SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — JYP Entertainment, one of South Korea’s largest entertainment agencies, has partnered with cable TV network Mnet in producing a new idol audition program, according to the company Monday. The show aimed at debuting a boy band will air from Oct. 17, JYP said. It will be the first [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — As much as K-pop is increasingly winning the hearts and minds of fans around the world, the scene also has had its fair share of criticism. One of the biggest gripes with K-pop has been the industry’s machine-like idol production system, which has, more often than not, involved scouting [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean boy band BigBang will hold a special concert to celebrate its 10th anniversary in August, the group’s agency said on Wednesday. The five-member hit K-pop group will stage “BigBang10 the Concert – 0.TO.10″ at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on Aug. 20, according to YG Entertainment. The [...]
NORTH CLARENDON, VT, Feb 09 (Korea Bizwire) – In 2012, Psy’s “Gangnam Style” music video hit YouTube and blew every other video out of the water, to the tune of 1.8 billion views and counting. This phenomenon took the global awareness of K-pop to a whole new level inspiring author Mark James Russell to write K-POP [...]