The second documentary film by iconic K-pop band BIGBANG will hit YouTube next week, featuring member Taeyang, in the runup to the band’s upcoming music release, its agency said Monday. The first episode of the eight-part documentary, “White Night,” will hit BIGBANG’s official YouTube channel on May 18. Each of the rest of the shows will be released every Thursday and Monday for the duration of four weeks, according to YG Entertainment. The upcoming documentary featuring Taeyang, BIGBANG’s main vocalist, is the second in the BIGBANG documentary series. The first edition, “Kwon Ji Yong Act lll: M.O.T.T.E,” featuring member G-Dragon, was wildly accepted by fans in 2018. “White Night,” named after Taeyang’s namesake solo album dropped in 2017, follows the +
Topping iTunes singles charts in 59 countries and territories Thursday, “Eight,” a high-profile collaboration song between K-pop queen IU and BTS’ Suga, became a chart sensation. Following its official release Wednesday evening, “Eight,” a pop-rock number, topped the iTunes singles +
The Seoul city government on Saturday imposed an administrative order to effectively suspend business at clubs and bars in the city after recent infections in the city’s popular multicultural neighborhood of Itaewon put health authorities on alert over a possibly +
South Korea will resume tours to the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that were frozen due to the coronavirus, starting with trips to the truce village of Panmunjom next month, announced Minister of Unification Kim Yeon-chul on Thursday. Panmunjom, the site 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 +
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 +
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, +
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 +
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 +
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 +
Mwave, Mnet’s entertainment-only website, is conducting an online poll to find out who gave the best introductory performance at the +
TWICE and Wanna One have decided to appear in the Golden Disk Awards both days (January 5 ~ 6). TWICE +
Big Hit Entertainment has announced BTS’ younger brother boy group will debut early next year. “We are preparing for the +
BTS ranked first among foreign artists in Japan’s annual Oricon Chart ranking. According to the 51st annual ranking of Oricon +
Black Pink’s “DDU-DU DDU-DU” was the most viewed K-pop music video of 2018 on YouTube. Book your KPOP Awards this WinterGolden +
KPOP project group Wanna One is preparing for their last full-body concert in late January of next year. Wanna One +
American television host Jimmy Fallon mentioned K-pop boy group BTS during a live broadcast. On December 17, Jimmy Fallon held +
V-Square is holding a Fan Vote for the second round of Global K-POP Star Joint Audition. This is the biggest +
The Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA), primarily a showcase for K-pop that has evolved into Asia’s biggest awards event, has +
The selfish behavior of three K-pop idol fans on a plane has forced hundreds of other passengers to disembark just +
The final event of the ‘2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards(2018 MAMA)‘ was held at the AsiaWorld-Expo Arena in Hong Kong +
K-pop boy group BTS’ member JIN was spotted getting too excited that he unexpectedly covered girl group BLACKPINK’s hit song +
Amid the ongoing coronavirus epidemic, rumors have surfaced that some celebrities are affiliated with the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a cult linked to the massive surge in infections of Corona19. The health authorities have confirmed that a very large number of COVID-19 infections occurred at Shincheonji services, and many people +
Lee Man-hee, the 88-year-old founder of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, held a press conference, Monday, amid growing suspicions surrounding the secretive religious group at the center of the ballooning outbreak of the new coronavirus in South Korea. He apologized to the public for the church’s role in spreading the +
With Luna’s openly confessing to her past pains and struggles with the panic disorder in the documentary show “I like people,” the production team cheered for Luna’s future. The producer of this documentary show later said that he thought Luna was the next generation runner to connect the pulse of +
A string of blossom festivals that symbolize the onset of spring in South Korea have been canceled this year amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak here. The city of Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, said last week that it will cancel this spring’s Jinhae Gunhangje Festival, originally set to begin on March +
South Korea reported 516 new cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the nation’s total number of infections to 5,328, with the outbreak in the southeastern city of Daegu, the hotspot here, showing little sign of a slowdown. So far, 32 people, mostly elderly patients with underlying illnesses, have died +
The Korea Chemical Research Institute’s CEVI (New Species Virus) Convergence Research Group announced on Monday that SARS and MERS neutralization antibodies, previously known, can be combined into COVID-19 Spike Protein. Spike protein is a protein that coronavirus uses to break into cells. When an antigen is injected through a vaccine, +
Global super band BTS debuted three of its new songs on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for this week on Wednesday while topping a string of other Billboard charts with its new album, “Map of the Soul: 7.” According to the weekly Billboard chart updates, “ON,” the lead track +
McDonald’s Korea said Tuesday it donated 4,200 burger sets to firefighters in Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province, as the region struggles in handling COVID-19. According to the company, it delivered 4,200 coupons that can be exchanged with the 1955 Burger set menu to Daegu Fire Department and Gyeongbuk Fire Service +
Donations for Korea’s fight against coronavirus led by BTS fans, collectively known as “Army,” exceeded 400 million won ($334,000) over the weekend, according to the Korea Disaster Relief Association on Monday. As of 10 a.m., 9,230 donations worth a combined 425.3 million won had been given to the organization under +
K-pop artist Kang Daniel is set to make a comeback in March. Kang’s agency, Konnect Entertainment, uploaded the teaser image, a simple blue background image with the singer’s name Kang Daniel and the date March 2020, through Kang’s official Instagram. The image suggests the singer’s comeback after taking a hiatus +
Most victims of the novel coronavirus quickly spreading across South Korea were elderly people with preexisting health issues and special care is necessary to reduce further virus-related fatalities, health authorities here said Tuesday. Some 599 new cases of COVID-19 brought the nation’s total number of infections here to 4,335, with +
“ON,” the lead track of BTS’ new album, debuted at 4th on the Hot 100 singles chart this week, the highest rank for any BTS song, Billboard said Monday (U.S. time). “BTS scores its third and highest-peaking Hot 100 top 10, and the highest-charting song ever for a K-pop group, +
Throwing its first-ever concert in the second-biggest South Korean city of Busan on Saturday, K-pop band BTS dazzled some 25,000 +
Jeon Somi, the winner of the first season of the high-profile idol audition show “Produce 101,” launched her much-anticipated solo +
The second-largest South Korean city of Busan is bustling with excitement and preparations Friday as tens of thousands of fans +
Food is often remembered by one key ingredient, be it the banana leaf that wraps the Southeast Asian dish nasi +
K-pop boy group MONSTA X had an honor of meeting South Korean President Moon Jae-in, First Lady Kim Jung-sook, and +
The lure of Las Vegas feels beautiful Han River, the dignity with tradition and character. Invite to Paradise Casino Walkerhill. +
Kang Daniel, a member of the disbanded boy band Wanna One, is expected to finally return to the K-pop scene +
Chinese and Japanese tourists, who make up the biggest share among foreign tourists visiting the country, have differences in their +
Busan is on alert because of the K-pop group BTS. This is because tens of thousands of people are expected +
The number of foreign tourists visiting Seoul is expected to reach an all-time high over 14 million this year, the +
BTS’ worldwide popularity is indeed showing how huge the Korean Wave’s cultural impact can be. The group’s economic impact on +
Summer is a time for fun vacations and outings with family and friends. Wherever one’s destination in Korea may be, +
Sightseeing and Eating Korean Local Foods is not enough to make you feel like a local in South Korea. When +
The holiday of Dano (단오, 端午) falls on Friday, June 7, this year, and corresponds to the fifth day of +
BTS, on a world stadium tour, said “thank you” to fans as they wrapped up their first-day performance in Paris, +
Sensational K-pop boy band BTS and its chief producer Bang Si-hyuk clinched membership in the U.S. Recording Academy, which entitles +
The Jarasum Jazz Center announced on Thursday that it will focus on Danish jazz music at this year’s Jarasum Jazz +
A survey released on June 4 said members of the K-pop super group BTS are the Koreans both Koreans and +
As a traveler and a food lover, my trip will never be completed without trying the best and unique local +
The 2019 Seoul International Tourism Industry Fair (SITIF 2019), the largest global tourism fair in South Korea, will take place +
Busan City announced on January 16th that it plans to promote Muslim tourists’ strategies such as local publicity and marketing +
Passengers using Incheon International Airport from January 18th should pay attention to their tickets. There are two terminals at Incheon +
The number of tourists visiting the Gangwon Hwacheon Sancheoneo Festival exceeded one million in just 11 days. It reached its +
The most beautiful aspect of mountaineering is said to be winter climbing. Here, hikers trek upward along the trail as +
There are various Korean boyangsik(“healing foods”) made by boiling meat or bones for a long period of time. Among these, +
Everland has announced that it has opened a ‘Pre-Spring Butterfly Garden‘ to observe the butterfly’s ecology on 15th January. In +
“It’s a lot of people, and there’s a lot of people here that are not even compared to the opening +
On the 12th January of Friday, the cold weather will be the coldest this winter, with the middle of the +
Today, it will be mostly clear, but the morning temperatures of the whole country including Jeju Island will drop to +
Mnet “I Can See Your Voice – Season 5” which will be broadcasted on January 26, will be featured in +
