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BTS wins top prize at Golden Disc Awards for 3rd consecutive year

Jan 6, 2020

K-pop boy band BTS won the top prize in the album division at a prestigious annual music awards ceremony in South Korea on Sunday. BTS took home "Album of the Year" at the 34th Golden Disc Awards ce...
[Newsmaker] K-pop chart manipulation resurfaces after SBS investigative program

Jan 5, 2020

The K-pop chart manipulation issue has once again come into the spotlight, following an SBS investigative journalism show that aired Saturday. The episode about the controversial issue caused an imm...
BLACKPINK's 'Kill This Love' video tops 700m YouTube views

Jan 5, 2020

The music video of K-pop girl band BLACKPINK's "Kill This Love" has hit the milestone of 700 million YouTube views. The video, released in April, surpassed the 700 million threshold late Saturday ev...
Queen, Green Day, MIKA to have concerts in Korea this year

Jan 4, 2020

World-renowned bands and musicians will visit South Korea this year to hold concerts for longing enthusiasts here. British rock band Queen is the most anticipated foreign artist visiting Korea in 20...
Big Bang to make comeback at US music festival

Jan 3, 2020

Popular K-pop band Big Bang will make a much-awaited comeback to the stage at a US music festival this spring after its members completed their military duties, the group's agency said Friday. The a...
JYJ's Kim Jae-joong to tour six Asian cities

Jan 3, 2020

Singer Kim Jae-joong of JYJ will begin a six-city Asian tour later this month, his management agency said Friday. The three-month tour will kick off in Seoul on Jan. 18-19 at the Peace Hall of Kyung...
[Weekender] [Herald Interview] Pushing boundaries of traditional music

Jan 3, 2020

For some bands, music is all about breaking stodgy old rules and creating new ones. However, for Black String, a traditional Korean music band, the revolution may be on a bigger scale. It wants to es...
[Weekender] From tradition to innovation

Jan 3, 2020

Though gugak, traditional Korean music, is often considered an unchanging art form from the past, various gugak acts and institutions are working on revitalizing the genre to make it more relatable t...
Super Junior's Hee-chul, TWICE's Momo in romantic relationship

Jan 2, 2020

Kim Hee-chul of boy band Super Junior and girl group TWICE's Japanese member Momo are in a romantic relationship, the artists' management agencies confirmed Thursday. "After getting along as close c...
BTS perform at Times Square on New Year's eve

Jan 1, 2020

K-pop sensation BTS were the second South Korean pop artists to perform live in New York City's Times Square on New Year's eve, in a spectacle packed with crowds set for a countdown to the new year. ...
Return of long-forgotten singer Yang Joon-il brings middle-aged fans to music scene

Dec 31, 2019

Following a short-lived music career in the early 1990s, Yang Joon-il disappeared into obscurity, leaving many fans without a clue about the star. A JTBC TV show has recently brought the long-forgot...
Momoland returns as six-piece girl group with retro music

Dec 31, 2019

Momoland has dropped a new retro-inspired digital single as a six-member girl group, following the departure of three members. In a media showcase held in central Seoul on Monday, Momoland officiall...
2020 pays homage to Beethoven

Dec 31, 2019

As 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of Ludwig Van Beethoven’s birth, various recitals and concerts are taking place across the world in remembrance of the great musician from the 18th century. Korea...
From glory of BTS, ‘Parasite’ to untimely deaths; highs and lows of 2019

Dec 30, 2019

January 2020 will decide if “Parasite” becomes the first South Korean film ever to win at the Golden Globe Awards. The next month, a run at the Oscars will wrap up an impressive series of wins for di...
CJ ENM to compensate victims of audition show vote fixing

Dec 30, 2019

CJ ENM, the operator of K-pop-oriented music channel Mnet, on Monday issued an apology for the vote-fixing scandal of its high-profile idol competition show and vowed to financially compensate K-pop ...