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January 23, 2019 Music

[K-talk] Tablo of hip-hop group Epik High announces new release

Tablo of Epik High made a surprise announcement of an upcoming album via a Twitter post. On Tuesday evening, Tablo congratulated singer Lee So-ra for her success on the music charts with single “Son...

Moon Jae-in makes Foreign Policy’s list of 100 global thinkers for two consecutive years

President Moon Jae-in has been named in Foreign Policy’s list of Top 100 Global Thinkers for the second year running. The 100 nominees were split into 10 groups, with Moon grouped under readers’ cho...

January 23, 2019
Politics
[K-talk] Twice’s first Japanese dome tour to draw 210,000

Twice has scheduled an additional show for its upcoming Japanese dome tour due to high demand, making it a three-city, five-show event, with a total audience size of 210,000. Representing the girl g...

January 23, 2019
Music
Ex-Unification Ministry official sentenced to prison for leaking N. Korean defector information

A former Unification Ministry official who leaked personal information about North Korean defectors living in South Korea was sentenced to six months in prison, two years of probation and a 15 millio...

January 22, 2019
North Korea
[K-talk] Roh Tae-hyun of Hotshot unveils tracklist for solo EP ‘biRTHday’

Roh Tae-hyun of boy band Hotshot has unveiled the tracklist for his solo debut extended play, “biRTHday.” Representing the artist, Star Crew Entertainment released the list on its official social me...

January 22, 2019
Music
[K-talk] JYP Publishing seeks songwriting talent

JYP Publishing, a music publisher under JYP Entertainment, is searching for new songwriters via auditions. The entry requirement for the auditions includes a sample track for one of three JYP Entert...

January 22, 2019
Music
[K-talk] Black Pink wraps up Jakarta concerts, sets out for Hong Kong

Black Pink held a two-day concert in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday and Sunday as part of the band’s ongoing international concert tour. The quartet entertained fans throughout each two-hour show wi...

January 21, 2019
Music
[K-talk] JYP Entertainment teases debut of new girl group ITZY

A brand new girl group called ITZY is debuting under JYP Entertainment, the first to do so since Twice made its debut in October 2015. JYP Entertainment released a teaser video titled “Prologue Film...

January 21, 2019
Music
[K-talk] Seventeen to drop winter EP ‘You Made My Dawn’ Monday

Seventeen is releasing a new album this week, the first since its summer extended play “You Make My Day” in July. The 13-member group’s upcoming winter album “You Made My Dawn,” slated for release M...

January 20, 2019
Music
Trump names Korean-American woman as USAID assistant administrator

The US President Donald Trump has named Mina Chang, a 32-year-old Korean-American who heads an international relief organization, as the assistant administrator of the United States Agency for Intern...

January 17, 2019
International
Vietnamese sailor found dead after S. Korean fishing boat fire, 1 still missing

A Vietnamese sailor was found dead by the local coast guard in a bathroom at the stern of a South Korean fishing boat that caught fire. The 23-year-old went missing on Thursday morning, along with a...

January 17, 2019
Social affairs
[K-talk] Winner kicks off North American tour in Seattle

Winner made its first North American tour stop, “Winner Everywhere Tour in Seattle,” at the city’s 2,807-capacity Paramount Theater on Tuesday. This year marks Winner’s launch in the North American ...

January 17, 2019
Music
[K-talk] Sunmi’s first world tour ‘Warning’ to premiere in Seoul

Sunmi is embarking on her first concert tour as a solo artist. Representing the singer, Make Us Entertainment released the list of stops and dates of the tour dubbed “Warning.” (Make Us Entertainme...

January 17, 2019
Music
[K-talk] Monsta X makes Billboard’s list of top 10 most anticipated K-pop releases of 2019

Monsta X’s upcoming album was included in Billboard’s list of top 10 most anticipated K-pop albums of 2019, with Billboard introducing the group as having held “(its) biggest U.S. shows to date (in 2...

January 16, 2019
Music
[K-talk] BTS’ ‘Love Yourself’ concert documentary to hit cinemas Jan. 26 as one-day event

BTS’ 2018 “Love Yourself” world tour will be screened at 3,800 cinemas in 95 countries for just one day on Jan. 26. The film documents the August premiere of the ongoing 20-city world tour in Seoul. ...

January 16, 2019
Music

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