SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — RM, leader of K-pop supergroup BTS, collaborated with American rapper Megan Thee Stallion on her new single. The 29-year-old Houston rapper announced on her Instagram account Sunday (U.S. time) that she is teaming up with the BTS star on “Neva Play” due out Friday. A promotional poster for the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy band BTS has achieved a new milestone in Japan, with its 2020 hit single “Dynamite” becoming the first song by a foreign artist to surpass 800 million streams, the group’s agency BigHit Music said Friday, citing data from Oricon, Japan’s leading chart operator. Until now, only [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The military manpower agency said Thursday it will strengthen legal compliance education for social service agents after BTS member Suga’s drunk-driving incident on an electric scooter earlier this week. On Tuesday night, the 31-year-old, who is currently serving his mandatory military service as a social agent, was booked and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Lisa of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has secured four nominations at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, one of the major music awards in the United States. According to a list of nominees announced by MTV VMAs on its homepage Tuesday (U.S. time), Lisa was nominated for Best K-pop, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Jimin of K-pop supergroup BTS has climbed back up the U.S. Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart with his latest single, “Who,” despite his absence due to military duty. According to the chart released Tuesday, “Who” ranked 12th, rising two spots from No. 14 the previous week when it debuted. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Jimin, a member of the popular K-pop group BTS, will release the English version of “Be Mine,” a track from his second solo album, “Muse,” on Friday, BigHit Music said Thursday. “Be Mine” is an Afrobeat song with a captivating sound and rhythm, featuring sensual lyrics that embrace natural [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Jimin, a member of the K-pop superband BTS, has claimed the No. 14 spot on the U.S. Billboard’s Hot 100 chart with his latest single, “Who.” Billboard announced the news in a preview of this week’s chart, shared on the social media X on Monday (U.S. time). This marks [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Stray Kids has claimed its fifth No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart with its latest EP, “Ate.” The eight-track album debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart for this week with 232,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States, Billboard said in a [...]
GANGNEUNG, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The coastal city of Gangneung, located in South Korea’s Gangwon Province, has experienced a significant increase in foreign individual tourists, according to recent data. A joint initiative by the Gangwon Provincial Government and the city of Gangneung, which offers a specialized taxi service for foreign tourists, reported a 144% year-on-year [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Jimin of K-pop supergroup BTS will release a new solo album Friday while serving in the South Korean military. The new EP, “Muse,” is scheduled to be out at 1 p.m., marking the singer’s first release in about one year and four months since his debut solo album, “Face,” [...]