SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop world stars BTS will open a pop-up store in southern Seoul this month to entertain fans with artworks and fan merchandise, the band’s management agency said Thursday. The pop-up store, “House of BTS,” will open at a four-story building in Seoul’s posh district of Gangnam next Tuesday, according [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The wild global success of Korean boy band BTS is not a stand-alone case but has opened the door for many more K-pop music acts to make inroads into the American music market, a high-profile U.S. music executive said Tuesday. “BTS is a great success story. But BTS broke [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — RM, the leader of the popular boy band BTS, has donated 100 million won (US$83,745) to help students with hearing impairments, a Seoul school said Friday. The BTS leader made the donation earlier this week in celebration of his birthday, Sept. 12, in a bid to help students receive [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The management agency of boy band BTS refuted a dating rumor involving the band’s youngest member, Jungkook, on Tuesday. The rumor originated from CCTV footage of a couple on the resort island of Geoje, which was circulated online. The image shows a man hugging a woman from behind in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Bringing its first official vacation to an end, boy band BTS on Monday resumed its global music career by traveling away from its home country. “Wrapping up its extended vacation, BTS departed overseas this morning for an engagement abroad,” Big Hit Entertainment said. The management agency did not disclose [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — While fans across the globe are glued to every move the seven members of K-pop boy band BTS make, the septet has often drawn inspiration from Korea’s traditional cultural heritage, promoting it through its worldwide music career. BTS has often appeared in hanbok, traditional Korean dress, or hanbok-inspired stage [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2018 Melon Awards, held in December last year, were a K-Pop festival with a hue of South Korean tradition, when Jimin, a member of the famous boy band BTS, performed a fan dance wearing a beautifully designed hanbok, a traditional Korean garment. Other BTS members, J-Hope and Jungkook, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The music label of boy band BTS said Wednesday it will throw a global audition this year to launch a K-pop girl group around 2021. “In cooperation with Source Music, Big Hit is set to host the ‘Plus Global Audition’ to recruit members for a new girl group with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — In celebration of the 25th birthday of RM, the leader of the popular boy band BTS, his fans created a forest in his name at a public park along the Han River in Seoul, an environmental group said Tuesday. Some 250 fans gathered around the landmark clock tower on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Having enthralled some 210,000 fans with the Japanese edition in July of its “Love Yourself: Speak Yourself” world tour, K-pop super band BTS returned home to a hero’s welcome for its feat of bringing the peoples of South Korea and Japan together despite the countries’ deteriorating diplomatic ties. When [...]