SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop stars are often forced to leave the limelight in their prime to serve in the military. In South Korea, all able-bodied men are legally obligated to complete a military service term of around two years, as the country is technically still at war with North Korea. In the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop has gone through a lull in early 2018, with the PyeongChang Winter Games prompting a virtual industry-wide freeze on major new releases. iKON’s “Love Scenario” reigned over the charts for more than 40 days since late January with no clear contender in sight. But with the Olympics out [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 700,000 copies of K-pop boy band Wanna One’s new album have been pre-ordered, the group’s agency said Monday. YMC Entertainment said the pre-orders became available from Tuesday for the 11-strong act’s second EP, “0+1=1(I Promise You,” and that the number reached at 700,000 copies as of Friday. At 6 p.m. [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop boy band iKON will have concerts in four Japanese cities from August to December, its agency said Friday. YG Entertainment said the seven-member act will hold concerts in Fukuoka on August 25-26, Nagoya on Sept.4-5, Tokyo on Nov. 6-7 and Osaka on Dec. 22-23. Next Wednesday, the group [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – WJSN, the largest K-pop girl group, has come back with its first record in eight months, fronted by an energetic dance number that sings of the power of love. The 13-piece South Korean-Chinese group held a media showcase for its new EP album, “Dream Your Dream,” at Yes 24 Live Hall in eastern Seoul on Tuesday. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The K-pop boy band Wanna One will release a new album next month, its management agency said Tuesday. YMC Entertainment said the 11-member project group recently finished filming a music video for its new song and that the album will come out on March 19. The band posted teaser [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS has been on the Billboard 200 for the 18th consecutive week thanks to its latest EP “Love Yourself: Her.” The album, released in September, ranked No. 71 on Billboard’s main albums chart for this week, according to Billboard’s website Tuesday (U.S. time). It ranked first [...]
GANGNEUNG, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — An interesting phenomenon took place before the women’s 500-meter short track speed skating final Tuesday night at Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, just east of PyeongChang. The crowd in the arena, which was in a somewhat tense mood between matches, instantly began to stir when the video for Psy’s [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – CNBLUE frontman Jung Yong-hwa is set to enlist in the armed forces come March 5, according to an announcement made on January 26 by his talent agency FNC Entertainment. The surprisingly sudden decision to fulfil his national duty, after it was revealed that Jung was investigated by police for [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The video for Girls’ Generation’s hit single “Gee” surpassed 200 million views on YouTube on Monday. According to its agency S.M. Entertainment, the title track off the band’s first EP released in 2009 passed the threshold at about 12 a.m. The achievement came nearly five years after the video [...]