SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Girl Group T-ara member Jiyeon has signed an exclusive contract with Chinese entertainment management agency Longzhen Cultural Development, the agency said Thursday. “The contract with Jiyeon was signed last month,” Longzhen said in a press release. “Longzhen will be in charge of managing Jiyeong’s activities in various fields including [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Girl group T-ara launched legal action to defend its right to the team name in a trademark dispute with its former management company, the group said Friday. T-ara has submitted to the Korea Intellectual Property Office an official document countering MBK Entertainment’s claim to the right to the group’s [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Veteran K-pop girl group T-ara might be banned from using its name as the group’s former management agency sought the exclusive right to use the name Monday. MBK Entertainment applied for the trademark rights to the name “T-ara” with the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Dec. 28, according to [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) - The South Korean girl group industry is undergoing a generational shift, with new girl groups expanding their presence in the K-pop power structure. Almost 20 years has passed since the debut of the “first generational” girl groups — SES of S.M. Entertainment, Babyvox of DR Music and Fin.K.L. of DSP Entertainment – in [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – T-ara released its new music video of the title track Sugar Free on its official Facebook and YouTube on September 10. The group shows club girl styles in the video. The girls’ first foray into the world of big room, a kind of electronic dance music genre which [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Jiyeon’s solo debut title “1MIN 1SEC” has become the talk of the town in China just after the release of its music video on May 20. In Yinyuetai, Chinese version of YouTube, her music video holds No. 1 rank since its release. The top rank for two consecutive weeks [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 18 (Korea Bizwire) – T-ara, the six-member girl group, has released a new album “Again” in the month of October in which so many other Korean groups came back with new albums. Their eighth album has two title songs, “Number Nine” and “I Know the Feeling.” In the teaser video of Number [...]