SEOUL, Jun. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Super Junior will return as a nine-piece group with its ninth EP in the second half of this year, the band’s agency said Monday. Nine of its 11 members — Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, Shindong, Siwon, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Ryeowook and Kyuhyun — will participate in the album’s production, according to [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Three rising K-pop stars and their agencies have recently gotten into trouble following revelations that the stars bullied classmates in their school years. They are Yoo Young-hyun, member of the popular indie band Jannabi, singer Hyolyn from the now-disbanded girl group Sistar and Yoon Seo-bin, once the front-runner of [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean celebrity Goo Ha-ra, a former member of popular K-pop girl group Kara, was admitted to a hospital on Sunday following an apparent suicide attempt, the police said. The 28-year-old was found by her manager lying unconscious at her home in Seoul’s Gangnam district in the small hours [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Yoon Ji-sung, a member of the disbanded boy band Wanna One, is set to begin his mandatory 21-month military service Tuesday, his management agency said. The 28-year-old will work as an active-duty soldier after finishing four weeks of basic military training, according to LM Entertainment. The singer announced on [...]
TOKYO, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — As K-pop band BTS’ latest hip hop song, “Dionysus,” hit the speakers at a small dance studio on a quiet backstreet of Shinjuku district in Tokyo one Saturday morning in May, a group of Japanese boys and girls swung their arms back and forth in sync with the music, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The government of Seoul said Thursday it has created a zone for handprints of K-pop stars, including BTS, at its main sports complex. The Music Star Zone, installed at Seoul Olympic Stadium, also known as Jamsil Olympic Stadium, features handprints of 35 musicians from 12 singers or groups who [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Chart-smashing K-pop girl band TWICE is gearing up for their first solo concerts in United States cities with the release of their new album, “Fancy You,” on Monday. The six-track album marks a major stylistic change for the five-year-old girl group, whose shining and cheering music and dance have [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean boy band sensation BTS’s new album, “Map of the Soul: Persona,” is sweeping across music charts in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan. The BTS fever is also hot on eBay, where K-pop related goods have recently seen a surge in popularity eBay Korea announced [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS is revitalizing the Korean music industry, recently stricken by the Burning Sun scandal, with a series of songs that have broken multiple records and the boy band’s strong intent to communicate with its fans. Members of the ARMY, the official BTS fan club worldwide, are also serving as [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean entertainment companies are expected to post solid profit growth this year despite fallouts caused by a scandal centered on a K-pop boy band member, a local market tracker said Thursday. According to forecasts by FnGuide Inc., the operating profits for the big three labels — SM Entertainment, [...]