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'Dynamite' becomes 6th BTS music video to hit 700m YouTube views

K-popDec 18, 2020

The music video of "Dynamite," K-pop superstar BTS' 2020 megahit song, has racked up 700 million views on YouTube, its agency said Friday. The video surpassed the mark at around 9:41 p.m. Thursday, ...
S. Korean box office plunges more than 80% on-year in Nov.

FilmDec 17, 2020

The number of South Korean moviegoers nose-dived more than 80 percent on-year in November as the third wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic hit the country, data showed Thursday. A total of 3.59 m...
Star K-drama director Lee Eung-bok brings ‘Sweet Home’ to life

TelevisionDec 16, 2020

Since the events take place in the apartment called “Green Home,” the set spanned 11,500 square meters and over 30 billion won ($27.5 million) was put into the series. “There are worries that there ...
TWICE ranks No. 72 on Billboard 200 with its latest full-length album

K-popDec 16, 2020

K-pop girl group TWICE ranked No. 72 on the Billboard main albums chart this week, renewing its highest record on the US music publisher's ranking. "Eyes Wide Open," the group's second full-length a...
BTS' 'Dynamite' makes top 5 on Billboard's Pop Songs radio chart

K-popDec 16, 2020

K-pop superstar BTS has hit the top five on a Billboard radio airplay chart for the first time with its mega-hit single "Dynamite." The band's first English-language song rose one notch to rank fift...
Celebrate New Year with Europe’s finest orchestras at local cinemas

MusicDec 15, 2020

Though the COVID-19 pandemic limits us from going to New Year celebration concerts, local cinema franchise Megabox will screen the recordings of the New Year celebration concerts by the Berlin Philha...
Will ‘Minari’ make it to Oscars?

FilmDec 15, 2020

Veteran actor Youn Yuh-jung and her movie “Minari,” directed by Lee Isaac Chung, appear set for smooth sailing to the 2021 Academy Awards. Local movie distributor Pan Cinema announced Monday that Yo...
SPO comes up with 4-month plan for 2021

MusicDec 14, 2020

Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra releases season programs from January to April, coping with pandemic times
Third wave of coronavirus sweeps stages

TheaterDec 14, 2020

At year-end peak season, performing arts scene braces for worst wave of virus
Dismissal of KNB’s ballet dancer caught in legal dispute

TheaterDec 14, 2020

The Korea National Ballet’s firing of a member earlier this year for traveling abroad during the home-quarantine period has come to the center of a legal dispute, as the state labor committee viewed ...
Box office sales expected to drop 73.3% in 2020: KOFIC

FilmDec 14, 2020

The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) said Monday that cinema ticket sales this year are expected to drop 73.3 percent on-year to 510 billion won ($467.54 million), influenced by the prolonged COVID-19 pan...
Korean movie industry stays quiet after filmmaker Kim Ki-duk’s death

FilmDec 13, 2020

The South Korean movie industry did not have much to say about director Kim Ki-duk’s death on Friday in Latvia from COVID-19 complications. None of the local movie associations released an official ...
Kim Sun-wook’s performances rescheduled for January

MusicDec 12, 2020

Kim, Chung Kyung-wha will go onstage in Seongnam on Dec. 20, leaving two-thirds of seats empty
Movie director Kim Ki-duk dies of coronavirus

FilmDec 11, 2020

South Korean movie director Kim Ki-duk died of complications from COVID-19 in Latvia on Friday. News reports from Russia said the director died in the hospital from complications associated with COV...
KNB cancels plans for ‘Nutcracker’

TheaterDec 11, 2020

The Korea National Ballet canceled its “The Nutcracker” show slated for the Christmas holidays, following the recent resurgence of COVID-19 infection cases here. The national ballet troupe announced...