K-pop boy group BTS has announced that the group is about to release a new single with plans to release a new album this year. On July 26, the members of BTS held a voice-only online live broadcast via the group’s official V LIVE channel. During the broadcast, BTS surprised its fans around the world by sharing the plan to release a new digital single on August 21. According to the members, the upcoming single will be a fun, upbeat summer song with English lyrics. The members also revealed that they had already completed their photoshoot for the upcoming single. For the upcoming album, BTS shared that all members were put in charge of various parts of album production, while +
South Korea plans to charge foreign patients infected with COVID-19 for their hospitalization and treatment costs, amid a surge in the number of imported cases involving foreign nationals. “We will make foreign patients pay the whole or part of the +
‘BLACKPINK’ has emerged as the largest female artist with many subscribers on YouTube worldwide. According to YG Entertainment on the 24th, Blackpink’s official YouTube channel subscribers surpassed 42.3 million as of 8 am on the day. That’s more than the +
K-pop superstars BTS’ latest online concert has set a new Guinness world record for most viewers. “BTS has achieved a new Guinness World Records title for most viewers for a music concert Livestream,” the Guinness World Records website said Thursday. +
Singer Lee Hi is making a fresh start with a new agency ― AOMG ― and the new single “Holo” after leaving YG Entertainment. The agency, a hip-hop label run by rapper Jay Park, announced its latest artist through social +
Changes made to the points-based residency visa requirements, which will go into effect Dec. 1, are meant to advantage a “superior pool of foreigners” and to mitigate the negative impact of the “overuse” of low-income foreign workers on the South +
The iHeartRadio Music Festival is turning 10 this year, and celebrating big with performances from music’s biggest artists. The 2020 iHeartRadio Music Festival will take place on September 18 and 19 during, and the two-day virtual mega-concert will feature performances +
Lee Min-hye, 37, who works for a trading company in Seoul, used to take an overseas trip every year for her summer vacation, visiting exotic places to get away from the bustling city life. This summer, she was planning a +
Oxford University in the United Kingdom is currently developing the COVID-19 vaccine, and it turns out that antibodies have been created to protect the virus from all those vaccinated. Inject the COVID-19 gene into a virus that acts as a +
Korea will diversify its cultural output and foster related industries such as consumer goods and service sectors in order to create a sustainable environment for the global spread of Korean soft power, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said +
KPOP super sensation BTS will perform in Busan. According to the Busan Metropolitan Government, BTS will perform at Busan Asiad +
The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), an affiliate of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, on May 7 +
Xiumin, a member of K-pop boy band EXO, has uploaded on his SNS account a selfie showing his new military-style +
Some 60,000 fans cheered ecstatically in unison as members of K-pop boy band BTS cried out “Rose Bowl, make some +
South Korean pop group BTS was to begin its world tour at a 90,000-seat stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday +
South Korean Boy Group BTS has recently attended the 2019 BBMA’s Billboard Music Awards held in Las Vegas, Nevada where +
K-pop sensation BTS has become the first K-pop act to receive the Top/Duo Group award from the ‘Billboard Music Awards’ +
“SBS Super Concert in Gwangju” was held at Gwangju World Cup Stadium at 7 p.m. on Sunday to wish for +
KBS2’s “Music Bank” features performances from BVNDIT, ENOi, TARGET, TXT, TWICE, VERIVERY, Kang Xiwon, Newkidd, DIA, DONGKIZ, BTS, Kim Seong Ri, +
While BTS has cleared way for more K-pop idol groups in the United States, NCT 127 is following the path +
“Adorable” and “bubbly” might be two adjectives that first come to people’s minds when thinking of the pan-Asian K-pop girl +
K-pop boy group BTS’ two new songs, ‘Boy With Luv’ and ‘Make It Right’ from the latest album ‘MAP OF +
At least 18 cases of the novel coronavirus associated with a person who visited clubs and bars in Seoul’s popular multicultural neighborhood of Itaewon over the weekend have been confirmed, health authorities said Friday. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said additional people have been confirmed with +
With South Korea set to officially end stringent social distancing Wednesday, health authorities on Tuesday expressed both caution and confidence in the country’s fight against COVID-19. Kwon Joon-wook, deputy director at the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said officials were on edge over the possibility that the pathogen +
The scene was eerily quiet. If you were only trying to pick up some sound without seeing what was happening, you wouldn’t have guessed that you were at a baseball game. Maybe you could still have heard a pin drop, but as LG Twins left-hander Cha Woo-chan was getting ready +
K-pop band BTS will join ex-U.S. President Barack Obama, former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and American pop icon Lady Gaga in giving speeches during a virtual commencement event by YouTube next month, the band’s agency said Wednesday. The streaming event, “Dear Class of 2020” set for June 6 +
South Korea reported two more cases of the new coronavirus, all of which are imported cases, on Wednesday, marking no local new infections for the third consecutive day amid relaxed social distancing. The new infections brought the nation’s total caseload to 10,806, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control +
South Korea reported three more cases of the new coronavirus Tuesday, again marking an apparent slowdown in the spread of the disease. The country now has reported fewer than 10 new infection cases per day for six consecutive days. The three new cases, identified Monday, also came from overseas. No +
Global band BTS has begun a new journey to produce an album, possibly the first self-produced album in the band’s high-profile seven-year music career. Appearing on a live video log on YouTube last week, BTS member Jimin shared the news on the project, the band’s new discographic journey that came +
South Korea said Sunday that it will end its weekslong social distancing campaign and implement an everyday life quarantine scheme later this week as the new coronavirus outbreak has slowed. Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said during a meeting on the government’s response to COVID-19 that the everyday life quarantine scheme +
The K-pop world is bracing for one of the highest-profile K-pop matches this upcoming summer that will pit the two overriding top girl bands, TWICE and BLACKPINK, against each other. In about five years since their debuts in 2015 and 2016, respectively, TWICE and BLACKPINK played instrumental roles in broadening +
With more people choosing to stay at home amid the rising fear of the fast-spreading COVID-19, delivery apps are seeing a surge in the number of daily orders. But at the same time, many delivery persons are increasingly worried, as food deliveries, in particular, often require direct contact with customers. +
Jeju Island and Gangwon Province, both popular domestic tourist destinations, will enhance quarantine measures for visitors during the long weekend, bracing for a possible second wave of COVID-19 infections, officials said Wednesday. The “golden holiday” includes Buddha’s Birthday on Thursday, International Workers’ Day on Friday and Children’s Day on May +
South Korea reported four more cases of the new coronavirus Thursday, but all of them were imported cases, marking the first time that local infections have fallen to zero since the coronavirus outbreak began more than two months ago. The four new cases brought the total to 10,765. It was +
K-pop boy band BTS has been nominated in three categories for the 2019 American Music Awards next month, and the +
G-Dragon (real name Kwon Ji-yong, 31), a member of the group Big Bang, has been discharged from the military after +
Global K-pop super band BTS’ six-month world tour is expected to generate aggregate sales of 200 billion won (around US$170.50 +
“2019 InSeoulMarket” has been open at Ttukseom Resort. The event has been held near the music fountain where you can +
Seoul will be hosting the 2019 Seoul Kimchi Festival from November 1 to 3 in Seoul Plaza. This year, in +
K-pop idol group NU’EST released its seventh mini-album “The Table” at 6 p.m., Monday. The title song “LOVE ME,” expresses +
The members of K-pop boy group TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT) shared the advice from their fellow Big Hit Entertainment group +
With the official opening of BTS’ pop-up store on Friday, “House of BTS” has been filled with fans from all +
K-pop stars such as BTS could still be exempted from compulsory military service. Noh Hyeong-ouk, minister of the Office for +
BTS’ agency Big Hit Entertainment said it will officially open “HOUSE OF BTS,” a BTS pop-up store located in Gangnam, +
Fans and fellow K-pop stars bade their final farewells to Sulli as her coffin finally left for her burial early +
K-pop boy group BTS is reportedly teaming up with American singer-songwriter Lauv for a new remix version of ‘Make It +
The biggest takeaway for Son Heung-min from South Korea’s World Cup qualifying match against North Korea was how physical his +
Many hearts broke into a million pieces after singer/actress Sulli’s ex-boyfriend Choiza of Korean hip-hop duo Dynamicduo’s message to Sulli +
The Melon Music Awards will be newly held this year as “MMA.” Melon, a music platform run by Kakao, will +
The annual Seoul Silver Grass Festival is set to open later this week, offering visitors a chance to take in +
South Korean singer-actress Sulli, who suffered from online abuse, was found dead at a residence south of Seoul on Monday, +
Actress Sulli (Real name is Choi Jin-ri), a former girl group f(x), has passed away as 25 years old. According +
K-pop artist G-Dragon from BigBang who has been doing compulsory military service since last year, surfaced Saturday to attend his +
Jeoneo (Konosirus punctatus) is native to the Pacific waters around Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. It’s a near relative +
A group of musicians clad in “hanbok” (Korean traditional costume) gather in front of Heungnyemun Gate of Gyeongbok Palace, the +
Everland ‘Rose Festival’, the first flower festival in Korea, will be held for 31 days until June 17th. The rose +
Photographs are the documentation written in light. Just as we see objects, cameras also use light to take pictures. So +
Seoul, a glamorous tourist city loved by global travelers, has hosted the Seoul International Travel Mart (SITM) since 2015 in +
The “Third Korean Wave” has settled across Japan. The growing popularity of Korean pop music, TV shows and movies in +
K-Style Hub is an extremely useful attraction that may be unknown to many international tourists! This one-stop complex has information +
The island of Jeju, off the southern coast of the Korean peninsula, is in a festive mood this week with +
The trip is fun. It is basically the feeling of joy even if you faces the hard situation that it +
Even drizzling rain couldn’t deter the festivities of people celebrating the Buddha’s birth. At the lantern parade, the highlight of +
The 40th Jindo Miracle Sea Road Festival will be held from May 16th to 19th at Godongri and Gohsin-myeon Modori +
