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Ulala Session to set up its own agency

Jun 15, 2012

Ulala Session, the winner of the country’s hit TV talent show “Superstar K3,” decided to establish its own company to pursue its music, according to CJ E&M. According to the cable channel which prod...
Showing the real among the fake

Jun 12, 2012

Renowned singer and actor Lee Seung-gi, 25, has been known as a model student to the public. So, he thinks that being honest is most important. “Now it is easy to find out who is is fake, so I have ...
Jang Geun-suk tops Japan’s Oricon Chart

Jun 6, 2012

Jang Geun-suk set a new record of becoming the first foreign male solo singer to top Japan’s weekly Oricon Chart. His first album, “Just Crazy,” released in Japan on May 30, sold 88,000 copies in it...
Wonder Girls and Big Bang go head-to-head with new albums

Jun 5, 2012

Wonder Girls and Big Bang go head-to-head with new albums Top K-pop groups to dominate summer soundtracks Wonder Girls and Big Bang dominated the music charts after the release of their new albums ...
Wonder Girls and Big Bang go head-to-head with new albums

Jun 4, 2012

Top K-pop groups to dominate summer soundtracks Wonder Girls and Big Bang dominated the music charts after the release of their new albums on Sunday, proving their firm hold on the K-pop music scene...
Park Jin-young’s Monster Headphones launched

Jun 2, 2012

Park Jin-young Music mogul Park Jin-young celebrated the launch of his new Monster Diamond Tears headphones at a star-studded party at Hotel Ellui on Friday. Park, who sheads JYP Entertainment, sui...
Colombians take to stage in homeland of K-pop

May 31, 2012

Winners of Colombia’s first K-pop reality show take first step toward stardom The winners of the first K-pop audition show overseas had their wishes come true when they performed in the homeland of ...
K-pop stars take Silicon Valley by storm

May 24, 2012

TVXQ. (MBC) K-pop singers held a concert near Google’s headquarters in Mountain View in California earlier this week to celebrate a content-sharing deal between MBC and YouTube. The concert marked ...
Wonder Girls to make Japan debut in July

May 10, 2012

Wonder Girls (Wonder Girls website) K-pop group Wonder Girls will release their Japanese debut album “Nobody for Everybody” on July 25, Japan’s Oricon said Thursday. The Japanese version of their h...
Wonder Girls to make Japan debut in July

May 10, 2012

Wonder Girls (Yonhap Photo) K-pop group Wonder Girls will be hitting Japan with their album titled “Nobody for Everybody” on July 25, Oricon reported Thursday. The Japanese version of their hit son...
Ministry to investigate showbiz agencies

May 9, 2012

The Culture Ministry said on Wednesday it will conduct an investigation to root out criminal entertainment agencies as crimes against trainees becomes a growing concern. The government, in cooperati...
Kim Hyun-joong to kick off pop tour in Singapore

May 3, 2012

Kim Hyun-joong smiles during his four-day tour in Taipei last August. (AP-Yonhap News) SINGAPORE (AP) ― Korean entertainer Kim Hyun Joong is preparing to kick off his “2012 Asia Fan Meeting Tour’’ b...
New K-Arts Academy to feature traditional arts as hallyu

Apr 23, 2012

Lectures start to provide better understanding of Korean classics to content creators K-Arts Academy, supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, opened Monday as a part of the governm...
K-pop Cover Dance Festival kicks off preliminaries

Apr 23, 2012

Korea Year Committee announced the opening of the 2012 K-pop Cover Dance Festival. “Cover Dance” refers to emulating the choreography of popular K-pop groups. Those interested can participate by sub...
Lee Hyo-ri to write column for movie magazine

Apr 18, 2012

Lee Hyo-ri (The Korea Herald) After becoming an animal and environmental activist, Lee Hyo-ri is making another foray outside music ― writing columns for a movie magazine. Weekly film magazine CINE...