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Fans saddened by death of Spectrum’s rapper Kim Dong-yoon

Kim Dong-yoon, the main rapper of K-pop group Spectrum, died Friday, shocking his fans both at home and abroad. Fans were deeply saddened by the news. The 20-year-old had been active on social media...

Jul 29, 2018
Music
Actor Jang Keun-suk works at fire department as alternative military service

Actor Jang Keun-suk has been assigned to the Seoul Metropolitan Fire and Disaster Headquarters to fulfill his alternative military service, according to industry sources Friday. The actor, 31, start...

Jul 27, 2018
Film
Wanna One not quite over? Rumors swirl over contract extension

One of the hottest boy bands in K-pop today, Wanna One has an expiration date: Dec. 31, 2018. The project band comprises former trainees of different talent agencies here who won the opportunity to p...

Jul 27, 2018
Music
Lawmaker discusses military service exemption for BTS

Well-known lawmaker Ha Tae-kyung has criticized the current military exemption law, perhaps giving reason to hope to global megahit boy band BTS. All able-bodied men in Korea are conscripted in the ...

Jul 27, 2018
Music
Songs to return to small screen

(Yonhap) Following a break of about two years, newlywed couple Song Hye-kyo and Song Joong-ki will each star in their own TV dramas, in their respective returns to the small screen. Song Joong-ki c...

Jul 27, 2018
Television
Bob Dylan set for his 1st concert in Seoul in 8 years

American music icon and Nobel laureate for literature Bob Dylan will awe Korean fans in his first concert in Seoul in eight years, set to take place at a venue in the southern part of the capital on ...

Jul 27, 2018
Music
Violinist Clara-Jumi Kang displays wide-ranging virtuosity in Pyeongchang

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- The 2018 Pyeongchang Music Festival is a great chance to hear versatile violinist Clara-Jumi Kang. She will appear as a chamber music member on one occasion, as a co...

Jul 26, 2018
Music
‘My ID is Gangnam Beauty’ to be more than just lovey-dovey campus romance

JTBC’s upcoming drama “My ID is Gangnam Beauty” promises to be more than just a sweet campus romance tale. The Friday-Saturday drama, an adaptation of a well-known web comic of the same name, center...

Jul 26, 2018
Television
‘Bad Guys’ spinoff to start shooting in September

A spinoff movie of the popular TV series “Bad Guys” will start shooting in September, with its cast to include most of the actors from the original OCN drama. According to CJ Entertainment, “Bad Guy...

Jul 26, 2018
Film
[Box Office] Movies in theaters this week

Mission: Impossible - Fallout (US) Opened July 25 Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery Directed by Christopher McQuarrie “Mission: Impossible - Fallout” finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF te...

Jul 26, 2018
Film
Song Joong-ki to star in ‘Asadal Chronicles’

Song Joong-ki will finally return to the small screen with tvN’s upcoming blockbuster drama “Asadal Chronicles” (tentative title). The network on Thursday announced the main cast for the period-fant...

Jul 26, 2018
Television
More K-pop singers creating own video content

More Korean singers are creating their own video content online amid the rising popularity of YouTubers and internet broadcast jockeys. Comedians Kim Sook, Kang Yu-mi, Kim Ki-soo are among celebriti...

Jul 26, 2018
Music
‘Angelic’ Han Ji-min takes role of angry, ‘Familiar Wife’

Actress Han Ji-min, known for her lovely, angelic image, is to take on a completely different role this time -- an ordinary wife with anger management issues. In the upcoming tvN drama “Familiar Wif...

Jul 25, 2018
Television
Pyeongchang Music Festival kicks off, pianist Son Yeol-eum makes her debut as director

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- Pianist Son Yeol-eum, the new artistic director of the Pyeongchang Music Festival, appeared nervous but excited to see the very first concert she has devoted herself ...

Jul 25, 2018
Music
[Herald Review] ‘Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days’ tries too hard

Megahit sequel has elements of the original, humor and spectacle, but falls short on blending altogether There can be such a thing as too much “sinpa” in a movie. “Along with the Gods: The Two World...

Jul 25, 2018
Film

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