SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – BTS’ J-Hope will drop a new album and a documentary about street dance, the rapper-dancer’s music roots, BigHit Music said Monday. The special album, titled “Hope On the Street VOL.1,” containing six tracks, will be released on March 29. Along with the album, a new documentary of the same [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — From Korean abstract art master Yoo Young-kuk (1916-2002) to Seundja Rhee (1918-2009), one of the few female first-generation Korean abstract artists, the Korean Pavilion has a lot to offer at this year’s Venice Art Biennale. The 60th edition of the Biennale, one of the world’s largest and most influential [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — RM and V of K-pop supergroup BTS completed five weeks of boot camp training Tuesday, the Army said, after enlisting late last year to carry out their mandatory military service. The two members earned the rank of private after undergoing various training, including basic combat and chemical, biological and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The BTS docuseries “BTS Monument: Beyond the Star” will be released Wednesday on Disney+, BigHit Music said. The docuseries will show “an emotional ten year journey from before their start to beyond their solo projects and ahead to their anticipated reunion in 2025,” according to the streaming platform. The [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – HYBE, the agency representing popular K-pop groups BTS and Seventeen, has announced impressive results with its global tour sales reaching approximately 250 billion won for the year. Billboard’s recent “The Year In Touring 2023″ report provided comprehensive year-end statistics covering worldwide tours from November 1 of last year to September [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — RM and V of K-pop supergroup BTS will begin their mandatory military service Monday. When two more members — Jimin and Jungkook — enlist Tuesday, all seven members of the band will be carrying out their military duty. Three older band members are already in service, with Jin, the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS’ V and BLACKPINK’s Jennie, who were rumored to have been dating, recently broke up, music industry sources said Wednesday. The two K-pop stars have been caught up in rumors that they are in a romantic relationship after an online post claimed they spent time together on South Korea’s [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The agency of K-pop megastar BTS on Tuesday asked fans to refrain from visiting boot camps to see off their favorite stars as the last four members of the group are set to join the Army as active-duty soldiers early next week. Last week, industry sources said RM and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS’ RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook are taking steps to begin their mandatory military service, the group’s agency said Wednesday, following in the footsteps of their three bandmates who are already serving their duties. “We announce that RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook have begun taking the steps necessary to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Global K-pop star Jungkook has held a concert for devoted fans at a gymnasium in Seoul. During the “fan showcase” event at Jangchung Arena on Monday, the member of K-pop superband BTS, passionately sang all the tracks off his first solo album, “Golden,” in front of some 2,800 fans. [...]