SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — G-Dragon became the first South Korean celebrity to sign a corporate endorsement deal with a Chinese company following Beijing’s virtual ban on “hallyu,” or South Korean pop culture, since 2016, the singer’s agency said Monday. The singer-rapper of K-pop act BIGBANG recently signed a deal with Chinese bottled water [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BIGBANG has renewed its contract with the current agency, YG Entertainment, ahead of the band’s new music release planned for this year, YG said Wednesday. “The BIGBANG members, G-Dragon, Taeyang, T.O.P and Daesung, signed an exclusive contract with YG,” the management said in a press release. [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Seungri, a scandal-ridden former member of K-pop boy band BIGBANG, joined the Army on Monday to fulfill his mandatory military service duty. The celebrity, disgraced by illegal gambling and other misconduct charges, entered an Army recruit training center in Cherwon, a border town about 90 kilometers northeast of Seoul [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Seungri, a former member of K-pop boy band BIGBANG, will join the Army next week to fulfill his mandatory military service duty, military sources said Thursday. The scandal-ridden celebrity will join an Army boot camp in the central border town of Cherwon on Monday, the sources said. All able-bodied [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Seungri, the disgraced former member of K-pop boy band BIGBANG, has been indicted for allegedly gambling overseas and procuring prostitutes for investors. The scandal-ridden celebrity was indicted Thursday, without detention, on charges of overseas gambling and breaching the foreign exchange transaction act, as well as the act on the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular K-pop band BIGBANG will make a much-awaited comeback to the stage at a U.S. music festival this spring after its members completed their military duties, the group’s agency said Friday. The act was invited to this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, in April, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — G-Dragon and T.O.P of South Korean boy band BIGBANG have joined an American art magazine’s list of emerging art collectors. The highly popular K-pop stars were part of ARTnews’ list of “50 Art Collectors to Watch” posted on the magazine’s website on Dec. 13. “Looking to the future of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — With all of its members returning to public life over the weekend, popular K-pop band BIGBANG is set to make a comeback, but the future of the group remains unclear due to an ongoing corruption scandal. As a well-known fashion icon across Asia, band leader G-Dragon, who was discharged [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — G-Dragon, the leader of K-pop boy band BIGBANG, was discharged from the military Saturday, bracing himself for a return to show business. Meeting with media and fans in front of the Ground Operations Command in Yongin, south of Seoul, G-Dragon, whose real name is Kwon Ji-yong, thanked his fans [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul police questioned Seungri, a former member of the K-pop boy band BIGBANG, Wednesday over allegations of illegal overseas gambling. The disgraced singer returned home at around 10:20 p.m. after nearly 12 1/2 hours of interrogation at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. He was booked earlier this month over [...]