BTS member V visits Paris with Park Bo-gum and Lisa BTS member V has visited Paris in an apparent move to start his individual activities after the K-pop boyband announced a plan to take a collective break. According to industry sources Monday, V, or also known as Kim Tae-hyung, is on a trip to France...Read More
BTS exemptions from military duty? The culture minister proposed Wednesday that globally recognized male pop culture artists, like BTS, be allowed to substitute their mandatory military service for other alternative programs amid heated debate over whether the K-pop supergroup should be given military exemptions. “It’s time to create a system for incorporating popular culture-art figures...Read More
JENNIE of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK and G-DRAGON of boy group BIGBANG have reportedly been dating for over a year. On February 24, entertainment news outlet Dispatch released an exclusive report that JENNIE and G-DRAGON are currently in a romantic relationship. Source: SBS StarRead More
Public anger is intensifying over the alleged child abuse of an adopted 16-month-old girl that resulted in her death. Celebrities have joined the “#sorryjungin” campaign to mourn her death and raise awareness on the problem of child abuse. In the latest episode of the SBS investigative reporting TV show “Unanswered Questions,” aired on Jan. 2,...Read More
Korean ARMY of K-pop boy group BTS sent a protest truck to the group’s agency Big Hit Entertainment. On December 14, a couple of protest trucks were seen parked in front of Big Hit Entertainment headquarters located in Seoul. The trucks were sent by BTS’ fans, known as ARMY, to express their strong demands for...Read More
K-pop girl band Momoland’s member Nancy canceled her performance on MBC’s music show “Show! Music Core” Saturday after taking a coronavirus test. The group’s agency MLD Entertainment said in a statement that the singer had been tested for COVID-19 after she learned she had possibly come in contact with a patient. But on Sunday, the...Read More
All five members of K-pop boy group TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT) have undergone COVID-19 tests. On November 25, TXT’s management agency Big Hit Entertainment announced that TXT members have undergone individual COVID-19 tests, and are currently awaiting their results. arlier today, EBS stated that a staff member from the set of the live children’s program...Read More
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s prison sentences for Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon, two South Korean singers convicted of rape and other crimes. In May, Jung, a disgraced singer and TV personality, and Choi, a former member of boy band FT Island, were sentenced to five years and 2 1/2 years,...Read More
You would be hard-pressed to find a bigger male solo K-pop star than Jung Ji-hoon, aka Rain, from the better part of the 2000s. Rain was then lauded by the South Korean media as the country’s one and only “world star,” coming up with hits such as the album “It’s Raining,” which sold over 1...Read More
Streaming giant Netflix is teaming up with Yeon Sang-ho, the director of the hit horror film “Train to Busan,” for a new original series. The company announced the project Thursday, which will be titled “The Hell.” The thriller series, based on the webcomic of the same name, will revolve around a group of people who...Read More
