SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — YG Entertainment, the management agency that represents boy band BIGBANG, denied a media report Tuesday that member Seungri attempted to buy sexual services for foreign investors in his new business. “We asked him about the matter and want to confirm that the article is based on fabricated text messages [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — An employee at a nightclub affiliated with a famous K-pop singer has been detained in connection with suspected using and trafficking of drugs, police said Monday. A Seoul court approved the warrant Sunday to hold the suspect, whose identity is withheld, under custody, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said. [...]
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 [...]