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November 14, 2018 Music

Brokerage issues positive outlook for JYP Entertainment

South Korean music label JYP Entertainment has seen a strong quarter on the strength of its veteran players and newcomer acts, along with steady overseas market expansion, a brokerage said Tuesday. ...

Ruling, opposition parties take stance on recent ‘T-shirt controversy’ surrounding BTS

South Korean political parties across the aisle voiced their stances on the latest pop culture controversy involving a boy band and a certain T-shirt. Japanese broadcaster Asahi on Thursday canceled...

November 11, 2018
Music
[Weather] Heavy fine dust to persist nationwide

A heavy fine dust concentration continues to envelop the Korean Peninsula on Sunday, with 5 to 20 millimeters of rain expected in the southern region at night. The average ultrafine dust level stand...

November 11, 2018
Social affairs
Stray Kids fight discrimination against big, dark-furred dogs

An animal rights organization in Seoul has teamed up with a boy band to increase awareness of prejudice against dark-furred dogs. Last Wednesday, Stray Kids were named honorary ambassadors for the “...

November 8, 2018
Music
BTS content circulating among N. Korean teens: Unification Minister

South Korean pop culture is spreading in North Korea amid a surge in mobile phone use, according to Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon. “BTS-related content is understood to be circulating among y...

November 8, 2018
Music
[Video] BTS on red carpet at 2018 MGA

BTS hit the red carpet at the 2018 MBC Plus x Genie Music Awards, with multiple wins on the horizon. MBC Plus x Genie Music Awards or MGA is a newly launched K-pop music awards co-hosted by South Ko...

November 6, 2018
Music
Seoul to host Asia's biggest coffee exhibition

Seoul is hosting the 17th international coffee show, “A Cup of the World,” for four days starting Thursday. South Korea is one of the most coffee-infatuated countries in the world. According to the ...

November 6, 2018
Food
Lee Jong-suk flies back home after detainment in Jakarta

Lee Jong-suk has returned home to South Korea after being detained in Jakarta, Indonesia, for about two days. Lee visited Jakarta on Nov. 3 as a part of his fan meetup tour, which included visits to...

November 6, 2018
Television
[Weather] Sunday warmer than average, ultrafine dust levels soar in western region

Sunday will be warmer than average temperatures for this time of the year, with ultrafine dust levels evoking caution. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, the temperature in Seoul ...

November 4, 2018
Social affairs
BTS and the art of Twitter

BTS is one of the most social media-savvy celebrities around. The band has two Twitter accounts under its name, one managed by the label Big Hit Entertainment (@BTS_BigHit) and another operated by t...

October 29, 2018
Music
[Weekender] Seoulites seek coexistence with stray cats

Change is taking place on the streets of Seoul for human-cat cohabitation. The Seoul city government’s stray cat policy centers on population control, but there’s more to homeless cats’ lives than r...

October 25, 2018
Culture
[Weather] Thursday to see clear skies, with clouds gathering in evening

A chilly mornings greeted Thursday nationwide, while daytime temperatures will not deviate from the common year average, with the highs and lows differing by about 10 degrees. Morning temperatures i...

October 25, 2018
Social affairs
Music label accused of abusing artists confesses, issues apology

A music label with decades of history admitted Thursday to abusing members of one of its boy bands. Media Line Entertainment owned up to the allegations a few hours after local media outlets reporte...

October 18, 2018
Music
‘BTS members say they will definitely enlist for military service’: minister

South Korea’s culture minister put an end to the debate surrounding whether BTS members would be exempted from military service during a parliamentary audit Wednesday. “All of the BTS members say th...

October 11, 2018
Music
No tricks, only treats, at Seoul Dessert Fair in late October

Horror has never been sweeter. The 18th Seoul Dessert Fair, South Korea’s largest dessert festival, will feature a variety of Halloween-themed sweets -- from “blood bags” containing fruit-flavored d...

October 11, 2018
Food

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