SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — All members of K-pop supergroup BTS will go to the military to fulfill mandatory service, starting with the oldest member Jin, the band’s agency said Monday. “Jin will revoke his request to delay his conscription at the end of this month and will follow conscription procedures required by the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Stray Kids has claimed No. 1 on U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart for the second time in their career with their new EP “Maxident.” The eight-track album debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart for this week with 117,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Global pop group BTS held a free concert in the southeastern port city of Busan on Saturday night to support the city’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo. Around 52,000 fans from around the world attended the concert titled “Yet To Come in Busan” at the Busan Asiad [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actress Lee You-mi, who starred in the popular Netflix series “Squid Game” (2021), has been chosen as one of the Next Generation Leaders by U.S. magazine TIME. “Squid Game made her a star. Now Lee You-mi is forging her own path,” TIME commented on her. In September, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Stray Kids’ latest EP “Maxident” has sold 2.18 million copies in the first week of its release, its agency said Friday, becoming the fourth most-sold K-pop album of all time in the first week. The band’s seventh EP has sold 2,185,013 copies since it came out [...]
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) — 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. 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 [...]