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BLACKPINK Renews Contract for Group Activities with YG

BLACKPINK Renews Contract for Group Activities with YG

SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has extended its contract for group activities with YG Entertainment, the company said Wednesday. “The board has completed a resolution about renewing the contracts with BLACKPINK’s four members,” YG said. Rose, Lisa, Jisoo and Jennie debuted as BLACKPINK in 2016. Their seven-year contracts with YG [...]

Big Three Korean Entertainment Agencies Win 13 Awards at iF Design Award

Big Three Korean Entertainment Agencies Win 13 Awards at iF Design Award

SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s big three entertainment agencies said Thursday they won a total of 13 prizes at the iF Design Award 2016 in Germany, one of the world’s three largest design awards events. S.M. Entertainment said three of its albums won prizes in the field of packaging design including boy [...]

K-pop’s Top Producer, Brave Brothers, Catches Eye of Billboard

K-pop’s Top Producer, Brave Brothers, Catches Eye of Billboard

Seoul, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Billboard is taking notice of song-writer Brave Brothers’ (Kang Dong-chul, 36) entrance into the American market. In an article posted on June 11, titled ‘YG & Krazie Bone Break International Borders With Brave Brothers Produced ‘Cash Money”, Billboard speaks highly of Brave Brothers as ‘one of the best K-pop producers’. They [...]

YG Entertainment Stock Hits 15% Daily Limit on News of Louis Vuitton Investment

YG Entertainment Stock Hits 15% Daily Limit on News of Louis Vuitton Investment

SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea’s big-three talent agencies–SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment, and JYP Entertainment–are competing hard in launching new idol groups. Of these, however, only YG Entertainment has seen its share price soar recently while others are languishing in the market. According to financial investment sources on August 13, the top-three entertainment agencies have debuted [...]

Billboard Praises Akdong Musician’s New Music Video “Give Love”

Billboard Praises Akdong Musician’s New Music Video “Give Love”

SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Billboard reviewed favorably the new music video of Akdong Musician “Give Love,” saying “another peppy, breezy track.” On May 5, Billboard introduced Akdong Musician’s third single “Give Love” and its music video. About the music video, Billboard said, “After a somber mini-film for second single ‘Melted,’ Akdong Musician released [...]