SEOUL, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Allegations of special privileges for K-pop icon Kwon Ji-yong – better known by his stage name G-Dragon – after he was hospitalized while serving military duty have escalated into a full-blown controversy. Dispatch, an online publication known for its focus on celebrities, reported that G-Dragon had been hospitalized in [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — G-Dragon, leader of the K-pop boy band BIGBANG, became the subject of a big controversy Monday over using a one-bed room at a local hospital where he has been hospitalized for treating his ankle while in the military. Earlier in the day, an online media company reported that the [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Daesung of the K-pop group BIGBANG will begin his mandatory military service next week, his agency said Monday. “Daesung will be admitted into an Army basic training camp next Tuesday and undergo a five week training session,” YG Entertainment said. He will be assigned to an Army unit, where [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop artist G-Dragon will start his mandatory military service Tuesday, his agency said. The leader and main songwriter of boy band BIGBANG will begin his five-week basic Army training session in Cheorwon, Gangwon Province, later in the day, according to YG Entertainment. He will later be assigned to an [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — G-Dragon, leader of K-pop group BIGBANG, will begin his military duty on Feb. 27, the group’s agency said. “G-Dragon recently received a notification for enlistment and thus will enlist in the Army as an active-duty soldier,” YG Entertainment said Wednesday. “He will quietly enter a boot camp without making [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Boy band BIGBANG’s Taeyang and his actress fiancee Min Hyo-rin will tie the knot in a church on Feb. 3, the singer’s agency said Thursday. YG Entertainment said the couple will have a wedding party at Paradise City hotel in Incheon after a private ceremony at the church they [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — BIGBANG’s G-Dragon finished a three-city Japanese tour, drawing in a total crowd of 260,000, according to his agency Thursday. The singer-rapper wrapped up the Japanese leg of his 29-city world tour Wednesday at the Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital, according to YG Entertainment. The combined audience at the [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A promotional event for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics will be held on the sidelines of the upcoming solo concert by Taeyang, a member of K-pop group BIGBANG, a national content promotion agency said on Thursday. The singer is set to throw a concert at Jamsil Arena in Seoul this [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — BIGBANG member Taeyang’s latest album rose to the top of Billboard’s World Albums chart, according to the music publication Wednesday. “White Night,” Taeyang’s third solo album, was ranked No. 1 on the chart, becoming the most sold international album in the United States for the week of Sept. 2, [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Rapper T.O.P of popular boy band BIGBANG was ordered by police on Monday to discontinue his duty as a conscripted policeman, an alternative to his mandatory military service, following his conviction for smoking marijuana. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said it held a disciplinary review committee and concluded that [...]