SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The music label of popular K-pop girl group TWICE will team up with YouTube to produce a premium original series featuring its ascent in the global music scene, the label said Tuesday. The special YouTube Original content, accessible to subscribers to YouTube’s Premium service, will follow the group’s four-year [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Two top-tier K-pop stars, Jihyo of girl band TWICE and solo artist Kang Daniel, confirmed Monday that they are in a romantic relationship. Early Monday, a news outlet released photos of the two stars on a date near Kang Daniel’s home in Hannam-dong in central Seoul. Within a few [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Mina, a Japanese member of K-pop girl band TWICE, will not be part of the band’s ongoing world tour from this week due to health issues, the band’s management agency said Thursday. “Mina is suddenly feeling extreme psychological tension and enormous anxieties about being on stage,” JYP Entertainment said [...]
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, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — ITZY, a new girl group managed by JYP Entertainment, officially debuted on Tuesday with an aim to replicate the wild success of groups that came before it, such as Wonder Girls and TWICE, both from the same K-pop label. The five-member teenage group unveiled their debut digital single, “IT’z [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A Japanese right-wing lawmaker has claimed that a member of K-pop girl group TWICE is engaged in anti-Japanese activities, citing her T-shirt as an example. The politician, Onodera Masaru of the Liberal Democratic Party, on Wednesday took issue with Dahyun’s wardrobe choice on his Twitter account. In the photo [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean girl band TWICE will be making an appearance on the immensely popular Japanese TV show Kohaku Uta Gassen for the second consecutive year. BTS, the boy band that topped the Billboard 200, was initially considered as another possible guest on the show, but was removed from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular K-pop girl group TWICE released its much-anticipated sixth EP, “Yes or Yes,” and its title track Monday. Will it be another success after the group’s nine straight hits, which range from debut single “OOH-AHH” to latest success “Dance The Night Away”? “We worked hard on this album because [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl band TWICE will hold a fan meet-and-greet event in Seoul later this month to celebrate the third anniversary of its debut, JYP entertainment said Friday. The event, “Once Halloween,” will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the outdoor stage of Yonsei University in Seoul on Oct. 28. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — JYP Entertainment, the home for top-rung girl band TWICE, beat its long-time rival SM Entertainment to emerge as the biggest entertainment firm by market capitalization for the first time in nearly two decades this week. Following steady growth since early this year, shares of JYP finished at 31,300 won [...]