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[Today’s K-pop] BTS nominated for 3 iHeartRadio awards

K-popApr 9, 2021

Taeil of NCT heightened expectations for the upcoming release of his collaborative work with Moon Sujin. Moon’s agency Million Market shared two teaser images for her single “The Moon” that show ...
TV Chosun’s ‘Taste of Wife’ wraps up, leaving a bad taste

TelevisionApr 9, 2021

The third season of TV Chosun reality show “Taste of Wife” will end earlier than planned, as actress Ham So-won and the show producers apologized Thursday for fabricating many elements of the show. ...
Video saved the K-pop stars: Brave Girls reborn via YouTube

K-popApr 9, 2021

GWACHEON (AFP) -- The Brave Girls were losing courage just weeks ago, on the verge of breaking up and abandoning their dreams of K-pop stardom after years of going nowhere. Then a pseudonymous YouTu...
[Box Office] Movies in theaters this week

FilmApr 9, 2021

Nobody (US) Opened April 7 Comedy Directed by Ilya Naishuller Hutch Mansell (Bob Odenkirk) is a seemingly ordinary man. Hutch does his best both at work and home, but he and his wife Becca (Conn...
[Today’s K-pop] EXO to release album to mark 9th anniversary

K-popApr 8, 2021

BAE173 held a showcase to announce the release of its second EP “Intersection: Trace” on Thursday. “We’ve been preparing for a long time,” said Lee Hangyeol, “We’re very nervous but I hope many f...
Boy band TXT to perform on Ellen DeGeneres show in latest global push

K-popApr 8, 2021

K-pop act Tomorrow X Together (TXT) is set to appear on the popular US show "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" as part of its latest global promotion drive, the group's agency said Thursday. The boy band wi...
'Fake Love' becomes 4th BTS video to top 900m views

K-popApr 8, 2021

The music video for the 2018 BTS hit "Fake Love" has earned 900 million views on YouTube, becoming the group's fourth song to reach the milestone, their agency said Thursday. "Fake Love," the main t...
[Today’s K-pop] Z.flat sings of himself with new single

K-popApr 7, 2021

NiziU set a record in Japan with its new song “Take A Picture,” as of Wednesday. According to the tally announced by Oricon, the song was streamed 12.51 million times in the first week of its rel...
Culture minister pledges support for pandemic-hit film industry

FilmApr 7, 2021

After watching Lee Joon-ik’s “Book of Fish” along with only a couple of other moviegoers at Dongdaemun Megabox in Seoul on Tuesday, Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Hwang Hee promised to support ...
‘DG violinist’ Kim Bomsori to hold solo recital in Korea

MusicApr 7, 2021

Upcoming recital in June celebrate release of her DG debut album ‘Violin on Stage’
Netflix removes 30-day free trial

TelevisionApr 7, 2021

Global online streaming service Netflix removed its 30-day free trial for new subscribers as of Wednesday in South Korea, one of the last countries to have the free trial period eliminated. “Startin...
New BTS song 'Film Out' tops Japan's Oricon weekly chart

K-popApr 7, 2021

A new Japanese single by global K-pop dynamite BTS has topped a weekly digital single chart in Japan, the band's agency said Wednesday. "Film Out" hit No. 1 on Oricon's weekly digital singles rankin...
Jeonju film fest looks at pandemic, female directors

FilmApr 6, 2021

10-day hybrid event to screen 186 films from 48 countries
[Today’s K-pop] Astro aims high with 2nd LP

K-popApr 6, 2021

Super M joined hands with Prudential Corporation Asia to launch a campaign to raise awareness for a better and healthier life. Under the catchphrase “We DO Well Together,” the idol group and the ...
[Newsmaker] Hybe, Ithaca Holdings ready for ‘quantum leap’

MusicApr 6, 2021

Amid the buzz caused by Hybe’s merger with Ithaca Holdings, key figures from the two companies expressed their excitement through a video released on YouTube Monday. Hybe, formerly known as Big Hit ...