K-pop boy group BTS’ member JIN was spotted getting too excited that he unexpectedly covered girl group BLACKPINK’s hit song ‘DDU-DU DDU-DU’ on stage. On December 12, BTS was invited to attend an annual awards ceremony ‘2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards’ in Saitama, Japan. At the end of the event, BTS members grabbed a camera to film themselves going around the stage to say goodbye to fans. Book your KPOP Awards this Winter Golden Disk Awards, Seoul Music Awards When JUNGKOOK was holding the camera in his hand, he saw JIN coming towards his direction. So, JUNGKOOK decided to get a close shot of JIN and turned the camera towards JIN after getting closer to him. JIN noticed the camera, then started walking towards the camera like a model walking on a runway. As if +
Artists Lineup: JJ Lin, BewhY, BTS, Changmo, Chungha, GOT7, Heize, IZ*ONE, Mommy Son, MOMOLAND, Nafla, Oh My Girl, Palo Alto, Roy Kim, SEVENTEEN, Sunmi, Swings, The Quiett, Tiger JK and Yoon Mi Rae, Wanna One, WJSN Celebrities: Janet Jackson, Angelababy, Cha Seung Won, Han +
Four K-pop songs are on Billboard’s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2018, the U.S.-based music brand announced on Dec. 11. The four are BTS’s ”Fake Love” (No. 22 on the list), Red Velvet’s ”Bad Boy” (No. 43), Pentagon’s +
A man walks his dog in Namsan Park on snow-covered Mount Nam in Jung-gu, Seoul, Thursday morning. Korea Times photos by Shim Hyun-chul A worker is busy clearing snow in Namsan Park, Thursday. Seoul had 1.7 centimeters of snow. A bronze +
BTS has confirmed their appearance at the 33rd Golden Disk Awards both date, 5th ~ 6th January 2019. “Bangtan Boys will appear at the 33rd Golden Disc Awards, which will be held at Gocheok Sky Dome, Guro-gu, Seoul on January 5 and +
Global idol group BTS has won “Daesang” the 2018 MAMA award for the third year in a row. On the afternoon of the 12th December, a ceremony was held at Super Arena in Saitama, Japan to award the 2018 MAMA +
The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said on 13th December, Thursday that it will start snowing in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province early this morning and expand to the central region in the morning. It will snow in the central part of +
Seoul began long negotiations with the British Embassy in Seoul in 2014 to complete the disconnected section of the Deoksugung Stone Wall Path for the public’s benefit and is now on the cusp of opening. The 100m closed section of +
The ski season has arrived. There is always a danger of injury because skiing, called the “flower of winter sports,” requires three beats of snow, slope, and speed to enjoy the ride. Recently, more than half of the people in +
BTS has reportedly been involved in a traffic accident in Taiwan, but thankfully none of the bandmates are hurt, according to agency Big Hit Entertainment. Big Hit Entertainment said Monday, “There was a minor traffic accident on Sunday when BTS +
Residents of Bukchon Hanok Village, a popular tourist destination in central Seoul, gathered in their neighborhood Saturday to protest an overwhelming influx of tourists. “More than 300,000 tourists visit our residential area every month. They make noise, smoke, throw out garbage and even urinate in the street,” a protester said +
”I felt as if I was connected to this historical site.” Rasmas Mortensen from Denmark was speaking after planting some rice seedlings near the Cheonguijeong Pavilion at Changdeokgung Palace in Seoul on June 7. He had an excited smile on his face as he took off his muddy boots. The +
K-pop sensation BTS’ music video for “DNA” exceeded 400 million views on YouTube on Saturday, marking the first time that a South Korean music group has set such a record. The video for the lead song on the group’s mini album “LOVE YOURSELF: Her” surpassed the milestone on the global +
Cable music channel Mnet’s new idol competition show, “Produce 48,” will air in South Korea and Japan at the same time, the network said Friday. The project, aimed at auditioning talented performers from both countries to produce a girl group through audience voting, will premiere on Mnet and Japan’s BS +
Since their settlement in prehistoric times on the land now known as the Korean Peninsula, the Korean people have developed a wealth of unique cultural traditions related to the way they dress, eat, and behave at home. These traditions reflect the natural environment of their homeland, a terrain predominately covered +
K-pop band Wanna One unveiled its special album “1÷x=1 (Undivided)” and kicked off its first world tour titled “One: The World” in 14 cities in 11 countries for the next three months. The new mini album, which was released at a news conference at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, Sunday, +
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More Korean cultural centers around the world will now open K-pop Academies, providing courses in K-pop singing and dancing. The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), part of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, announced on May 28 that a total of 25 Korean cultural centers, including ones in Germany, +
Netmarble Games is expected to make a rebound in sales globally thanks to K-pop sensation BTS as the firm’s new game “BTS World” is expected to be released within the year. The game utilizes the intellectual property (IP) of the members of the boy band using more than 100 video +
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) has introduced this year’s winners in its competition of traditional Hanok tour programs for international tourists. The programs include a stay in traditional Hanok building, traditional tea ceremonies and a tour of nearby attractions. The Hanok residences that are a part of the program are +
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday visited the headquarters of E-Mart Inc., South Korea’s largest discount hypermarket chain, the retailer said. The chief executive attended a Philippine food festival and looked around Philippine fruits and other products at the E-Mart store in Seoul, an E-Mart official said. Earlier in the +
The landscape of the air has changed. The seasons are running towards summer. The higher the temperature, the more people become desperate to cool it. A glass of cool and refreshing beer comes to mind. It is not the season of ‘Beer Mania’. As soon as the beer festival began +
