SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A BTS pop-up store will be reaching the ARMY (BTS fans) in Mexico next week. Big Hit Entertainment, the agency managing global K-pop sensation BTS, announced that House of BTS in Mexico City will open at Plaza Carso, a shopping mall in Mexico City, from December 13 until January [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS picked up nine prizes at this year’s Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) in the Japanese city of Nagoya on Wednesday, monopolizing the biggest Asian music awards event. The septet took home the top three prizes at the 2019 MAMA — Album of the Year, Artist of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Customs officials in Incheon, west of Seoul, said Wednesday they have cracked down on huge amounts of imitation goods that infringe on the trademark rights of BTS, a globally popular South Korean boy band. According to Incheon Main Customs, about 15,000 fakes of BTS’ BT21 character products originating from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS will heat up year-end festivities with a series of high-profile performances in its home country of South Korea and outside. With the 2019 Melon Music Awards scheduled for Saturday at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, BTS will begin its run of performances throughout December, providing an [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS picked up three American Music Awards (AMAs) on Monday to mark the second consecutive year that the band has won honors at the mainstream U.S. award show. Early in the show, the septet was announced as the winner of Favorite Duo or Group – Pop/Rock in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Grammy Awards, one of the major American pop music award events, have become fodder for criticism after K-pop band BTS was shut out of the nominations for the 2020 Grammys. Many eyes had been on BTS’ possible nomination when the American Recording Academy announced the 2020 list of [...]
PARIS, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Globally acclaimed superstars BTS and other high-flying K-pop stars will not be exempted from mandatory military service under the government’s new guidelines on conscription waivers, the culture minister has said. Since early this year, a government task force has been working to revamp the guidelines to raise fairness in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Suits worn by South Korean boy band BTS at the 2019 Grammy Awards early this February will appear at an exhibition in the United States. Big Hit Entertainment, the agency of BTS, announced that the suits will be revealed to the public at the ‘On The Red Carpet Presented [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — With K-pop superband BTS wrapping up a 14-month world tour, ‘BTS marketing’ shows no signs of slowing. A new mask pack created jointly by local cosmetics company Mediheal and BTS, the Mediheal Teatree Care Solution Essential Mask EX. BTS Edition, sold out just 8 minutes after its release. Top [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The phenomenally successful one-year concert journey by K-pop band BTS proved to be an emphatic yes to years of lingering questions over whether K-pop could crack the mainstream of American pop culture and beyond. With a finale concert in Seoul on Tuesday, the seven-member boy band brought its “Love [...]