SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop powerhouse JYP Entertainment has donated 300 million won (US$202,300) to World Vision to support emergency relief efforts and child medical treatment in Myanmar, which was hit by a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake last month. JYP said Wednesday the donation will be used to provide emergency food, daily necessities [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Park Jin-young, a singer and chief producer of JYP Entertainment, will drop a new digital single titled “Changed Man” on Nov. 20, his agency said Friday. “Changed Man” will be his first release in about a year after “Groove Back” released a year ago. He collaborated with veteran singer-dancer [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — All members of TWICE have renewed their contracts with JYP Entertainment, breaking the so-called “seven-year curse,” a crisis experienced by many K-pop idol groups around the seventh year of their debut. “We renewed contracts with all members ahead of the expiration of TWICE’s contracts this autumn,” the agency said [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Nmixx, a new girl group from JYP Entertainment, will debut this month, the K-pop agency said Thursday. The seven-member group will debut on Feb. 22 with its first single “Ad Mare,” which translates as “toward the sea” in English, the agency said on social media. Its seven members are [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop powerhouse JYP Entertainment on Monday revealed its much-anticipated first boy group in six years since the debut of Day6 in September 2015. Xdinary Heroes landed in the highly competitive K-pop music scene, dropping its debut digital single titled “Happy Death Day.” During a media showcase for the upcoming [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – JYP Entertainment, the K-pop agency-label that represents acts like TWICE, Itzy and Stray Kids, said Tuesday it has opened a pop-up store in Tokyo for fans there. The venue set up in the Ginza neighborhood of the Japanese capital opened Saturday and is set to run until Aug. 31, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — ITZY, a new girl group managed by JYP Entertainment, officially debuted on Tuesday with an aim to replicate the wild success of groups that came before it, such as Wonder Girls and TWICE, both from the same K-pop label. The five-member teenage group unveiled their debut digital single, “IT’z [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — JYP Entertainment, the home for top-rung girl band TWICE, beat its long-time rival SM Entertainment to emerge as the biggest entertainment firm by market capitalization for the first time in nearly two decades this week. Following steady growth since early this year, shares of JYP finished at 31,300 won [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Wooyoung of boy band 2PM enlisted in the Army for his mandatory military service Monday, his management agency said. The 29-year-old singer entered a boot camp in Yanggu, Gangwon Province, at 2 p.m. for five weeks of basic training before starting his military service as an active soldier. In [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop group TWICE aims to extend its nonstop winning streak by releasing its fifth EP album next month, its management agency said Monday. The nine-member idol band will drop “What is Love?” on April 9, JYP Entertainment announced. The company launched a comeback teaser promotion that will continue until [...]