South Korea’s health authorities said Thursday they will decide whether to extend a stricter social distancing scheme currently underway in the greater Seoul area this weekend amid a letup in new virus cases. The country began Sunday to restrict operations of restaurants, bakeries and franchise coffee chains, and suspend indoor sports facilities and cram schools...Read More
Typhoon Maysak, the season’s ninth typhoon, stormed through South Korea on Thursday, killing one and forcing more than 20 to flee their destroyed homes. The tropical storm was traveling northeast after arriving at the East Sea on 6:30 a.m., according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). Its maximum wind speed was 140 kph. Maysak...Read More
K-pop group BTS on Wednesday announced three more TV appearances in the United States and a plan to drop an additional music video for “Dynamite,” which stormed the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart by debuting at No. 1 this week. BTS will appear on the City Music Series on NBC’s “Today” show on Sept. 10...Read More
In a year where much of the world has been brought to standstill, BTS stands out. Unable to perform live and show off their electric choreography on some of the biggest stages across the world, they took a fresh approach: disco. Not only has it proved to be a success, their single Dynamite has broken...Read More
On September 2, singer Lee Hyori made a surprise announcement via her Instagram. She said, “Hello everyone. I just wanted to let you know that in more or less the next 3 days, I will stop using Instagram. It isn’t necessarily because of the recent issue (although that did influence this decision somewhat), but this...Read More
BTS was the first Korean singer to be ranked first on the Billboard main single chart ‘Hot 100’, and a petition for their military service exemption appeared. Military service exemption is not possible under the current law, but recently the ruling party of the government is pushing for the amendment of the Military Service Act,...Read More
BTS unveiled the stage of the new song ‘Dynamite’ for the first time. BTS appeared in the ‘2020 MTV Video Music Awards’ (VMA), which was broadcast live on the morning of the 31st (Korean time). BTS wore a suit costume and stood on the stage. The members showed a splendid performance to the cheerful disco...Read More
BTS’ new single ‘Dynamite’ has gone to Number 1 on the UK’s biggest chart show this Sunday. BTS has claimed their first ever UK Number 1 with new single ‘Dynamite’. They’ve climbed to the top of The Official Big Top 40 this Sunday. It’s officially the UK’s biggest chart show and counts down the biggest...Read More
Group BTS won Two awards at the ‘2020 MTV Video Music Awards’ (VMA). BTS will make their first appearance at the ‘2020 MTV Video Music Awards (VMA)’ held today(31st). And They won trophies at ‘BEST GROUP’ and ‘BEST K-POP’ categories. They were nominated for a total of 4 categories at this awards ceremony:’BEST POP’,’BEST...Read More
The Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Office and Jeju City Hall were partly closed Sunday after visits by a COVID-19 patient, city officials said. The patient, a door-to-door cosmetic salesperson, was found to have visited the province office on Monday and the city hall on Tuesday and Thursday, last week, according to the officials. In...Read More
