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G-Dragon launches collaboration brand

Sept 24, 2012

G-Dragon. (YG Entertainment) Idol group Big Bang’s leader, G-Dragon, participated in “My BOON, AMBUSH X G-Dragon Collaboration Launching Celebration Party” at the store opening of My BOON, Cheongdam...
‘Modern Family’ and ‘Homeland’ win big at Emmys

Sept 24, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― The terrorism thriller “Homeland’’ and “Modern Family’’ were the top winners at Sunday’s Emmy Awards in a ceremony that veered between daring and predictability in honors and Jimmy...
Homer Simpson votes for Mitt Romney

Sept 24, 2012

Homer Simpson, the animated star of Matt Groening's "The Simpsons," voted for Mitt Romney in an online promotional clip for the show's new season. The ad for the new season, set to air Sept. 30, sho...
Wonder Girls’ Sun-ye denies wedding rumors

Sept 23, 2012

Rumors have surfaced about Wonder Girls’ leader Sun-ye’s supposed October wedding. “Woman Sense” magazine revealed this shocking announcement in their October issue claiming that Sun-ye was to marry ...
Arirang TV now shown in more than 100 million households

Sept 18, 2012

Arirang TV’s viewership has expanded to 103 million households from 188 countries, it reported last week. The government’s aim of promoting Korea through an international broadcaster proved successf...
Usher, Shakira to judge 'The Voice'

Sept 18, 2012

Shakira and Usher are to replace Christina Aguilera and CeeLo Green as mentors for Season 4 of the U.S. competition series "The Voice," NBC announced. Current "Voice" coaches Adam Levine and Blake S...
#MBC to make sequel to popular TV drama ‘Daejanggeum’

Sept 17, 2012

South Korea‘s second-largest TV network MBC said Monday it will make a sequel to its hit epic series “Daejanggeum,” which triggered the latest boom in the popularity of Korean culture in China and ot...
Park Si-hoo to shoot music drama

Sept 16, 2012

Actor Park Si-hoo will be shooting a 2 billion won ($1.8 million) music drama. Park will take on the leading role as a singer in music drama “Boy,” said Park’s management agency EGYAGI Entertainment...
Tiger JK and T to start anti-violence project

Sept 16, 2012

Rapper Tiger JK and singer T (Yoon Mi-rae) began a project to prevent violence and harassment in schools, their management agency Jungle Entertainment said on Friday. The two will work with visual ar...
KBS cable television cancels transgender show after protests

Sept 13, 2012

A scene from KBS Joy’s “XY That Girl.” (KBS Joy) A South Korean TV channel on Thursday said it had pulled the plug on a newly-launched talk show aimed at the transgender community, following strong ...
Kim Ki-duk slams film industry’s monopolistic culture

Sept 11, 2012

Film director Kim Ki-duk, who won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival with his gruesome morality tale “Pieta,” has criticized the Korean film industry for allowing only a limited number of succ...
Miranda Kerr meets Japanese fans

Sept 10, 2012

Model Miranda Kerr attends a event of Japanese fashion company "Samantha Thavasa" in Tokyo, Japan, on September 9, 2012. (UPI) Model Miranda Kerr attends a event of Japanese fashion company "Samanth...
Rihanna wins best MTV video; Psy makes appearance

Sept 7, 2012

Rihanna won the top prize of the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards for her “We Found Love” song on Thursday night in Los Angeles. British boy band One Direction was also in the spotlight, sweeping up thre...
Overseas Korean broadcasters’ convention kicks off

Sept 4, 2012

Dozens of overseas Koreans who work for broadcasting firms across the world gathered in their home country to discuss ways to cooperate further for global broadcasting, organizers said Tuesday. Host...
Baek Chung-gang to take break for health reasons

Sept 3, 2012

Baek Chung-gang, winner of MBC Star Audition Season One, will have to cancel his entire September schedule and perhaps further as well for health reasons, his management agency said via its official ...