SEOUL, Mar. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – TVXQ, a leader in the Asianwide fever of K-pop music, will return with a new album this month, the group’s management agency said Friday. S.M. Entertainment said the duo’s eighth full-length album will hit record stores on March 28. The two members put out their solo pieces through SM [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – NCT, S.M. Entertainment’s international boy band project, said Wednesday they want to expand their following beyond their dedicated fan base with their latest album, “NCT 2018 Empathy.” NCT, an acronym for “Neo Culture Technology,” is S.M. Entertainment’s idol band project housing multiple groups under the single NCT brand. Currently, three Korean bands – NCT U, NCT 127 and NCT Dream — have [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Actor Joowon and singer-actress BoA have broken up after being in relationship for nearly one year, their agencies said Monday. “The company confirmed that Joowon and BoA have recently ended their relationship,” Hwai Brothers Korea, Joowon’s agency, said in a release. “But we do not know the details,” it [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Tiffany, Sooyoung and Seohyun of Girls’ Generation will quit their management agency S.M. Entertainment, sources in the local music scene said Monday. With the possible departure of the three members, it is unclear whether they will continue working with the idol group. “The three members decided to terminate their [...]
BRAZIL, Jul. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s iteration of a K-pop contest sponsored by the Korean Cultural Center Sao Paulo was held successfully last night at the Gazeta Theatre, attracting hundreds of K-pop fans and Korean culture enthusiasts. The annual K-pop contest saw over 16 teams that passed a video audition compete in the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Girls’ Generation, one of K-pop’s longest-running girl groups today, will release its sixth full-length studio album next month, its agency said Thursday. The record “Holiday Night” will be released on Aug. 7, S.M. Entertainment said. It will be the first new material since the team’s 2015 album “Lion Heart.” [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A collaboration between S.M. Entertainment and Hyundai Motor will see artists from one of the biggest South Korean entertainment companies hit the airwaves in a special mobile studio based on Hyundai’s Solati van. The project dubbed ‘Solati Moving Studio’ was revealed on Tuesday to some surprise, as the unexpected partnership [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop boy group Super Junior will return to the K-pop music scene in October with less members, its management agency said Monday. Originally consisted of 11, the restructured team will be made up of seven members — Leeteuk, Heechul, Shindong, Yesung, Eunhyuk, Donghae and Siwon — said Label SJ, [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyoyeon, member of South Korean idol group Girls’ Generation, plans to release her second solo track next month, her agency said Thursday. Hyoyeon will put out the digital single “Wannabe” next Thursday via major streaming services, including Melon, Genie and Naver Music, S.M. Entertainment said. “Wannabe” is a pop [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean entertainment giant S.M. Entertainment said Tuesday it has launched a fresh legal fight against three Chinese EXO members who left the group and breached their contract. “We recently filed 14 cases with local Chinese courts against Kris, Luhan and Tao for leaving their team without approval and [...]