SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Following BTS member Suga’s donation of 5 billion won (US$3.62 million) to help build a treatment center for children with autism, fans around the world have responded with an outpouring of support, hospital officials said Tuesday. Severance Hospital in Seoul announced that public donations for the planned Min Yoon-gi [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A court has sentenced Suga of K-pop superband BTS to a fine of 15 million won (US$11,469) on charges of driving an electric scooter under the influence of alcohol, sources said Monday. Late at night on Aug. 6, police officers found Suga trying to get up after falling off [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Investors in HYBE are voicing growing frustration and disappointment, a sentiment increasingly evident in recent discussions on online stock forums. The entertainment powerhouse behind global sensation BTS has seen its stock price nearly halve since peaking at 312,500 won in June last year, with recent scandals exacerbating the decline. HYBE’s [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The military manpower agency said Thursday it will strengthen legal compliance education for social service agents after BTS member Suga’s drunk-driving incident on an electric scooter earlier this week. On Tuesday night, the 31-year-old, who is currently serving his mandatory military service as a social agent, was booked and [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Suga, a member of K-pop megastar BTS, will bring the energy of his latest world tour to the big screen next month with the release of a film capturing the tour’s finale gig in Seoul. BigHit Music announced Wednesday that the film, “Suga | Agust D Tour ‘D-Day’ the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Suga, a member of the K-pop sensation BTS, on Friday began his mandatory military service as a social service agent. Suga, 30, is the third member of the septet to enlist in the military, following Jin in December 2022, and J-Hope in April this year. “I was able to [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Suga, a member of K-pop giant BTS, has arrived at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 main albums chart with his first full-length solo album, “D-Day.” He tied with his bandmate Jimin, who hit the same position with “Face” last month, as the highest-charting K-pop soloist. Billboard said Monday [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Suga of K-pop supergroup BTS has kicked off his first world tour as a solo artist in the United States, his agency said Thursday. The “Suga | Agust D-Day” tour, which started at UBS Arena in Belmont, New York, on Wednesday (U.S. time), will take him to nine cities [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Suga of K-pop juggernaut BTS released the music video for “Amygdala,” a track on his first official solo album, Tuesday, the group’s agency said. “Amygdala” is an almond-shaped part of the brain that is primarily involved in the processing of emotions and memories associated with fear. The rapper sings [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Suga, a member of K-pop superband BTS, has topped Japan’s Oricon Daily Album Ranking chart with his official solo debut album, “D-Day,” BigHit Music said Sunday. Since the album’s release Friday, it has sold more than 110,000 copies in Japan and soared to No. 1 on the Oricon Daily [...]