Ten would-be pattissiers to pit their confections against each other

Original Big Bang member returns Tuesday with new solo album featuring artists from Blackpink, BTS

South Korean director Kim Tae-gon's "Project Silence" has been officially invited to this year's Cannes Film Festival. The festival on Monday announced that the Korean horror "Project Silence" will be shown at the Midnight Screening section as it released a raft of new additions to the Official Selection of its 76th edition on its homepage. Starring Lee Sun-kyun and Ju Ji-hoon, the flick tells ...

“'The Cherry Orchard’ is a work in which the downfall and rise of human beings coexist. We focused on the character of Ranevsky in depth, aiming to depict the multidimensionality of the character, who has often been portrayed as indulging in luxury and pleasure,” said director Kim via NTCK. Ticket reservations can be made through NTCK’s official website and Interpark, a ticketing website. Engli...

SHINee will celebrate its 15th anniversary of debut with a fan meeting in Seoul on May 27, said label SM Entertainment on Monday. It will be over 4 1/2 years since the veteran idol band greets its fans in person. The band debuted in May 2008 with single “Replay” and its last full-group album “Atlantis,” a reissue of its seventh studio album “Don’t Call Me,” came out in April 2021. The LP landed...

Boy band's 10th EP "FML" racks up record-breaking 4.64 million sales in preorders

The sci-fi project drummed up much interest as it was renowned filmmaker Lee Joon-ik’s first drama series. He directed the hit period films “The King and the Clown” (2005), “The Throne” (2015), “Anarchist from Colony” (2017) and “The Book of Fish” (2021). “Yonder” was announced as the first joint production of Korean content between Tving, the South Korean online streaming service provider run b...

Lil Moshpit and Fleeky Bang challenge themselves to different music styles

The show incorporated a contemporary mix of theater, band music and folk music, creating a multifaceted experience. There were play-like scenes where pansori singer Kim So-jin and actor Baek Jong-seng took on the roles of Gavroche and Marius, respectively. Meanwhile, a three-person band hidden behind an opaque curtain, playing the role of Marius’ friends, performed contemporary band music, adding...

BTS' Suga has taken over the Japanese music charts with his latest solo album "D-Day." Dropped under his alias Agust D, "D-Day" and its tracks landed in the top tiers of Japan's Oricon charts. The album soared to No. 1 of Oricon's daily album ranking after its release on Friday, with over 110,000 copies sold inside Japan on its first day. The album's title track, "Haegeum," landed at No. 3 on ...

Superstar Suga of boy group BTS has recorded the biggest first-day sales as a K-pop soloist with his official debut solo album, "D-Day," according to sources in the music industry Saturday. The sources said the album sold over 1,070,000 copies in the first day following its release under Suga's other stage name, Agust D, on Friday, citing data from Hanteo Chart, a local album sales tracker. The...

A boy band named ZERObaseONE will debut this year with nine members who were chosen through the reality audition program “Boys Planet.” The final episode of the Mnet show aired on Thursday. Confirmation of the finalists and a video clip to announce the band’s name was uploaded on Friday. The rookie band will perform at KCON Japan 2023 on May 13-14. Zhang Hao, from China, was the final winner of...

BTS’ Suga finally dropped his first official solo album, “D-Day,” on Friday under his soloist name, Agust D. The full-length album comes seven years after Suga began his solo career with his first self-titled mixtape, “Agust D,” in August 2016. His second mixtape, “D-2” was unveiled in 2020, led by chart-topping single “Daechwita.” “D-Day” comprises 10 tracks, including lead track “Haegeum” al...

The band performed in London, Bristol and Leicester in the UK in 2017 and was also introduced in "Rocket Hour," pop star Elton John’s Apple Music radio program. Tickets will be offered free on site starting at 7:30 p.m. (US time) on July 19.

“Though the first season was released on both local streamer Tving and Netflix, we are still in talks over whether the upcoming series will be released through the same global streamer this year,” tvN official told The Korea Herald on Friday.