SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop singer BoA has been quizzed over allegations of smuggling in psychotropic drugs, sources said Thursday. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office called in the 34-year-old singer on Wednesday for questioning over suspicions of trying to bring in drugs, including Zolpidem, a prescription drug that induces sleep, from Japan [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of music albums and videos soared to a new high this year thanks to the global popularity of BTS, BLACKPINK and other K-pop groups, government data showed Thursday. Overseas shipments of albums and related products came to US$170 million in the first 11 months of the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A YouTube posting that recreated South Korea’s traditional dance “Taepyeongmu” as an augmented reality (AR) video is enjoying rising popularity. The Taepyeongmu AR, a video created by South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. and the Cultural Heritage Administration, surpassed the 1.1 million view mark on YouTube on [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE ranked No. 72 on the Billboard main albums chart this week, renewing its highest record on the U.S. music publisher’s ranking. “Eyes Wide Open,” the group’s second full-length album, took 72nd place on the Billboard 200 chart refreshed Tuesday (U.S. time), seven weeks after its [...]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop megastar BTS has been named the Time magazine “entertainer of the year,” the U.S. weekly said Thursday. BTS “isn’t just the biggest K-pop act on the charts. They’ve become the biggest band in the world — full stop,” the influential magazine said in a Twitter post. “Between releasing multiple [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Random cluster infections are breaking out across the country and the South Korean music industry is no exception from the new coronavirus. In most cases, infections have escalated into bigger cases involving consecutive screening tests, as music programs and events often feature multiple artists and a big production staff. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS, one of the world’s most popular pop groups, has become the first all-South Korean act to make it into the top 10 on Billboard’s Radio Songs chart. The group’s hit single “Dynamite” moved up a spot to rank No. 10 on the chart measuring radio airplay in the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Singer Chungha has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, her agency said Monday, as a huge wave of mass infections has been penetrating the K-pop industry. “After being aware that she has come into contact with a COVID-19 patient, Chungha got tested and received the positive result Monday,” MNH [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — After winning trophies at major music awards around the world, BTS picked up the top prizes at the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA), the biggest year-end music awards show in the K-pop industry, held late Sunday. The seven-piece group took home all four of the grand prizes — Artist [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — After a record-breaking 2020, BTS has ranked No. 1 on the Billboard’s year-end Top Artists Duo/Group chart for the first time in its career, the U.S. music publication reported. “BTS is the first non-U.S act to be the year’s top duo/group since British/Irish boy band One Direction led in [...]