on June 9 for a two day run. The fair’s success is mainly attributed to [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Taeyeon, the lead vocalist of Girls’ Generation, will drop her third EP, “Something New,” next week, her agency said Tuesday. The album, set to be out Monday, will be the first release from the singer since her second EP, “This Christmas: Winter Is Coming,” was released in December, according [...]