Jeongyeon, a member of popular South Korean girl group TWICE, will not take part in promotional activities for their upcoming second album due to anxiety issues, her agency said Saturday. The JYP Entertainment made the announcement on the official TWICE fanclub community site, saying that her absence will be temporary. “Jeongyeon is very anxious and...Read More
The government is working on a plan to allow pop culture celebrities credited for contributing to improving the country’s image to postpone their mandatory military service, the military recruitment agency said Tuesday. The plan came amid talk of whether K-pop boy band BTS members should be given such favors as an exemption from or postponement...Read More
K-pop superstar groups BTS and BLACKPINK have topped the major charts of the U.S.-based music media company Billboard. The boy band’s remix of its collaborative song “Savage Love” topped the main U.S. chart Billboard Hot 100, the group’s second No. 1 on that chart after “Dynamite,” which was second this week. Billboard on Oct. 12...Read More
K-pop boy band BTS won the Top Social Artist award at this year’s Billboard Music Awards (BBMA), their fourth consecutive victory in the category. At the award event held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles without spectators on Wednesday (U.S. time), the septet beat Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande, as well as fellow K-pop...Read More
K-pop superstar BTS became the first-ever musical act in history to top Billboard’s Social 50 chart for 200 weeks in a row this week. Billboard said Tuesday (U.S. time) that BTS ranked No. 1 on this week’s Social 50 chart, reigning the chart for the longest ever streak by any musician. The Social 50 chart,...Read More
The group BTS has continued to make record-breaking moves on other charts, following the simultaneous top and second wins on the U.S. Billboard’s “Hot 100” chart. According to the latest chart released by Billboard, a U.S. music media outlet, on the 13th (Oct. 17), the remix version of Jason Derulo’s “Savage Love” topped the list...Read More
Fans of K-pop superstar BTS on Tuesday voiced frustration over the social media storm in China that has erupted over member RM’s recent remarks honoring those sacrificed during the Korean War. In an Oct. 7 ceremony hosted by the U.S.-based nonprofit organization The Korea Society, RM, who spoke on behalf of the group that received...Read More
Perhaps “Bang Bang Con: The Live,” the first virtual concert from global sensation BTS livestreamed in June, was only a prelude to the band’s second online gig “Map of the Soul: ON:E.” Eight times the scale of the June event, with an additional two massive stages, complete with up-to-date technologies like augmented reality and extended...Read More
Airline traffic in South Korea and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region will remain well below 2019 levels next year due to the coronavirus’s impact on the airline industry, according to a global ratings agency Saturday. The pace of the recovery will depend on each market’s relative success in bringing the COVID-19 pandemic under control...Read More
South Korean boy group BTS topped two of Billboard’s main charts with its new single “Dynamite” this week, Billboard said Tuesday. “Dynamite” returned to the top spot on Billboard’s main singles chart, the Hot 100, after spending two seeks at No. 2. The song had spent two weeks at the top of the singles chart...Read More
