Youn Yuh-jung of Minari wins Oscar for best supporting actress Youn Yuh-jung has won best supporting actress at this year’s Academy Awards for her performance in the immigrant film “Minari,” becoming the first South Korean to win an acting Oscar. At the awards ceremony held at Union Station in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday (U.S....Read More
BTS Bang Bang Con 21 peak simultaneous 2.7 million viewers The number of peak simultaneous viewers of the latest online concert streaming event by K-pop group BTS surpassed 2.7 million, the boy band’s agency said. The milestone figure was announced by Big Hit Music one day after “Bang Bang Con 21” ― comprised of some...Read More
The new SBS series Taxi Driver The new SBS series, “Taxi Driver,” is set to air starting Friday, delivering hard-boiled action and a cathartic storyline of “good versus evil.” “The series is about rescuing crime victims who are on the edge of despair, and about delivering a message to real-life victims that they are not...Read More
Apologizes over racist jokes about BTS Only about a month after a German radio host came under fire for his racist comment on K-pop behemoth BTS, Chilean comedians have infuriated its fans again with racist jokes about the global stars. Chilean channel Mega, which aired the controversial spoof on its comedy show “Mi Barrio,” on...Read More
‘Dynamite’ sets the longest stay on Billboard Hot 100 The digital single “Dynamite” by K-pop megastar BTS has made history as the longest-charting song by a Korean act on the Hot 100 singles chart of the U.S.-based Billboard. In the latest update of the rankings on April 5, “Dynamite” finished 30th for its 32nd consecutive...Read More
Busan One Asia Festival 2021 The Busan One Asia Festival (BOF), a major annual K-pop event, will kick off online next month in this southeastern port city due to concerns over the new coronavirus pandemic, organizers said Sunday. According to the Busan Tourism Organization, BOF 2021 will be streamed online from May 6-9 from the...Read More
BTS criticizes anti-Asian racism “We feel grief and anger,” Joining the widening “Stop Asian Hate” movement, triggered by the recent deadly shootings in Atlanta, K-pop boy band BTS condemned racial discrimination and violence in a resolute Twitter message Tuesday. “We feel grief and anger,” BTS said in a message posted both in Korean and English...Read More
You Quiz on the Block BTS effect The 99th episode of tvN’s variety show, “You Quiz on the Block,” featuring K-pop titan BTS, set its highest rating on Wednesday. It garnered a 6.74 percent viewership rating nationwide, with 8.21 percent in the Seoul metropolitan area, according to Nielsen Korea. This is the highest record for...Read More
#StopAsianHate Movement K-pop stars like Eric Nam, Jay Park, and Choi Si-won are raising their voices in support of the #StopAsianHate movement, triggered by the Atlanta spa shootings on March 16 that took the lives of eight people, including four ethnic Koreans. The suspect, a 21-year-old white man named Robert Aaron Long, admitted to the...Read More
BTS Grammy Awards 2021 BTS, the first K-pop act that earned a Grammy nomination, did not succeed in winning the award, but still expressed appreciation to their fans for the “incredible experience.” The seven-piece boy band was nominated for the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category with its 2020 English-language single “Dynamite” in the 63rd Grammy...Read More
